Overview

Against the backdrop of the coming industrial revolution in eighteenth century Yorkshire, David Hartley assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history.

Created by Shane Meadows

Network

• BBC Two

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Michael Socha

  David Hartley

  3 eps

• 

  Sophie McShera

  Grace

  3 eps

• 

  Thomas Turgoose

  Bill Hartley

  3 eps

• 

  Samuel Edward-Cook

  Isaac Hartley

  3 eps

Themes

• fraud
• miniseries
• 18th century
• absurd

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