Former Super League star Adam Fogerty is set to star in a new series on the BBC.
Fogerty, now a share holder at Bradford Bulls, played for Halifax, Warrington Wolves and St Helens.
He was a Super League Champion with the Saints in 1996 and was a key part in getting Toronto Wolfpack off the ground.
Fogerty will star in upcoming drama series ‘The Gallows Pole’ – directed by Shane Meadows. It premieres Wednesday 31st May at 9pm on BBC Two.
BBC have released the following synopsis:
“Set in the moorland hills of 18th Century Yorkshire, England, is a country divided. As the aristocracy are building the first cotton mills and factories, the common people are starving. David Hartley (Michael Socha) has been away from his family’s remote moor-top dwelling for seven years. On his journey home to Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, David gets lost in the moors. He’s dragging a mysterious looking bag of tools with him and on his last legs.
“As he’s about to lay down and die, he is saved by six mythical Stag Men who let him know that his work on earth isn’t done yet. David’s mission is to assemble a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a criminal enterprise to bring comfort and dignity back to his community. Hidden in the wilderness of the Yorkshire hills and dales, their business is ‘clipping’ – the forging of coins, a treasonous offence punishable by death.”
Fogerty will play James Broadbent.
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