D.I. Ray
D.I. Ray
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Premiered:
- Network: ITV
- Category: Series
- Genre: Drama
- Type: Live Action
- Concept:Created by Maya Sondhi
- Subject Matter: Police
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Plot Synopsis
When D.I. Rachita Ray, a British-Asian police officer new to homicide, is assigned to investigate the suspected honor killing of a young Muslim man, she quickly realizes the suspects can't be guilty. The evidence against the two brothers from a British Hindu family is flimsy at best. Her attempts at conveying this to her superiors and colleagues are ignored. Hidden biases and a keenness to wrap the case up mean no one is listening to her until her probing leads the team to a much more sinister crime. In the four-part Season 1, D.I. Ray goes on a journey that sees her uncover a complex web of deceit within organized crime while laying bare the wounds deep within herself that she has spent a lifetime ignoring. DI RAY made its U.S. debut on Monday, February 20, 2023 on PBS Passport, followed by its U.S. linear television premiere on Sunday, July 9, 2023 at 10pm on PBS (check local listings).
Season 2 of D.I. RAY made its U.S. debut on Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 10pm on PBS (check local listings). After being suspended from the force when her fiance was found to have links to organized crime, DI Rachita Ray returns to homicide to investigate another sensitive and high-profile case centering on the murder of Frank Chapman, the head of a notorious crime family, and a local nurse caught in the crossfire. Their deaths ignite tensions across the city, putting DI Ray in a race against time to uncover the truth before the Chapman family act out their revenge and an all-out gang war erupts onto the streets. All evidence points towards a rival crime family, the Mochanis, being responsible for the murders, but as DI Ray starts pulling at the threads of the case, a much more insidious mystery begins to unravel. Once again, the series will explore deep personal conflicts for Rachita as both a British Asian woman and as a police officer.
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On Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 10pm (check local listings), PBS aired the U.S. debut of "Enemy Within," the Season 2 finale of D.I RAY. DI Ray turns her focus back to the Chapman family after finding the missing gun.
Cast
- Parminder Nagra - Rachita Ray
- Gemma Whelan - Kerry Henderson
- Sam Baker-Jones - Liam Payne
- Jessica Temple - Carly Lake
- Ian Puleston-Davies - Ross Beardsmore
- Steve Oram - Clive Bottomley
- Peter Bankole - Kwesi Edmund
- Jamie Bamber - Martyn Hunter (Season 1)
- Maanuv Thiara - Tony Khatri (Season 1)
- Tamla Kari - Lucy Chapman (Season 2)
- Michael Socha - Dave Chapman (Season 2)
- Patrick Baladi - Patrick Holden (Season 2)
- Dinita Gohil - Anita Choudhry (Season 2)
- Naomi Yang - Hiroka McGregor (Season 2)
- Lauren Drummond - Susie Chapman (Season 2)
- Syreeta Kumar - Sharon Mochani (Season 2)
- Witney White - Charlene Ellis (Season 2)
- Taha Rahim - Ravinder 'Rav' Mochani (Season 2)
- Kiera Thompson - Joey (Season 2)
- Demelza O'Sullivan - Debs Knott (Season 1)
- Rick S. Carr - Magnus Tranter (Season 1)