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How did gun crime in Nottingham inspire hit BBC drama Sherwood?

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Sherwood is written by award-winning Nottinghamshire playwright James Graham .

Some plotlines echo headlines from the early 2000s when the tabloids branded Nottingham as "Assassination City" The fictional plot and characters have taken this particular place to a very different place.

But it is shining a light on why Nottingham went through such dark times all those years ago . And it raises a simple question: Is truth stranger than fiction? The final episodes of Sherwood are on BBC One at 21:00 on 8-9 September and then available on the BBC iPlayer .