The Gallows Pole

Season

2023

6.5

Follows Hartley as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers for a criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history.

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Episode List

S1 • E1

The Resurrection of Dave

West Yorkshire, early 1760s. David Hartley is returning to his family's remote moor-top dwelling after seven years away in Birmingham. Gravely wounded and dragging a mysterious bag of tools, he receives help from six mythical stag-men.

S1 • E2

Thy Had a Dream

After finding his community destitute, David introduces his kin to 'clipping', the illegal forging of coins and David's scheme to bring back dignity and security to his people.

S1 • E3

The Anti-Heist

David's gang partake in their first mission, focused on the rent-seeking, exploitative Clothier. David also aims to make amends with Grace, the 'jilted' love of his life.