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|May 27, 2023
Michael Socha stars as an 18th-century rebel who leads the biggest fraud in British history...
THE GALLOWS POLE
Wed, 9pm, BBC2 Drama (box set, BBC iPlayer)
How a group of rural weavers accidentally pull off one of the biggest crimes in British history is shown in this powerful period drama set in the 1760s. The three-parter is based on the true story of the Cragg Vale Coiners from Yorkshire, who started producing fake gold coins after their livelihoods disappeared in the Industrial Revolution.
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