James Walton

Wonderfully naturalistic and intriguingly odd: BBC2’s The Gallows Pole reviewed

Plus: the week's other big new historical drama of the week, White House Plumbers, was considerably less subtle

David Hartley (Michael Socha) pursued by a dude in a stag skull in BBC2’s The Gallows Pole. Credit: BBC/Element Pictures (GP) Limited/Objective Feedback LLC/Dean Rogers  
issue 03 June 2023
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