But not only did Monica Dolan earn two RTS Award nominations for such polar opposite performances – Lead Actor for Jo Hamilton in Mr Bates vs The Post Office and Supporting Actor for Ann Branson in Sherwood – it turns out that she filmed them at the same time.
Having followed the fallout of a local murder that reignited buried tensions dating back to the miners’ strike of the 1980s, James Graham led the second series of his drama into gang related territory, to both critical and viewer acclaim.
“This second series may look, at first glance, like your typical crime drama,” wrote Chris Bennion in The Telegraph, “but its exceptional grasp of people and place sets it apart.”
Series one of the RTS Award-winning drama saw two murders tear apart a Nottinghamshire mining village, revealing tensions that had been dormant since 1984. The miners who were on strike and those who crossed the picket line were still at odds four decades later.
When a union man was killed by an arrow, more killings followed in its path as the community unravelled.
