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DI Ray : What We Know So Far (UPDATED : 21st April 2022)

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Back in November, Jamie was seen filming in Birmingham alongside lead actress, Parminder Nagra (E.R., Bend It Like Beckham). Now we can bring you all the information about the upcoming ITV thriller!

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Credit: ITV Press Centre

The Cast (and crew)

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Jamie will be playing DCI Martyn Hunter, Rachita’s boyfriend and fellow police officer. Parminder is DI Rachita Ray and Gemma Whelan is DCI Kerry Henderson. Other regular cast members are Maanuv Thiara and Sam Baker-Jones who are confirmed for all 4 episodes. Other well-known actors making appearances include: Helen George (Call The Midwife), Paul Copley (Hornblowers’ Matthews), Peter Bankole (The Chelsea Detective) and Ian Puleston-Davies (Coronation Street).

The show is written by Line Of Duty actress, Maya Sondhi, executive produced by Line Of Duty’s creator, Jed Mercurio and Madonna Baptiste and produced by Charlotte Surtees and Mercurio’s HTM Television. It will be directed by Alex Pillai.

Speaking About His Character And The Show

In the ITV Press Pack for the show, Jamie says of Martyn:

“Martyn is very supportive of Rachita. At the start of the series, she's in a difficult transitional moment where she's been promoted and she's nervous. She is launched straight into a suspected “culturally sensitive homicide” case where it is assumed that her South Asian heritage is going to be important. She immediately has a feeling that she's been thrown into the deep end, and the case isn’t what it seems. Martyn is a sounding board for Rachita and he tries to help steer her. He's a senior officer of high rank so she looks up to him professionally, but they are equals in terms of their relationship at home. It’s a mature and healthy relationship.”

About the show and it’s take on Racism in modern society, he comments:

“With DI Ray, you're not really aware that you're watching a drama about prejudice within society, it’s very subtle in a way that’s actually more akin to most people's experience of racial prejudice. You're just watching a really good cop show, but you're also understanding that for this particular character, she has to navigate more than just the usual office politics. It’s really nicely done so the audience doesn't need to feel it's watching something worthy with a message. You're just watching a woman in the modern world try to navigate a particularly tricky investigation, which is made trickier because of everyone's sensitivities around ethnic differences.”

He also discusses meeting and working with Parminder:

“It's always a challenge, creating a partnership with another actor, and a source of nerves and anticipation as you don't know quite how you're going to get on or whether your working methods are similar. But we got together in Birmingham for an afternoon just before filming, so that we could really establish that relationship. I’d never met Parminder before, but it was very apparent immediately that she was a very warm, funny, engaging person and we clicked effortlessly I'd say. It was great to have that afternoon just to make sure that we were on the same page. It was great fun. I'd like to think I made her laugh and she certainly made me laugh.”

The Plot

The synopsis of the show reads:

Rachita achieves the promotion she’s been waiting for when she’s asked to join a homicide investigation. However, on her first day she’s told the murder to which she’s been assigned is a ‘Culturally Specific Homicide.’ Rachita’s heart sinks – she suspects she’s a ‘token appointment’, 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 it’s far from easy. The case isn’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 didn’t count on is what this case stirs up inside her; the realisation that she’s been burying a personal identity crisis her whole life. Truth is, she's had to work twice as hard as everyone else. It's not that she doesn't want to be Indian, it’s just that it would have been easier if she were white.

Air Date

The show will start on Monday 2nd May 2022 at 9pm on ITV1. As with Innocent last year, it will be broadcast over 4 consecutive nights with the last episode airing on Thursday 5th May 2022.

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