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True story of The Gallows Pole and real life Robin Hood who robbed rich to save town

A new Shane Meadows drama called The Gallows Pole showcases the lives of David Hartley and the Yorkshire Coiners, a brutal but cunning gang who made and shared forged currency in the 1700s

Daily Mirror

“The biggest fraud in British history” the shocking real story behind historical drama The Gallows Pole

The Gallows Pole true story: There's a shocking truth behind the BBC historical drama, described as “The biggest fraud in British history.”

GoodToKnow

Thomas Turgoose: ‘He’s one of the biggest stars in the world – but he wanted to go to Wagamama every night’

The ‘This Is England’ star talks to Jacob Stolworthy about Shane Meadows’s new drama, appearing with Ed Sheeran in ‘Game of Thrones’, and his newfound friendship with Mark Ruffalo

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TV tonight: Shane Meadows’s first period drama is about the Cragg Vale Coiners

Micheal Socha stars in the gritty retelling of a true story. Plus: the Rookie Nurses give it their all. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Our highlights for Wednesday, May 31

The Gallows Pole is just one of the gems on TV tonight.

WhatToWatch

Shane Meadows: ‘This is as scary a time as I can remember’

The film director tells Michael Hogan about hating hitting 50, love’s golden ticket, deep-fried jam sandwiches and people struggling on the breadline

The Guardian - UK

Shane Meadows on his newfound love of period drama: ‘It’ll resonate with people in a way we didn’t even intend’

He made his name with violence-peppered working-class realism, but now the This is England creator is doing historical drama. We step inside his take on a brutal 18th-century gang

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The Guide #88: Can the Succession and Barry finales possibly meet fans’ high expectations?

In this week’s newsletter: While the Roy family are set for one more boardroom battle and Barry bows out, the stakes are higher than ever for TV’s big finales

The Guardian - UK

The Gallows Pole on BBC Two review: a three-hour galavant through Shane Meadows’ zany imagination

This Is England’s Shane Meadows reimagines one of Yorkshire’s most gripping tales

Evening Standard

Pagans, folk rock and no script: the making of The Gallows Pole, the BBC’s wacky new historical drama

Cult director Shane Meadows takes the helm to tell a uniquely Yorkshire story

Evening Standard

Actor Michael Socha: ‘Did I fall in with the wrong people? No, I was the wrong people’

First cast by Shane Meadows, in This is England, Socha now stars in his latest, The Gallows Pole. He describes how acting saved him from a life of violence – and why he loves a madcap scheme

The Guardian - UK

The Gallows Pole: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interviews and more on Shane Meadows' period drama

The Gallows Pole on BBC2 tells the story of a gang of 18th-century weavers and land-workers who embark on an ambitious criminal plot.

WhatToWatch

Stop smearing anti-racist skinheads, please

Letter: Some of them are just as warm, kind, sympathetic and thoughtful as Shane Meadows’ Woody and co, writes Dr Sean Purchase

The Guardian - UK

Vicky McClure and director Shane Meadows set to reunite for Nottingham charity music festival

The pair have worked together on multiple projects including This Is England

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The Nottinghamian: Set back for developers and city restaurant goes 'back to roots'

Take a look at the Nottinghamian newsletter from Friday, January 13.

Nottingham Post

Who is Chanel Cresswell? Nottingham star to play Coleen Rooney in Wagatha Christie drama

Cresswell landed her first acting role at just 15 years old in Shane Meadows' This Is England film

Daily Mirror

This Is England's Andrew Shim avoids £75k drug fine after claiming he' 'living on breadline'

Andrew Shim, who played Milky in This Is England, was caught trafficking cannabis in Spain - but was let off with a suspended sentence

Evening Standard

Niamh Algar on growing up with Channel 4, having Stephen Graham as a mentor and her new thriller Suspect

Since her breakout role in Shane Meadows’ The Virtues, Niamh Algar has notched up a string of emotionally intense roles - and emerged as a talent to watch out for

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Nottingham Post

The Nottingham pubs and restaurants celebrities love to visit

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Streaming: The Souvenir Part II, Belfast and the best screen memoirs

Joanna Hogg and Kenneth Branagh join an eminent group of film-makers who have mined their youth for dramatic inspiration

Nottingham Post

Where the cast of This is England are now - from Hollywood to Beeston

Some amazing projects coming up

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