Murdered by My Father

Murdered by My Father is a one-off British drama written by Vinay Patel, directed by Bruce Goodison and produced by Toby Welch, and starring Adeel Akhtar and Kiran Sonia Sawar, that first aired on BBC One in March 2016. The drama tells the story of an honour killing of a British Asian Muslim teenage girl by her father.[1][2][3]

Murdered by My Father
GenreDrama
Created byVinay Patel
Written byVinay Patel
Directed byBruce Goodison
Starring
Composer(s)
  • Samuel Sim
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
Original language(s)English
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Damian Kavanagh
  • Aysha Rafaele
Producer(s)Toby Welch
CinematographyFelix Wiedemann
Editor(s)Josh Cunliffe
Running time75 minutes
Production company(s)BBC
Release
Original networkBBC Three
Picture format2:1 1080i
Audio formatStereo
Original release29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

Summary

Widowed father Shahzad is bringing up two children, Salma and Hassan, alone. Teenager Salma has been promised to Haroon in an arranged marriage but she falls in love with Imi. Following a confrontation with Haroon and with men from the community, Shahzad murders his daughter and kills himself.[4]

Cast

Critical reception

Ceri Redford, writing in The Daily Telegraph, described the drama as "nuanced and unbearably heart-breaking" and "a brave piece of television".[5] Kasia Delgado, in the Radio Times, wrote that the drama "deserves a Bafta [award] for depicting this very real issue so brilliantly".[6]

References
  1. Ahmed, Tufayel (29 March 2016). "'Murdered by my Father': inside the BBC's honor killing drama". Newsweek. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. Rutter, Claire (5 April 2016). "Murdered By My Father tells harrowing tale of honour killing as sexy selfies and forbidden love lead to tragic end". Mirror. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. Harrison, Bernice (8 April 2016). "Television: The spoiler is in the title in dramas that borrow from real life". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  4. "Murdered by My Father". BBC. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  5. Radford, Ceri (30 March 2016). "Murdered By my Father was a brave piece of television". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  6. Delgado, Kasia (29 March 2016). "Murdered by My Father is a horrifying but award-worthy drama about "honour" killing". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 April 2016.


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