Two murders shake up an old pit village in Nottinghamshire, one of the victims is killed with a bow and arrow, and a fugitive hides in nearby Sherwood Forest, leading to a massive manhunt.
Out of respect for families, the police do their best to prevent the press from making the inevitable “Robin Hood” headlines about the case, but these families are already torn apart by the simmering tensions of the miners’ strike nearly four decades ago. emerged after the murders.
Welcome to Sherwood, a gripping six-part BBC1 thriller featuring a world-class cast of David Morrissey, Robert Glenister, Lesley Manville and Joanne Froggatt. They play members of a small community in Nottinghamshire, where there are still deep feelings between those who chose to strike and those who passed the picket.
When an ancient miner is hit with a bow and arrow, old wounds reopen and historical divisions begin. And the flames flare up when a second body appears.
Sherwood, the new six-part BBC1 thriller starring David Morrissey and Robert Glenister, Lesley Manville (pictured) and Joanne Froggatt
David Morrissey, who plays DCS principal investigator Ian St Clair, says the series’ research on the 1984-85 strike reveals how faithful the screenplay of James Graham, who specializes in the dramatization of real events and is best known, is. The big cough series in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? – reflects what really happened.
“I grew up during the miners’ strike but had to go back to doing a lot more work to refresh my memory,” he says. “I went to Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, and spoke with the striking miners, the miners still working, and the police officers on the picket.
“I had the feeling that they still had the scars, especially among the miners.”
The series begins with real-life footage and pit violence of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, President of the National Miners’ Union, Arthur Scargill in the 1980s. These days, friends and neighbors, including Gary Jackson and his wife Julie (Alun Armstrong and Lesley Manville) and his older sister, Cathy (Claire Rushbrook), are getting ready for Neel Fisher’s (Bally Gill) wedding and local politics. Sarah Vincent (Joanne Froggatt), who hopes to change the Tory Labor stronghold in the local elections.
It soon becomes clear that there is tension beneath it, and the word “mange” is still used, an insult to those who broke the strike. After the marriage, the first murder is committed and the society trembles.
Joanne Froggatt and Bally Gill play Sarah Vincent and Neel Fisher
“As in all good crime movies, you feel like you’re investigating something and another pops up and suddenly everybody gets suspicious,” says David. “This is starting to have a very shaky effect on society.
“Rumours, gossip and gossip are coming from this murder and it’s starting to have a very sneaky effect.
“Old wounds begin to open and you begin to see that a seemingly solid community is actually built on sand. It is clear that they have to deal with things from the past in order to move forward.
“The killer is a catalyst in this investigation process.”
When DCS St Clair begins investigating the first murder, she discovers that the victim had previously been arrested during the strike, but some of her documents had been censored. He then asks DI Kevin Salisbury (Robert Glenister) to shed some light on the Metropolitan Police Officer involved.
Rumors, gossip and rumors come from a murder and suddenly everyone is under suspicion.
“Kevin and Ian rubbed each other the wrong way, which was really nice to play with,” says David.
The beauty of the script for Robert is that it doesn’t force the audience to take the side of the strikers, the strikers, or the police, but that it has an impact on everyone involved. “It’s interesting because you see clever flashbacks from 1984, when my character and the other officers were inexperienced and vulnerable,” he says.
“A drama about the partition. The strike divided communities that depended on the industry for everything. This has been destroyed.
“There were people who believed in the protest against the closure of the garages and thought it was their responsibility to their families, so they kept working. James Graham does not take sides, pointing out the problems of a community and how they are trying to recover years later.
For David Morrissey, the role was a blast from the past as he crafted a contemporary music playlist to give him some inspiration. “I listened to Wham!, Boomtown Rats, Adam Ant.
“I was a student back then and I remember going to fundraisers for miners and participating in the Coal Not Dole parade. There was good music on those walks.
“I had just arrived in London and most of us were politically active so it seemed very lively. It made me feel old, like almost 40 years ago! ‘
- Sherwood, Monday and Tuesday, 21:00, BBC1
Source: Daily Mail
