Person of Interest (film)

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Person of Interest
Directed byAysha Rafaele
Screenplay byAysha Rafaele
Produced by
  • Joseph Bullman
  • Meeshan Saxena
Starring
Music byRoger Goula
Production
company
  • Halcyon Heart Films
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Person of Interest is a 2024 British television film written and directed by Aysha Rafaele and starring Asim Chaudhry. It was broadcast on Channel 4 on 2 December 2024.

Contents

Premise

The film follows a British Muslim minicab driver in August 2024. [1]

Cast

Production

The film is written and directed by Aysha Rafaele. [2] The cast is led by Asim Chaudhry and includes Julia Davis and Craig Parkinson. [3]

Broadcast

The film was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 on 2 December 2024. [4]

Reception

Keith Watson in The Daily Telegraph praised Chaudhry for an "impressive performance that punched way above the weight of the material" but felt that "the drama buckled under the strain of trying to squeeze a big story into a tiny space". [5] Carol Midgely in The Times described it as "a well-written drama and I could see its point" but felt that the run time meant it "felt too short" to do justice to the issues it raised. [6]

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