Baghdad Central is a British crime thriller television series set in Iraq and first broadcast in 2020. It was adapted from a 2014 novel by Elliott Colla.
The series is set in Iraq in 2003, shortly after the ousting of Saddam Hussein. It centres on a former policeman, Muhsin al-Khafaji (Waleed Zuaiter), as he tries to find his missing daughter, Sawsan (Leem Lubany). He is mistakenly arrested and tortured by United States troops but then recruited by a former British policeman, Frank Temple (Bertie Carvel), to become a police officer in the Green Zone.[5][6]
Production and cast
The series was written by Stephen Butchard and directed by Alice Troughton.[4] The executive producer was Kate Harwood[2]
Main cast
- Waleed Zuaiter as Muhsin al-Khafaji[5]
- Bertie Carvel as Frank Temple[5]
- Clara Khoury as Professor Zubeida Rashid[7]
- Leem Lubany as Sawsan[7]
- July Namir as Mrouj[5]
- Tawfeek Barhom[8]
- Charlotte Spencer[8]
- Corey Stoll as John Parodi[4]
- Neil Maskell as Douglas Evans[7]
Broadcast
Baghdad Central was first broadcast on Channel 4 in February 2020.[9] In the United States, it has been broadcast on Hulu.[10][11]
Reception
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