DI Ray

Launching strongly on ITV, with Series one averaging 5.7 million viewers, making it one of the broadcaster’s most-watched new dramas of 2022. DI Ray was subsequently recommissioned. While Parminder Nagra and the show received recognition at the RTS Midlands Awards.

Series One

Set in Birmingham, newly promoted DI Rachita Ray (Parminda Nagra) is assigned the murder of a young Muslim man, a case her superiors immediately assume is an honour killing, but Ray’s investigation exposes a much wider organised crime operation involving drugs, trafficking and multiple murders. As the body count rises, Ray discovers that information is being leaked from inside the police. DI Ray quickly realises this is a case that forces her to confront a lifelong personal conflict between her British identity and her South Asian heritage.

Series Two

Two months after her suspension, DI Rachita Ray returns to investigate the drive-by murder of Birmingham crime boss Frank Chapman and a young nurse, initially fearing the killing will ignite a gang war. The case instead exposes a web of family secrets, trafficking and corruption. Alongside the murders, Ray must uncover a way to expose the racism and misogyny within her own force.

Directed by Alex Pillai and Audrey Cooke. Created by Line of Duty actress and screenwriter Maya Sondhi and produced by Charlotte Surtees and Roya Eslami. Executive Produced by Madonna Baptiste, Jimmy Mulville and Jed Mercurio.

Distributed by Hat Trick International.