1 | In a small mining community in Nottingham, an ardent striker back in the day (Alun Armstrong) is killed. A local police officer (Creator/DavidMorrissey) is assigned to the case, which involves unraveling secrets from the small town, including those of his wife (Creator/LesleyManville). The mini series aired on Creator/TheBBC in June and July 2022. |
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3 | Not to be confused with MenOfSherwood. |
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6 | * TheEighties: There are constant flashbacks to the 1980s, during the miners' strike of 1984. |
7 | * AnachronismStew: The show is set thirty years after the miners' strike ended, putting it around 2014 or 2015, but Cindy Jackson's little brother is shown playing on a Platform/NintendoSwitch--which didn't come out until 2017. |
8 | * BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Daphne genuinely fell in love and chose to stay in Nottingham after the operation ended.]] |
9 | * DeadStarWalking: Both Joanne Froggatt and Alun Armstrong. |
10 | * DrivenToSuicide: Raggett commits suicide via a BoomHeadshot. |
11 | * LegacySeeker: [[spoiler:Raggett]] commits suicide to preserve his legacy rather than being questioned about the undercover operation. |
12 | * PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: Subverted. As wild as it is, the two manhunts that happened in real-life really did happen only a short time apart and the investigations were simultaneous. |
13 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:After (albeit impulsively) murdering his daughter-in-law, Andy leaves a guilty and genuinely remorseful message, before being immediately killed by a crossbow bolt to the back of the head.]] |
14 | * SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler:The undercover cop is constantly described as a man and gendered male -- but it's actually Daphne.]] |
15 | * UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Kinda. [[spoiler:The murderer in real-life killed his newlywed daughter; in this, the murderer is her father-in-law.]] |
16 | * VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Of [[https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/terry-rodgers-chanel-taylor-how-3233510 Terry Rodger's murder of his daughter Chanel]] and [[https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/sherwood-real-life-grisly-crossbow-27227597 Keith Frogson's murder]], though many, many details are changed. |
17 | %%Zero Context* VillainsDyingGrace: Another possible interpretation of [[spoiler:Andy's]] death is this. |
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