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Based on a novel by Benjamin Myers, the show follows David Hartley and his gang of weavers who forge coins in 18th century Yorkshire. IMDb provides cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards and more for this 3-part series.
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- 2023-05-31
- Drama, History
- 39 sec
May 31, 2023 · B enjamin Myers’ 2017 novel The Gallows Pole told the true-life tale of the 18th-century gang of coin clippers led by “King” David Hartley, whose illegal work and attendant violence came to ...
- Lucy Mangan
The Gallows Pole is a three-part television series made for the BBC by Element Pictures, Big Arty Productions, and A24. It is a Shane Meadows adaptation of the novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers. [1] According to Meadows, the series is a prequel to Myers's novel. [2] It premiered on 31 May 2023.
- The Gallows Pole, by Benjamin Myers
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May 25, 2017 · The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers review – murder on the moors. The desperate rise and fall of a Yorkshire coining gang in the 1760s are made over into myth. B enjamin Myers’ s new novel is ...
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May 17, 2017 · The Gallows Pole tells the real-life story of “King” David Hartley, leader of the Cragg Vale Coiners in the 18th Century, who clipped gold coins and then produced forged coins with the clippings. Their activities were of sufficient economic import to come to the attention of Parliament and the London authorities, and Hartley’s life (and ...
Watch the trailer and interviews for Shane Meadows' The Gallows Pole, a fictionalised account of the Cragg Vale Coiners, a group of 18th Century Yorkshire farmers who forged coins to survive. Learn how the author Ben Myers discovered the story and how the director and cast brought it to life.
