The Gallows Pole(2023)

The Gallows Pole is a historical drama set in eighteenth-century Yorkshire, following David Hartley as he leads a gang of weavers and labourers into an audacious criminal scheme. On the eve of the industrial revolution, Hartley orchestrates what becomes Britain's most notorious fraud, a conspiracy designed to destabilise the economy itself. The series charts the rise and fall of this unlikely criminal network, exploring how ordinary working men are drawn into extraordinary deception. With the social order shifting beneath their feet, Hartley's gang operates in the shadows of a transforming landscape, where desperation meets ambition. The drama captures the tension between individual survival and collective rebellion, set against the backdrop of a nation on the brink of seismic change.