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Writer:
Peter Kosminsky (written by)
Release Date:
5 September 2008 (France)
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Two British-born Muslim siblings are drawn in radically different directions after 9/11. | full synopsis
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2 wins
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1 nomination
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Worthy, heavy-handed, oddly compelling
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Cast
(Credited cast)| 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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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.