From West Wing to east Lincs, Rob Lowe is the new sheriff in town
In Wild Bill, star plays an American in charge of a small British police force – and he hopes to shine a light on rural England
In Boston, as the theme song for the American sitcom Cheers famously claims, “everybody knows your name”. And it’s true.
But we are not talking Boston, Massachusetts. This is Boston, Lincolnshire, population 35,124; a town that is about to win new fame because an American cop, with a very familiar face, has been flown in to take charge of the local police force.