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When a murder occurs in an ex-mining town, DCS Ian St Clair is called to investigate. Drama starring David Morrissey.
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David Butcher
There may be times watching this masterly drama from writer James Graham when you find yourself needing one of those police display boards with photos on and lines showing the connections between people. It’s complicated. There’s a rich web of characters, each of them fully formed and played by someone who, in other circumstances, might be top of a cast list.
Put simply, we’re in a Nottinghamshire mining town, where the community still bears scars of divisions from the miners’ strike of the 1980s. Grudges are held. History matters. “We never forget round ’ere,” says one local. And at a wedding reception Gary (Alun Armstrong) notes that “If looks could kill, we’d have a dozen knives in us back.” Graham is best known for witty plays about political history but here, there’s more: the focus becomes a murder case (based on real events) and the light it sheds on the past.
David Morrissey and Lesley Manville take key roles and they’re both riveting, though it feels odd to single them out because so is everyone else.
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rolenameDetective Chief Superintendent Ian St ClairDavid MorrisseyJulie JacksonLesley ManvilleSarah VincentJoanne Froggatt
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rolenameDirectorBen A WilliamsDirectorLewis Arnold
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News & features about Sherwood
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Is Sherwood based on a true story?
Is season 2 of the hit BBC drama based on real events?
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Sherwood renewed for season 3 – James Graham teases "new set of stories"
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James Graham's acclaimed BBC series returns to delve further into Nottinghamshire's haunting past.
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