SPOTLIGHT ON THE GALLOWS POLE 18TH CENTURY YORKSHIRE SET HISTORICAL SERIES! SEE THE TRAILER AND AIR DATE

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BBC SERIES FINALLY ARRIVES

We have definitely waited for this one for a long time, I think I first announced it years ago and then a few weeks ago BBC sent us the first images from their new historical series THE GALLOWS POLE but now we finally have a trailer as well, which you can watch down below, and also an airing date which is closer than you might expect: it will land at BBC Two May 31st based on the book by Benjamin Myers and the three episode series will also be available for streaming on their i Player.

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fictionalises the remarkable true story of the rise of David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners. Set in the moorland hills of 18th Century Yorkshire, the drama follows the enigmatic David Hartley (played by Michael Socha), as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history. Also starring are Sophie McShera who plays Grace, with Thomas Turgoose as William Hartley, Yusra Warsama as Bethsheba, Anthony Welsh as Abe Oldfield, Samuel Edward-Cook as Isaac Hartley, Joe Sproulle as Joe, and Adam Fogerty as James Broadbent, Nicole Barber-Lane as Susie, Fine Time Fontayne as Joseph Broadbent, with Ralph Ineson as The Clothier.

MICHAEL SOCHA, GEORGE MACKAY, TOM BURKE TO LEAD BBC'S GALLOWS POLE 18TH CENTURY TV SERIES! SEE NICHOLAS RALPH AS CHRONICLES OF NARNIA AUTHOR IN MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT TRAILER

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BBC ANNOUNCES MAIN CAST

With the start of production, BBC and director Shane Meadows have also announced the lead cast for their new six part historical series THE GALLOWS POLE which will have a psychedelic soundtrack! Based on the novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers, it fictionalises the remarkable

Tom Burke, George Mackay, Michael Socha, Thomas Turgoose

true story of the rise and fall of David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners. Set against the backdrop of the coming industrial revolution in 18th century Yorkshire, the compelling drama follows the enigmatic David Hartley, played by Michael Socha, as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to

Anthony Welsh, Cara Theobold, Samuel Edward Cook

embark upon a revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history. The cast will also include Thomas Turgoose, George MacKay, Tom Burke, Sophie McShera, Cara Theobold, Eve Burley, Nicole Barber Lane, Samuel Edward-Cook, Anthony Welsh, Joe Sproulle, Adam Fogerty and Fine Time Fontayne!

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TRAILER WITH NICHOLAS RALPH

Speaking of period set projects, check out the trailer for a movie which will air only one day November 3rd in selected USA venues chronicling

The movie will be a one night cinema event

the life of The Chronicles of Narnia author C. S. Lewis. Directed by Norman Stone, it stars Max McLean, Nicholas Ralph and Eddie Ray Martin as the adult Lewis, young man Lewis, and childhood Lewis respectively. Spanning C.S. Lewis' bitter childhood, WWI and his life changing friendships at Oxford, THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT depicts the events that shaped Lewis' early life and journey from hard boiled atheism to prolific Christianity.. Also starring in the film are Tom Glenister as J. R. R. Tolkien, David Shields as Hugo Dyson, and Hubert Barton as Owen Barfield.

BBC RELEASES FIRST PHOTOS FROM JAMIE DORNAN MYSTERY TV SERIES THE TOURIST, ANNOUNCES THE GALLOWS POLE 18TH CENTURY SET TV SERIES

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PHOTOS WITH JAMIE DORNAN

BBC has released the first images from their new six part mystery thriller series THE TOURIST in which Jamie Dornan stars as a British man who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback, being

Jamie Dornan leads the six part thriller series

pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road. An epic cat and mouse chase unfolds and the man later wakes in hospital, hurt, but somehow alive. Except he has no idea who he is. With merciless figures from his past pursuing him, The Man’s search for answers propels him through the vast and

The series will also air on ZDF, Stan and HBO Max

unforgiving outback. Full of shocking, surprising, funny and brutal turns it is set in a world populated by quirky, enigmatic characters and off-beat comedy punctuates high-stakes action. At its heart however, is a story of self-discovery with a ticking timebomb underneath: as The Man starts to uncover the

The entire series was shot down in Australia

mystery of who he was, he’s also forced to ask who he is now - and fast. Will he unlock the secrets of his identify before those who are trying to kill him catch up with him? The series which will also air on ZDF in Germany, Stan in Australia and HBO Max in USA, will also star Damon Herriman who replaces Hugo Weaving in the cast.

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BBC will turn Gallows Pole into series

Speaking of BBC, they have also announced a new period set series which they've just ordered. THE GALLOWS POLE will be an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers bringing the remarkable true 18th century story of David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners, a community of weavers who made fake gold coins to supplement their incomes. It follows a group of very naughty men and women who started clipping and counterfeiting coins out in the Moors, as a way to keep themselves and their community alive! But their revolutionary criminal enterprise will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history.