The Hanging Gale (1995)
TV show 1 season ★ 5.8/10
Good for tonight if you want to: i want to feel something
Dating from 1995, The Hanging Gale sits in the drama corner of our catalogue. It was created or directed by Diarmuid Lawrence. The cast includes Stephen McGann, Michael Kitchen and Sean McGinley. Audiences give it a mixed score of 5.8 out of 10.
Synopsis
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.
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Cast & crew
- Diarmuid LawrenceDirector
- Stephen McGannas Daniel Phelan
- Michael Kitchenas Capt. William Townsend
- Sean McGinleyas Ferry
- Paul McGannas Liam Phelan
- Gerard McSorleyas Coulter
- B.J. Hoggas Harkin
- Ciarán Fitzgeraldas Joseph Phelan
- Birdy Sweeneyas Patrick Dolan
Seasons
- Season 1 · 4 episodes
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Questions about The Hanging Gale
- What genre is The Hanging Gale?
- The Hanging Gale is categorised as Drama.
- Who stars in The Hanging Gale?
- Stephen McGann, Michael Kitchen, Sean McGinley, Paul McGann, Gerard McSorley appear in the main cast.
- Who directed The Hanging Gale?
- Diarmuid Lawrence directed The Hanging Gale.
- Is The Hanging Gale worth watching?
- It holds an audience score of 5.8/10. Check the similar titles below if you want alternatives in the same style.
- Where can I watch The Hanging Gale?
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