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The Executioners Part 1 of 3 The Hangman



The Executioners - A Three Part Series



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This series explores the social history of Capital Punishment in Britain, America and France with a unique perspective through the often-overlooked and shadowy figures of the executioners themselves. Who were these men? What did they do? And what did it do to them?

1. The Hangman
2. Dynasties of Death
3. States of Death

Episode 1 - The Hangman
They were cobblers, salesmen, barbers and landlords. Working men. However, they were anything but ordinary. They were the State's part-time killers; the hangmen.

From 1868 to 1964, their work was shrouded in mystery, conducted, as the state euphemistically put it, in 'private'. Behind prison walls these common working-men refined the process of judicial executions from an agonizing, brutal death to one of the swiftest and most certain anywhere in the world. What did they do? Why did they do it? And what did it do to them?

This is the story of The Private Executioners... a unique history of British capital punishment, seen through the eyes of those who dispensed it. And though the hangman's duties were grim, their experiences encompassed pathos, passion and even genuine humour. The program asks: How were hangmen selected? How were they trained? How much responsibility did they bear? And, did the hangmen ever believe they had executed the innocent?


Technical Specifications

Video
Codec.............XviD
Bitrate...........~900 Kbps
Resolution........608x352
Aspect Ratio......1.727:1

Audio
Codec.............MP3
Bitrate...........128 Kbps
Channels..........2

Runtime per Part: ~48 minutes each part
Number of Parts: 3
Part Size: ~375 Mb each part

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