To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video Sherwood writer James Graham has revealed the truth behind the real-life stories and tragedies that inspired the BBC thriller. The David Morrissey -starring drama is returning after two years, picking up from the series of dramatic crossbow murders in the Nottinghamshire mining village, where locals were left dealing with the trauma from the 1980s miners’ strikes . Following the tensions with police and the trauma that left the community broken decades later, the new season delves into further divides, and local gangs with resurfaced rivalries and revenge plans.
Ahead of the second series airing, creator James has revealed that Sherwood has been ‘inspired’ by real events, though fictionalised from the world he grew up in. The first instalment, it was previously revealed, was based on the real-life crossbow murders in James’ hometown of Annesley Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire in 2004, though the characters were fictionalised. This season focuses on the ‘shotting’ days in Nottingham , when the city suffered a wave of shootings and organised crime that resulted in multiple innocent deaths.
The tragedies occurred when James himself lived in the city, working on the stage door of Nottingham’s Theatre Royal, he revealed. Is Sherwood based on a true story? Speaking about the real-life stories and inspiration that led to the second series, creator James told Metro..