{"id":16555,"date":"2022-06-07T12:52:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T10:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1657453"},"modified":"2022-06-07T13:26:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T11:26:12","slug":"sherwood-drama-explores-real-life-line-of-duty-style-undercover-ops","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/sherwood-drama-explores-real-life-line-of-duty-style-undercover-ops\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherwood drama explores real-life Line of Duty-style undercover ops"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 07 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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New BBC drama Sherwood<\/a> is inspired by two real manhunts that took place simultaneously in 2004 Nottingham, unearthing tensions that dated back to the \u201980s miner strikes.<\/p>\n

Written by Quiz\u2019s James Graham, who grew up in a \u201cred wall\u201d town in the area, the six-parter will also delve into the Met\u2019s deployment of so-called spy cops.<\/p>\n

These undercover officers, however, weren\u2019t infiltrating terrorist organisations but real-life communities. David Morrissey, who plays DCS Ian St Clair in the show, discussed the \u201coutrageous\u201d nature of these \u2018spy cops\u2019 during a chat with Radio Times magazine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important for me to play the individual but when they start to uncover things about \u2018spy cops\u2019, Ian is just as thrown as anybody else,\u201d he said when asked how he thought police were represented in the drama.<\/p>

He added: \u201cWe\u2019ve seen undercover operations within criminal and terrorist organisations in dramas like Line of Duty<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the idea that there were undercover officers inside legal organisations eavesdropping on conversations, feeding back information and sometimes having relationships with people without telling them who they really were, is outrageous. And it\u2019s something that we need to really look at, right here, right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The real manhunts of Robert Boyer, who had killed ex-miner Keith Frogson before fleeing to the woods, and Terry Rodgers, who had killed his daughter Chanel and also fled to the same woods, provide the backdrop for this exploration of a fractured community \u2013 exploring the Met\u2019s response to the incidents too.<\/p>\n

You can read the full feature on Sherwood in this issue of Radio Times magazine<\/strong>, on sale now.<\/p>\n

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Sherwood will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Monday 13th June at 9pm. Looking for something else to watch? Check out our TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest news.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n

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