Cooper & Fry vs The Hanging Gale

Cooper & Fry has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for The Hanging Gale). The Hanging Gale is the older of the two (1995 against 2025). Both are drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.

Cooper & Fry posterCooper & Fry2025 VS The Hanging Gale posterThe Hanging Gale1995
Cooper & FryThe Hanging Gale
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.8/10
Year20251995
Seasons11
GenresCrime, Drama, MysteryDrama
CountryGB–
Creator / director–Diarmuid Lawrence
Main castRobert James-Collier, Charlotte Bradley, Lorcan Cranitch, Mandip Gill, Barry O'ConnorStephen McGann, Michael Kitchen, Sean McGinley, Paul McGann, Gerard McSorley

Synopsis

Cooper & Fry

Set in the mystery-shrouded Peak District, the series follows two mismatched young detectives: affable local Ben Cooper and guarded newcomer Diane Fry. Thrown together to investigate a string of mysterious deaths they must learn to work together to get results. As their personal lives begin to intertwine, a unique friendship begins to form... but it won't always be easy.

The Hanging Gale

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…

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