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Although different in tone to his cult film This is England, this eerie drama about the Cragg Vale Coiners features some familiar faces

Television: Director Shane Meadows embarks on a spooky plunge into the heart of old England

THE moment someone opens their mouth in The Gallows Pole (BBC2, Wednesday), you know you’re no longer in the cosy, artificial realm of routine British period drama.

Fancy a night in with some telly? We’ve got you covered.

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

Shane Meadows's new drama captures the defiance and spirit of the 18th-century working class.

The new BBC three-parter, written and directed by Shane Meadows, is based on the 2017 book of the same name

The Gallows Pole is set in the county in the 18th century, when the country was about to change forever

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 BBC2s The Gallows Pole.

The director of This is England’s take on a novel about an 18th-century counterfeiting gang is funny, moving, shocking and totally compelling. He has effortlessly reinvented a whole genre