A new drama based on two horrific real-life murders, Sherwood, has begun on BBC One. The drama follows the tragic and unexpected murders that threaten to shatter an already fractured community.
Set and filmed in Nottinghamshire, Sherwood is based on a true story about events that happened in the hometown of James Graham, the creator and executive producer of Sherwood. The show is not a literal adaptation and the characters are fictional but the drama has been inspired by real events in the community.
There will be six episodes of Sherwood with the first aired on Monday, June, 13. The second episode is set to air on Tuesday, June, 14, at 9pm on BBC One. You can read the impressive cast list for the show here.
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The third episode will air on BBC One on Monday, June, 20, at 9pm and the fourth episode will air at 9pm on BBC One on Tuesday, June, 21. Viewers will be unable to binge-watch the series on BBC iPlayer until Tuesday, June, 28, when the final episode airs on BBC One as unlike other BBC dramas the whole series was not put onto BBC iPlayer.
Sherwood is based on two real murders that took place near the village of Annesley Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire in 2004. Robert Boyer murdered former miner Keith Frogson and Terry Rodgers killed his daughter Chanel Huthwaite.
Both men fled to the same local woods, near the village of Annesley Woodhouse, after the murders. The murders were brutal as Boyer shot Mr Frogson with a crossbow, hacked him to death with a sword, and set fire to his house with his victim's daughter and son-in-law still inside. Rodgers was living with his daughter Chanel when he shot her four times just weeks after her wedding. After fleeing to the woods both killers remained at large for weeks. You can read more about the true story behind Sherwood here.
