Sherwood made its series premiere in June 2022 and left audiences and critics enthralled. The show has been renewed for a third season.

Sherwood premiered in June 2022 with a second season dropping in 2024 (Image: BBC/House Productions/Matt Squire)

Viewers have been left amazed “at how good” a BBC political drama series is.

Sherwood made its series premiere in June 2022 and left audiences and critics enthralled, with some calling it the “cleverest, most compelling show I’ve seen in years”. The thrilling political drama was renewed for a second season which dropped in August 2024 and since then, a third series has been announced.

With viewers calling it “a proper BBC drama”, fans have expressed how great it is to see an offering like this by BBC One.

Written and created by James Graham, Sherwood presents itself as a crime drama but is actually a poignantly-gripping story that transports you back in time. With James having grown up in the area where the show is set—mere streets away from where the murders took place—the fabric that runs through the length and breadth of the show is as authentic as it gets.

Centred around, and loosely based on, the two shocking real-life murders of hairdresser Chanel Taylor and trade unionist Keith Frogson in July 2004, the show is set in the Nottinghamshire mining district of Ashfield during the 1980s miners’ strike. It follows the division and contrived functioning of an already fractured community with an ominous past.

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Sherwood has been written and created by James Graham (Image: BBC/House Productions/Matt Squire)

The second series of the show takes place in the present day and takes the viewers into the depths of a tumultuous gang war, introducing family dynamics, old rivalries, revenge and betrayal.

Sherwood features a stellar cast including David Morrissey, Lesley Manville, Bill Jones, Sharlene Whyte, Monica Dolan, David Harewood, Lorraine Ashbourne, Perry Fitzpatrick, Philip Jackson, Adeel Akhtar, and Alun Armstrong among others.

With critics terming it “television dynamite”, this heartwrenchingly real series takes 40 years worth of emotions and history and boils it down into a must-watch drama. Across the board, most critics hailed the show as award-worthy when it first premiered in 2022 – a sentiment that remained largely intact after its second series.

Viewers have been left amazed at the show’s daring wading of the political world, with one commenting: “This series is an eye opener to the real world of political policing in the UK. A great series and a great watch. Not for people who aren’t intelligent.”

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Sherwood is set in the Nottinghamshire mining district of Ashfield (Image: BBC/House Productions/Matt Squire)

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Another reviewer added: “Stunning. Great actors. Clever plot. Well thought out. I wasn’t expecting how good it would be.”

Leaving fans impressed with its beautiful depictions of gritty, real-world happenings, one user expressed: “This has proven to be one of the best in its genre. What stands out and really the beauty of the show are the separate stories and character build. There are multiple story lines here….the question is will they ultimately intersect and connect to an event in 1984. Very well done”

Another impressed fan said: “An incredibly rich and believable series. And, unlike so many other TV “mysteries”, there’s an actual mystery at the heart of this.”

Comparing the show to Broadchurch, one viewer commented: “Ridiculously first rate. Reminds me of the top notch gravitas of Broadchurch, same unimpeachably high production values and knockout writing and acting.”

Sherwood is a top-tier representation of what content could (and should) look like. Or as one reviewer put it simply: “Five star show.”