Baghdad Central (TV series)

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Baghdad Central
Genre
Based onBaghdad Central
by Elliott Colla
Written by Stephen Butchard
Directed by Alice Troughton
Starring
Music by H. Scott Salinas
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languages
  • English
  • Arabic
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
ProducerJonathan Curling
Production company Euston Films
Original release
Network Channel 4
Release3 February (2020-02-03) 
9 March 2020 (2020-03-09)

Baghdad Central is a British crime thriller television series set in Iraq and first broadcast in 2020. It was based on the 2014 novel by Elliott Colla, and adapted by Stephen Butchard. It was directed by Alice Troughton. [3] The executive producer was Kate Harwood [2] [4] [3]

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Plot

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]

Main cast

Recurring cast

Production

Filming began in September 2018, and took place in Morocco, including in the cities of Ouarzazate, Rabat, Casablanca and Mohammedia. [9]

Broadcast

Baghdad Central was first broadcast on Channel 4 in February 2020. [10] In the United States, it has been broadcast on Hulu. [11] [12]

Reception

Baghdad Central has received mostly positive reviews according to aggregator websites, scoring 78 on Metacritic and 90% on Rotten Tomatoes as of May 2020. [13] [14] Zuaiter was a nominee for the Best Actor award in the 2021 British Academy Television Awards. [15]

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