The true stories behind the new BBC Sherwood drama - the 'jealous' dad who shot his daughter and an ex-miner killed on his doorstep

The BBC's latest drama, Sherwood, has gripped its audience with the story of a harrowing double killing set in an unsuspecting town still reeling from the miners' strike. Screenwriter James Graham returned to his roots to create the six-parter, inspired by two tragic events which took place near his home in Nottinghamshire.

It stars The Walking Dead's David Morrissey as lead detective DCS Ian St Clair. The two heart-breaking real-life events detailed in the drama triggered the largest police manhunt Nottinghamshire police has ever seen.

In unconnected attacks which shook the community, Robert Boyer killed ex-miner Keith Frogson with a crossbow and samurai sword while Terry Rodgers shot his own daughter just weeks after walking her down the aisle. Unusually, both men fled to the same local woodland, evading police for weeks and sparking an unprecedented search that has never been seen since.

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Here's the true-life stories of those involved in both shocking cases...

The devastating chain of events started when former miner Keith 'Froggy' Frogson, 62, was found butchered on his own doorstep in the pit town of Annesley Woodhouse on the evening of July 19. Mr Frogson - who was a member of National Union of Miners and played a major role in the strike of 1984 - had been attacked with a crossbow and hacked to death with a samurai sword after returning from a night at the local pub.

Desperate to catch the killer, police turned their attentions to mineworkers and found he had a history of clashing with Robert Boyer, 42, who was a member of the rival Union of Democratic Mineworkers and had been branded a 'scab' for continuing to work through the