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Succession bows out in Shakespearean style; Shane Meadows changes tack with a gobby, grubby period drama; Alan Carr meets his sitcom younger self; and a TV beast exits with a smile…
It’s good to see a period drama that isn’t about Lord and Lady Muck and their faithful retainers. The Gallows Pole (BBC2) doesn’t have any aristocratic characters, except David Hartley, who is sort of king of everything. This is because he is played by Michael Socha, a very handsome man who has a glamour about him, while his fellow cast members are playing the very ordinary inhabitants of a village in Cragg Vale, Yorkshire, in the 1760s.
Post-Succession, a terrible darkness has descended on Tellyland. The only light comes from candles on tables, with desperate people huddled around them.
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Alan Carr has often spoken about his life growing up in 1980s Northampton, the son of a football manager – but only now is his experience documented on the small screen.