The Hanging Gale
(1995 - 1995)The Hanging Gale is a four-episode television serial which first aired on RTÉ One and BBC1 in 1995. The series was a British–Irish co-production, made by Little Bird Films for BBC Northern Ireland in association with Raidió Teilifís Éireann, with support from the Irish Film Board.The serial, set in 1846 at the beginning of Ireland's Great Famine, starred the four McGann brothers: Joe McGann, Paul McGann, Mark McGann and Stephen McGann, and was based on an original idea by Joe and Stephen McGann while researching their family's history.The title of the series comes from the term 'hanging gale', the name for a widespread practice in Ireland at the time, where a landlord would allow new tenants a six-month grace period on payment of their rent, with the expectation that the rent owed would be paid when the land's crops were harvested and sold. The Hanging Gale is not currently available to stream, rent, or buy but you can track it for updates. It's a drama and history show with 4 episodes over 1 season. The Hanging Gale is no longer running and has no plans to air new episodes or seasons. It has a high IMDb audience rating of 7.9 (193 votes).
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The Hanging Gale Season 1 Overview
May 14, 1995 - Jun 4, 1995Season 1 of The Hanging Gale has 4 episodes that are not available to stream or rent on any services. Track the series to get notified when an episode becomes available on your services.
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S01 E04Episode 4
Jun 4, 1995Because it is cheaper than keeping them in the poor house, Lord Hawksborough offers his homeless tenants free passage to...
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S01 E03 Episode 3
May 28, 1995Led by the schoolmaster, Daniel Phelan, the United Sons of Freedom condemn Townsend. Daniel follows through on his plan with...
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S01 E02 Episode 2
May 21, 1995Already desperate, the tenants' fate only worsens with the harvest, which is almost completely lost to blight. Townsend informs...
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