The new BBC series lands on our screens this May and we finally have a trailer. <\/p>
After finalising the premiere date<\/a> for the series just yesterday, we finally have a trailer for BBC\u2019s The Gallows Pole<\/a>.<\/p>\n The new series comes from acclaimed filmmaker and screenwriter Shane Meadows, who many will undoubtedly know for his work on The Virtues and the iconic This Is England and its TV spin-offs. But this time round, Meadows is lending his talents to his first ever period drama, which explores the real-life tale of \u201cthe biggest fraud in British history\u201d.<\/p>\n Now, the new trailer gives us a glimpse of the action to come, which is set in the moorland hills of 18th Century Yorkshire, and the cast, which is led by Michael Socha (This Is England).<\/p> Socha stars as Hartley, the enigmatic man who assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers, who become known as the Cragg Vale Coiners. He\u2019s an enigmatic kind of character who brings the group together\u00a0in order to grow \u201ca revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy\u201d, according to the series synopsis.<\/p>\n Watch the trailer below.<\/p>\n