Is There Going to Be a ‘Sherwood’ Series 3?
When Sherwood debuted on the BBC back in 2022, its nuanced depiction – cribbed from reality – of how the fractured past of Nottinghamshire mining towns made for must-watch TV.
The Bafta-winning show brought together tragic real life murder cases in a story of community secrets and collective guilt. Viewers thought it was a a one-and-done series. However, speaking with Esquire at the finale of the first season, creator James Graham said that he was considering expanding it to a second outing. Albeit, back then he was unsure what form it would take.
“People have gone, ‘can it exist in a different form?’ And just asking the question, what would that be like? Would it be like True Detective, where you reset everything and have an entirely different story set in the East Midlands, or do you bring back these characters?”
As it turned out, we received the latter for our second trip to Nottingham, with a pleasing mix of old characters (Ian St Clair, Julie Jackson, the Sparrows) alongside some chilling newcomers (Ryan Bottomsley, Franklin Warner and the officially “fucking terrifying” Ann and Roy Branson). It set the format up well for a third season.
The good news is that the third series has officially been given the green light. Alongside announcing that episode one of series two has been watched by more than 6.5 million viewers, the BBC confirmed that there will be a third season.
Graham said: “It continues to be the greatest privilege to tell stories set in and inspired by the history of my home county of Nottinghamshire. Having a returning series on the BBC is pretty much every British writer’s dream, and I’m incredibly grateful for the continued passion that Lindsay, Charlotte and Jo have for Sherwood - and to everyone at House Productions, the most supportive producers you can have.
“My biggest appreciation though goes to our audiences and I’m determined to deliver for them in a series three, which will be a new set of stories, and the continuation – and completion – of some strands I’ve been dreaming of for some time.”
Meanwhile, executive producers Juliette Howell and Harriet Spencer teased: “James has a lot of very exciting storylines planned so fans will need to be prepared for some more heart-wrenching, jaw-dropping and shocking twists.”
It’s not the only thing the busy Graham is working on at the moment. There’s the reworking of his Dear England play for TV, which was announced earlier this year, a musical based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm that he’s collaborating on with Beauty and the Beast composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater, and a thriller that Graham told Deadline is based on “the mood sweeping across Europe at the moment”.
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