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Virdee is an upcoming six-part British crime thriller television series. It is adapted by A A Dhand from his own Bradford-set crime novel series. It stars Staz Nair and is being produced by Magical Society for BBC One and BBC iPlayer.




Synopsis


Harry Virdee is a detective hunting down a killer targeting the Asian community in Bradford. Meanwhile, his Sikh family are dismayed at his decision to marry Saima, who is Muslim.




Cast


Staz Nair as Detective Harry Virdee
Aysha Kala as Saima Virdee
Nina Singh as Tara Virdee
Vikash Bhai as Riaz Hyatt
Kulvinder Ghir as Ranjit Virdee
Sudha Buchar as Jyoti Virdee
Elizabeth Berrington as DS Clare Conway
Danyal Ismail as DS Amin
Tomi May as Enzo Tobin
Andi Jashy as Vasil Shala
Tobias Jowett as Young Harry Virdee
Jack Archer as Alastair Boardman
Hussina Raja as Nadia Ansari
Madiha Ansari
Charlie Mann
Jason Patel
Conor Lowson
Rupert Procter
Oleksandra Palii




Production


Based on the character from the A A Dhand crime novels, which debuted in 2016 with Streets of Darkness, which in September 2023 was reported to be the novel being adapted into a six-part television series. However, later reports suggested it is actually the third novel, City of Sinners, which Dhand has himself adapted for television.
Executive producer is Paul Trijbits for Magical Society, AA Dhand, and Jo McClellan for BBC. The series producer is Stella Nwimo and the series is being co-produced by Gareth Coulam Evans, Callum Dodgson and Sylvie Richards. The series is set to be scored by Hans Zimmer.




= Casting

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In August 2023, Sacha Dhawan was cast in the lead role. In February 2024, he was replaced in the role by Staz Nair. That month, announced cast also included: Aysha Kala as Saima Virdee; Nina Singh as Tara Virdee; Vikash Bhai as Riaz Hyatt; Kulvinder Ghir as Ranjit Virdee and Sudha Bhuchar as Jyoti Virdee. Elizabeth Berrington and Danyal Ismail also star in the series.




= Filming

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Filming commenced in February 2024 in Bradford.




Broadcast


The six-part series will be shown in the UK on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.




Soundtrack


Multi-award-winner composers Hans Zimmer and James Everingham have been announced to be composing the Virdee title theme and series score, featuring Shashwat Sachdev. Trainees from Screen Academy Bradford will also be joining the scoring process to get a hands-on experience of composing for screen.




References






External links


Virdee at IMDb

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Orang Asia Britania
• Benjamin Tillett
• Jodi No.1
• Nistagmus
• Grey College, Durham
• Sewa
• Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur
• Virdee
• Suzanne Virdee
• Tejinder Virdee
• Virdee (surname)
• Daljinder Singh Virdee
• Staz Nair
• A A Dhand
• Jack Archer (actor)
• Tejinder Singh
• Kulvinder Ghir