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National Theatre Live: Hangmen

You're hanging an innocent man I never even met the girl!I've never even been to Norfolk!

You're hanging an innocent man I never even met the girl!
I've never even been to Norfolk!

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You're hanging an innocent man
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I never even met the girl! I've never even been to Norfolk!
Duration
8 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:00
Uploaded
Nov 02, 2025
Genres
comedy, drama
Production
National Theatre

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Movie Summary

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.
That's just the whys and wherefores. That's nowt to do with me - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:19
That's just the whys and wherefores. That's nowt t...
They could've at least sent Pierrepoint - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:39
They could've at least sent Pierrepoint
It's the courts that's hanging ya, not us - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:20
It's the courts that's hanging ya, not us
Syd! You're just standing around having a chat like a bloody mouse - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:32
Syd! You're just standing around having a chat like a b...
But I've never even been to Norfolk. Or anywhere in East Anglia - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:08
But I've never even been to Norfolk. Or anywhere in Eas...
I don't want the hood. Can I not have the hood? - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:05
I don't want the hood. Can I not have the hood?
I promise I'll go quietly if I don't have to have the hood - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:06
I promise I'll go quietly if I don't have to have ...
Where's doctor? - Here, Sir - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:14
Where's doctor? - Here, Sir
What were I supposed to do, Harry? He were clinging on to that b-b-bedstead... - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:06
What were I supposed to do, Harry? He were clinging on to th...
'Bedstead'. Here comes the stutter - ...bedstead for dear life - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:08
'Bedstead'. Here comes the stutter - ...bedstead f...
And we'll have none of this going down in t' bloody report, neither - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:20
And we'll have none of this going down in t' blood...
'Albert bloody Pierrepoint' - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:09
'Albert bloody Pierrepoint'
Now where's our bloody breakfast? I, for one, am fucking starved - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:07
Now where's our bloody breakfast? I, for one, am fuckin...
I do have a comment, lad. 'No comment' - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:09
I do have a comment, lad. 'No comment'
Newspaper lad says 'But you must have a comment, Harry'. Harry says 'I do have a comment. No comment' - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:18
Newspaper lad says 'But you must have a comment,...
I didn't say 'Piss off', Charlie - ...'Commentless!' - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:07
I didn't say 'Piss off', Charlie - ...'C...
For being underage in a public bar, for a start off. How old are ya, twelve? - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:06
For being underage in a public bar, for a start off. How old...
Five, more like - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:25
Five, more like
And I do have my opinions on this abolition business. How could I not, like? - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:05
And I do have my opinions on this abolition business. How co...
Same as I've had a variety of opinions over the years, on a variety of subjects - National Theatre Live: Hangmen 00:23
Same as I've had a variety of opinions over the years, ...