You’re going to have people telling you Sherwood (Monday, 9pm, BBC One) is very good over the next few weeks so we may as well start now: Sherwood is very good. I think it’s important to get ahead of this.
Right now, we live in a high-intensity cultural age when there is at least one bingeable, talked-about TV show every week and somehow you have to watch all of them, the instant they come out and before anyone can spoil them for you, across 10 platforms that all need their own subscription. I do not think this is a good thing, but it is our reality. This is going to happen with Sherwood, and I am telling you now so you don’t get caught out. “Have you seen that BBC One one? By the guy who did Quiz. What’s it called?” This will happen at work or at the pub. Someone is going to drily click their fingers three times while telling you about it. “Set in an old mining village that’s rocked by a double murder. Have you watched it? It’s really good. What’s it called? It’s really good.” At some point you’re going to watch a dramatic moment from the show on Gogglebox while Lee and Jenny gasp – so, again, it’s best for you to watch it before that happens. I’m just trying to make your life easier.
