Based on the book by Benjamin Myers, Shane Meadows fictionalises the remarkable true story of the rise of David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners. The Gallows Pole begins on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on Wednesday 31st May from 9pm.
A gritty BBC Two series, directed by Shane Meadows, dramatises the lives and dishonest livings of a counterfeiting gang in the north of Georgian England, who were so successful that they severely devalued the pound. Nige Tassell tells the real story behind the drama of the Cragg Vale Coiners and the ‘king’ who ruled over them.
The remarkable true story of the Cragg Vale coiners, a group of counterfeiters operating in the Colne Valley in the 18th century, was brought to wider public attention by Yorkshire writer Ben Myers’ award-winning 2017 novel The Gallows Pole and the book has now inspired a new three-part BBC series launching next week.
The biggest fraud in British history is being turned into a series, The Gallows Pole, for the BBC and we caught up with the cast and director to find out e