The Executioners
2008
📺 1 Season
🎬 3 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 47 min/episode
DocumentaryCrime
They were cobblers, salesmen, barbers and landlords. Working men. Yet they were anything but ordinary. They were the State’s part-time killers; the hangmen.
Seasons
Season 1
This is the story of The Private Executioners…a unique history of British capital punishment, seen through the eyes of those who dispensed it. Though the hangman’s duties were grim, their experiences encompassed pathos, passion and even genuine humor. The program asks: How were hangmen selected? How were they trained? How much responsibility did they bear? Finally, did the hangmen ever believe they had executed the innocent?
Crew
Director
John Keeling
Producer
Ken Maliphant
Network
Crime + Investigation
Production
Alba Communications Ltd, DGP Productions