Airdate: Sherwood

Six part UK crime drama Sherwood screens later this month on BBC First.

The series stars Joanna Froggatt, David Morrissey, Robert Glenister & Lesley Manville.

This screened in the UK in June and has been renewed for a second season.

From award-winning writer James Graham comes a politically pertinent thriller about a community torn apart by two shocking killings.

A complex political past means that the industrial villages around Sherwood Forest have often been divided communities. But when two local residents are killed, old wounds are reopened and the town is engulfed in tension and fear. It’s down to police chief Ian and London met police officer Kevin to solve the case. Can they help this fractured community heal?

Drawn from real-life events, Sherwood is a shockingly relevant thriller about a burgeoning lack of trust in police and government – and the way long-buried political tensions can resurface to devastating effect.

Wednesdays at 8.30pm from August 24 on BBC First and Binge.