A new drama based around two murders in Nottinghamshire is set to hit TV screens later this month. BBC One's Sherwood will be based around two brutal murders which took place near the village of Annesley Woodhouse back in 2004.
The show stars David Morrissey, Robert Glenister and Lesley Manville and is written by James Graham, a playwright who grew up in the village and has written numerous other dramas such as Quiz, Coalition and Brexit: The Uncivil War. It's worth pointing out that Sherwood is a fictional crime drama, but it has been inspired by two tragic events which both took place within weeks of each other 18 years ago.
In July of that year, Robert Boyer had shot ex-miner Keith 'Froggy' Frogson with a crossbow on his doorstep, before hacking him to death with a sword and setting fire to his home - with his victim's daughter and her husband still inside. Later that month, Terry Rodgers was living in his daughter Chanel's home in Huthwaite when he shot her four times, just weeks after her wedding.
