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‘DI Ray’ starring Parminder Nagra to air on ITV in May

Four-part drama ‘DI Ray’, written by Maya Sondhi (‘Line of Duty’) will air on ITV over four consecutive nights from 2nd to 5th May 2022.

The series stars Parminder Nagra (‘Bend It Like Beckham’), Gemma Whelan, Jamie Bamber, Maanuv Thiara and Ian Puleston-Davies.

Set in Birmingham, DI Ray introduces us to Leicester-born Rachita Ray, a police officer who takes on a case that forces her to confront a lifelong personal conflict between her British identity and her South Asian heritage.

Rachita achieves the promotion sheā€™s been waiting for when sheā€™s asked to join a homicide investigation. However, on her first day sheā€™s told the murder to which sheā€™s been assigned is a ā€˜Culturally Specific Homicide.ā€™ Rachitaā€™s heart sinks ā€“ she
suspects sheā€™s a ā€˜token appointmentā€™, chosen for her ethnicity rather than her ability.
Never one to shy away from a challenge, Rachita sticks to the case, determined to both find the killer and call out the obvious biases her colleagues are bringing to the investigation. And itā€™s far from easy. The case isnā€™t a run-of-the-mill murder; it involves delving deep into the dangerous world of organised crime.

Rachita is more than up for the task, but what she didnā€™t count on is what this case stirs up inside her; the realisation that sheā€™s been burying a personal identity crisis her whole life.

Screenwriter Maya Sondhi commented: ā€œThis is a project which is deeply personal for me as a British Asian Brummie woman. Itā€™s only in the past 10 years or so Iā€™ve really been able to truly embrace my heritage. So much of this show is my
story and in telling it honestly, I hope others from all different backgrounds will relate.ā€

‘DI Ray’ begins on Monday 2nd May at 9pm on ITV.

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