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User Rating:
7.6/10   278 votes
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Director:
Peter Kosminsky
Writer:
Peter Kosminsky (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
5 September 2008 (France) more
Genre:
Drama
Plot:
Two British-born Muslim siblings are drawn in radically different directions after 9/11. | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Cast

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Riz Ahmed ... Sohail Wahid

Manjinder Virk ... Nasima Wahid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Zahra Ahmadi ... Sabia

Arsher Ali ... Matloob
Miriam Ali ... Nahid
Marc Anwar ... Mazur
Peter Banich ... Police motocyclist
Paul Bhattacharjee ... Riaz Wahid
Neil Bhoopalam ... Majid
Mark Bonnar ... Richard
Paul Bown ... Phipps
Raquel Cassidy ... Joy
Rudi Dharmalingham ... Returned fighter
Farzana Dua Elahe ... Aisha
Dawn Finnerty ... WPC
Stephen Fletcher ... Detective 2
Ravin J. Ganatra ... Inspector Hafeez
Elizabeth Hurran ... Clare
Paul Hurstfield ... Sergeant
Adil Mohammed Javed ... Sujid
Haider Javed ... Rashid
Preeya Kalidas ... Shaz
Veena Kapoor ... Yasmin
Julian Kay ... Plain Clothed Policeman
Munir Khairdin ... Iman
Shaheen Khan ... Shainaz Wahid
Adrian Lukis ... Horne
Shereen Martineau ... Laure
Roger May ... Professor Towne
Riz Meedin ... Instructor
Ruth Mitchell ... Rachel

Zaid Munir ... Faisal
Amy Noble ... Lizzie
Jeff Peterson ... Chris
Jack Pierce ... Detective 1
David Prosho ... Senior officer

Sagar Radia ... Rafiq Wahid

Mohan Randhawa ... Abid Nazar
Quill Roberts ... Newagent
Nick Sampson ... Chapel
Rohan Schroff ... Shabir
Tara Sharma ... Parvin
Mary Stockley ... Tess

Hannah Storey ... Senior nurse
Ash Tandon ... Imran
Harvey Virdi ... Kaneez
Martin Walsh ... Desk Sergeant
Jayson Whiteley ... Police Officer
Simon Wilson ... Senior diplomat
Chinna Wodu ... Jude
Wasim Zakir ... Speaker
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Additional Details

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Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:MA
Filming Locations:
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India more
Company:
Arte France more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Worthy, heavy-handed, oddly compelling, 18 June 2008
5/10
Author: rudeboy_murray from United Kingdom

I watched the entire four hours plus of Britz in one bum-numbing session. It delivers exactly what you expect from a Channel 4 mini-series – hard-hitting, topical, well-made edgy drama. Sadly it is also overwritten, more than a little preachy, and some of the acting is uneven.

Episode one, Sohail's story, plays like an endlessly drawn-out episode of Spooks. It has it's moments, and Riz Ahmed is rather good, but the highlights are few and far between, and an awful lot of scenes feel padded. Part two, Nasima's story, is more compelling and at the same time more predictable. The ending is a long time coming and you may spot it a mile off, yet the motivations and attitudes set up for the character lead one to feel that the outcome doesn't ring true. I won't give away the game, but I didn't entirely buy it.

This is the first of Kosminsky's celebrated contemporary dramas I've seen and while the quality of his writing and the power of the subject matter are enough to maintain interest for much of the story, it's hard not to feel he could have achieved more at half the length.

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