Populated with so many well known actors, it's actually a bit distracting.
Interesting subject matter. A murder (by crossbow - Sherwood - get it?) occurs in an old Nottinghamshire mining town which in the 1980s was rare in that most of the miners carried on working. Only one, played by Alun Armstrong, held out for the striking NUM. But also had us thinking about Southcliffe, with which is shares certain similarities.
Investigating this is local DCI David Morrissey, joined from the Met by failing but useful detective Robert Glenister (good; played by his son Tom in flashbacks).
Lesley Manville is the victim's wife, her sister is Clare Rushbrook and her husband Kevin Doyle (Downton, Happy Valley). The Sparrow family of drug dealers and archery hire are played by Lorraine Ashbourne (Alma's Not Normal, Bridgerton), Philip Jackson and Perry Fitzpatrick. Clare Holman is Morrissey's wife. Joanne Froggat's just married to Bally Gill, whose Dad, train driver Adeel Akhtar lives next door.
James Graham wrote Brexit: The Uncivil War. Directed (in what seems to be the BBC tradition) by Lewis Arnold and Ben A Williams (three each).
Akhtar going off the rails in the forest is one highlight. But ultimately we felt a bit unfulfilled, having learned nothing really about the behaviour of the killer, but rather we'd had something of a history lesson about the conflicts within mining communities. (We subsequently heard Graham in interview and he certainly is very articulate and passionate about politics and his subject matter.)
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