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BBC One Sherwood: Village speak out after finale of drama based on real-life murders

'This village has a great community feel and hopefully a great future'

Nottingham Post

BBC's Sherwood: Five-star reviews from critics as season finishes

The final episode of the season aired on Tuesday (June 28) night

Nottingham Post

Who was Robert Boyer - and where is he now?

The BBC crime drama Sherwood was inspired by real life events

Manchester Evening News

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Families in BBC Sherwood's real-life village 'still divided' by miners' strike

The community of Annesley Woodhouse on the fringes of Sherwood Forest was left shocked when their village the setting for one of the most brutal killings in Nottinghamshire's history

Daily Mirror

BBC's Sherwood: Where is killer Robert Boyer now

The drama is fictional but it's inspired by true life events

Nottingham Post

How Sherwood real-life killer 'planned to get away with murder' - with bizarre test run

How a £10 note was used in Sherwood real life killer's shocking escape plan

Daily Mirror

Police officer who led hunt that inspired BBC Sherwood details how killer's lair was found

DCI Russ Foster has recalled the events that unfolded in Annesley Woodhouse

Nottingham Post

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Inside Sherwood crossbow killer's hidden lair found in forest after huge manhunt

It was in Sherwood Forest in 2004, where two separate murderers spent weeks on the run - sparking one of the UK’s biggest ever manhunts and some of the most harrowing moments of DCC Russ Foster's career

Daily Mirror

The true stories behind the new BBC Sherwood drama - the 'jealous' dad who shot his daughter and an ex-miner killed on his doorstep

The two real-life events triggered the biggest manhunt ever seen by Nottinghamshire police

Manchester Evening News

Sherwood true story: 'Jealous' dad shot daughter weeks after walking her down aisle

BBC thriller Sherwood is based on a real-life double killing that rocked a Nottinghamshire mining town. Robert Boyer attacked ex-miner Keith Frogson with a crossbow before Terry Rodgers shot daughter Chanel Taylor in unconnected slayings.

Daily Mirror

Is BBC One's Sherwood a true story? How close is it to real life events that inspired the drama

Writer James Graham points out that Sherwood is a fictional crime drama. Warning: this story contains spoilers

Nottingham Post

Sherwood: Real life grisly crossbow killing of ex-miner hacked to death on own doorstep

BBC thriller Sherwood was inspired by the true story of a gruesome double killing by Robert Boyer and Terry Rodgers that rocked a Nottinghamshire mining community and led to the biggest manhunt ever seen by the force

Daily Mirror

How many episodes of Sherwood on BBC One are there?

The drama is based on true events

Wales Online

Sherwood: Alun Armstrong inspired by victim Keith Frogson for gripping new BBC drama

BBC drama Sherwood is based on the true story of two unrelated murders in Nottingham in 2004, sending shock waves through a community still facing historic divisions over the 1980s miners' strikes

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Nottingham Post

BBC One Sherwood locations as Ashfield mentioned in show

The six-part drama is airing on BBC One

Nottingham Post

BBC One Sherwood: Reaction to first episode of new drama and 'extraordinarily good' Lesley Manville

The second episode is due to air on Tuesday evening

Wales Online

Sherwood: Is new BBC drama based on a true story?

Sherwood begins on BBC One on Monday, June 13, at 9pm

Nottingham Post

BBC One Sherwood: Mum's anger as family 'ripped apart all over again' over drama on daughter's murder

'I wanted nothing to do with it"

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Mum's anger as BBC Sherwood drama about daughter's murder rips family apart again

Anne MacPherson has accused the BBC of reopening the family’s wounds by focusing on the shotgun killing of her daughter Chanel in its drama Sherwood, which starts tomorrow

Nottingham Post

BBC One Sherwood: Parts of Nottinghamshire where drama was filmed on double murder

It starts next week with two episodes being released

Nottingham Post

BBC One Sherwood star David Morrissey 'fascinated' by tragic story behind drama based in Notts village

Two separate killers went to ground in woodland

Nottingham Post

BBC One Sherwood: TV writer speaks of 'invading force' that descended on Nottinghamshire village after murders

The new show is loosely based on a real story

Nottingham Post

BBC One Sherwood: The real story behind show as date for first episode announced

The drama has been inspired by true events

Nottingham Post

BBC One Sherwood: Nottinghamshire mining village remembers two murders which inspired new drama

Robert Boyer and Terry Rodgers both fled to woodland near the small village of Annesley Woodhouse

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