A number of films and television shows have been filmed around Dagnall, including First Knight and Dinotopia.
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Tim Sherwood, a former professional footballer, lives on the edge of the village.
After his retirement from cricket, Dagnall attempted a career in American football with the Leicester Falcons, playing at quarterback.
She was one of seven children of the Anglican clergyman, Charles Penswick Smith, who was vicar of Dagnall at the time of her birth and was vicar of Coddington, Nottinghamshire from 1890 to his death in 1922.