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Sherwood

A densely layered crime drama that uses multiple genres to emphasize various social ills

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

best
THE VERY BEST

8.8

show

United Kingdom
English
Character-driven, Discussion-sparking, Gripping
2022
Adam Hugill, Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook
58 min

Synopsis

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Two murders shatter an already fractured community leading to one of the largest manhunts in British history while threatening to inflame historic divisions sparked during the Miners' Strike three decades before.

Our Take

8.8
The Staff

Beginning as a small-town murder mystery but eventually taking the shape of a police procedural, a spy drama, and a sociopolitical thriller, Sherwood fully reinvigorates the crime genre for British TV. With every twist comes a reminder of how deeply alienated the people of this former mining village have become from themselves, each other, and the outside world. Because underneath all the investigation lies a boiling tension: the scars of a past conflict among trade unionists on strike, the “scabs” who crossed the picket line to continue working, and police forces further provoking all this friction. These internal divisions haunt everything in Sherwood, brought to life by a superb ensemble—David Morrissey, Robert Glenister, Lesley Manville, Adeel Akhtar, and more—who all carry the weight and shame of being left behind by the world around them.

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