

You’re getting ‘hanged’ by nincompoops.
In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry is something of a local celebrity. But what's the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they've abolished hanging? Amongst the cub reporters and pub regulars dying to hear Harry's reaction to the news, his old assistant Syd and the peculiar Mooney lurk with very different motives for their visit.

David Morrissey
Harry

Johnny Flynn
Mooney

Andy Nyman
Syd

Bronwyn James
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Craig Parkinson
Inspector Fry

Ryan Pope
Charlie

Simon Rouse
Arthur

Tony Hirst
Bill

James Dryden
Clegg

John Hodgkinson
Albert

Josef Davies
Hennessy

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