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Move over Mrs Soprano, Sherwood's Monica Dolan is one scary mob matriarch

To borrow the old MGM slogan, Sherwood (BBC1, Sunday, Monday) boasts more stars than there are in heaven. That’s what happens when your writer, in this case James Graham, is so hot you could fry an egg on him (which would be messy, unhygienic and dangerous, so don’t try it at home, kids). For all the wattage on display, one actor is a standout - Monica Dolan, who plays Ann Branson, a crime family matriarch so terrifying Carmela and Livia Soprano would think twice about messing with her. The first series of Sherwood was set in a former mining village in Nottinghamshire where the still tender wounds from the strike were ripped open again by a string of murders.