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Season 1 – Virdee

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A Bradford detective with his personal life in chaos must hunt down a killer targeting the Asian community.

Critics Reviews

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Craig Mathieson The Age (Australia) 03/19/2025
3.5/5
As with The Responder and Blue Lights, policing here feels like a puzzle that can’t be cleanly solved. It’s a promising first season, but there’s much here that hopefully the BBC will build on. Go to Full Review Carol Midgley The Times (UK) 03/17/2025
3/5
For me this tension is, by some measure, the most compelling part of this thriller, based on AA Dhand’s noirish novels, because I’ll level with you … I’m not loving the violence. Go to Full Review Lucy Mangan Guardian 03/17/2025
4/5
Dhand’s show is a minor study in masculinity as well as in racial, religious and intra-community divisions, and it does all this with a light but wholly assured touch. And it is, throughout, tremendous fun. Go to Full Review Ed Power iNews.co.uk 04/01/2025
2/5
Yet for all its admirable qualities, it forgets the most important lesson of all: that a thriller, no matter how grisly, should be fun, not glum. Go to Full Review David Opie Digital Spy 03/06/2025
4/5
Virdee is anything but your typical detective thriller, and British TV would be a lot better off with more shows like it. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Antrat 1 @RT78998161 Jun 16 A snoozfest. Unlikable characters and bad writing. See more Richard R @RT49399243 04/02/2025 Really uneven storytelling. Kidnap and murder but they forgot to close the door so his sister witnessed it all as she hid behind the warehouse plastic screen! Really uneven acting too. Virdee’s redhead boss has some awful cliched lines to deliver, “Let’s get to it “ as they launch a major operation. The teen kidnap victim who morphs into a player and inveigles his way into the heart of the operation then turns snitch and when he is caught and told to shoot or be shot, he falls apart unable to do it but a few minutes later is all mouth arguing how he never stood a chance in the city. Ridiculous trajectory for this character. I will finish the series but at this stage it is more for ( unintended) comedy value. See more Derek J @RT06023757 03/15/2025 Shaky camera work at the start was very difficult to watch and the dialogue was mumbled, hard to understand at times. Took too much time to develop the main character. Switched off after half an hour. See more glennis f @RT55704679 02/26/2025 Way too grim. Ridiculous perverted murder I mean carved out eyes with wasps in, gruesome. This programme makes Bradford look like India no one will want to visit this town after watching this.. See more Read all reviews
Virdee — Season 1

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Staz Nair

Harry Virdee

Aysha Kala

Saima Hyatt

Vikash Bhai

Riaz Hyatt

Nina Singh

Tara Virdee-Duggal

Danyal Ismail

DS Khalil Amin

Elizabeth Berrington

DS Clare Conway

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Feb 10, 2025 Detective Harry Virdee throws himself into the search for a missing teen, caught up in a county lines drug gang; following an emotional appeal from the boy's mother, Harry is tempted to cross a dangerous line. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 10, 2025 A brutal murder rocks Bradford's underworld, inflaming tensions between its rival gangs; Harry's search for the killer leads him to the victim's ex-boyfriend, discovering details of her secret life; Saima makes a risky attempt to mend family ties. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 10, 2025 As Bradford reels from the nightclub attack, the killer ups the ante with a high-profile kidnapping; the UK Crime Agency descends on Bradford, putting Harry and Conway's roles into question. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 10, 2025 The killer's game turns personal when a tense phone call at police headquarters forces Harry to relive a trauma from his past; a chance discovery prompts Saima to question what she knows about Harry and her brother. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 10, 2025 With Harry hospitalized after a life-threatening attack, the killer contacts the police with an offer; Riaz becomes a target as Vasil seeks revenge; when Saima decides to spy on her brother, she uncovers far more than she bargained for. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 10, 2025 In a high-stakes confrontation with the killer, Harry is left with an impossible choice; running out of time and options, Harry makes a desperate ploy, setting the stage for a brutal reckoning. Details

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Virdee — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Mark Tonderai, Milad Alami
Executive Producer
Paul Trijbits, AA Dhand, Jo McClellan
Screenwriter
AA Dhand
Network
BBC
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Feb 10, 2025