Meet the counterfeit king who crashed the pound and ended up on the gallows in new BBC series

TONY RENNELL: The story of a gang of West Yorkshire counterfeiters who brought the pound crashing down in the 18th century is brought vividly to live in BBC2's The Gallow's Pole.

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