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Sherwood (2022)

2022 · Crime,Drama,Mystery · dramatized-true-crime, period-near-history, contemporary-realistic, crime-procedural

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Sherwood is a prestige BBC crime drama set in a former Nottinghamshire mining village where the unhealed wounds of the 1984 miners' strike detonate into present-day violence. Based on real events, it follows a murder investigation that pulls generations of community members — scabs, strikers, police, and their children — back into unresolved confrontation. The tone is slow-burn and mournful, rooted in working-class realism, with an extraordinary ensemble cast led by David Morrissey and Adeel Akhtar. Series 1 is widely considered among the finest British drama of recent years for its layered writing, authentic sense of place, and emotionally intelligent treatment of class and loyalty. Series 2 is regarded as a significant step down.

From the reviewers

a great assembly of Northern acting talent old and new and a special mention for the brilliant script by James Graham
The series features a veritable 'Who's Who' of fabulous British acting talent and contains many flashbacks to 1984 to various incidents between then young police officers and striking families with complex relationships 40 years on now strained by the investigation.
The suspected murderer terrorizes the village with random arrow attacks whilst hiding out in the very forest made famous by Robin Hood lending a compellingly surreal mythological backdrop to the extensive manhunt.
the essential background to this drama is brilliantly sketched as we are introduced to the large range of characters, and it is beautifully written, shot and performed
being someone that had coal miners in the family, those divisions are real, and still felt all these years later, the way in which they captured that feeling, incredible.

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