DI Ray

DI Ray is a British police procedural television series created and written by Maya Sondhi and produced by Jed Mercurio. DI Ray stars Parminder Nagra in the title role as a Detective Inspector in a fictitious Birmingham-based police force. The cast also includes Gemma Whelan and Jamie Bamber.[1] The first series of four episodes aired on ITV beginning 2 May 2022.

DI Ray
GenrePolice procedural
Created byMaya Sondhi
Written byMaya Sondhi
Directed by
  • Audrey Cooke
  • Alex Pillai
Starring
Theme music composerEdmund Butt
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producers
  • Maya Sondhi
  • Paul Ashton
Producer
Charlotte Surtees
Production location
Cinematography
  • Andrew McDonnell
  • Al Beech
Production companies
  • Creative England
  • HTM Productions
Release
Original release2 May 2022 (2022-05-02) –
present

In November 2022, it was announced that the series was renewed for a six-episode second series, which will begin filming in 2023.[2][3]

Cast
  • Parminder Nagra as DI Rachita Ray
  • Gemma Whelan as DCI Kerry Henderson
  • Jamie Bamber as DCI Martyn Hunter
  • Sam Baker-Jones as DC Liam Payne
  • Maanuv Thiara as PS Tony Khatri
  • Jessica Temple as DC Carly Lake

Production

The series was filmed during October and November 2021 in locations including Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter and outside Lloyd House police station.[4]

Episodes

Series 1 (2022)
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions)
1"Episode 1"Audrey CookeMaya Sondhi2 May 2022 (2022-05-02)N/A
DI Rachita Ray is promoted to homicide but realises that the so called 'culturally specific homicide' she is assigned to, is anything but.
2"Episode 2"Audrey CookeMaya Sondhi3 May 2022 (2022-05-03)N/A
Rachita and the team race to track down Anjuli Kapoor, making grim discoveries in the process.
3"Episode 3"Alex PillaiMaya Sondhi4 May 2022 (2022-05-04)N/A
The body count continues to rise as Rachita and the team uncover more evidence.
4"Episode 4"Alex PillaiMaya Sondhi5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)N/A
Rachita makes a shocking discovery which has a huge impact on both her investigation and her personal life.

Critical response

Lucy Mangan, writing for The Guardian, gave the series three out of a possible five stars. She praised Sondhi's use of "tangled motivations that hold the viewers' interest" to create a "police procedural with a fresh perspective" but felt that the story "at times moves a bit too slowly" and "feels a bit too by-numbers".[5] Sean O'Grady for The Independent gave the series four stars out of five, describing the lead character as "a smart, sassy, tough telly detective" and summarising "low key in tone and atmosphere, DI Ray, cop and show, that is, deserves to be a success. Mercurio ticks another box."[6]

References
  1. Carr, Flora (27 April 2022). "Meet the cast of ITV thriller DI Ray". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  2. Fear, Helen (5 May 2022). "DI Ray on ITV1: Will there be a season 2 of the Parminder Nagra police drama?". ED! Entertainment Daily. Digitalbox Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. Cooper, Brenna (25 November 2022). "ITV confirms future of DI Ray with Parminder Nagra". Digital Spy. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. Honebeek, Talya (2 May 2022). "Where was DI Ray filmed? Birmingham filming locations for Line of Duty creator's new ITV drama". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  5. Mangan, Lucy (2 May 2022). "DI Ray review – like Line of Duty, but with racism at every turn". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  6. O'Grady, Sean (3 May 2022). "DI Ray, review: Low key in tone and atmosphere, Jed Mercurio's latest cop drama deserves to be a success". The Independent. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
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