Baghdad Central (TV series)


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.

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, as he tries to find his missing daughter, Sawsan. He is mistakenly arrested and tortured by United States troops but then recruited by a former British policeman, Frank Temple, to become a police officer in the Green Zone.

Production and cast

The series was written by Stephen Butchard and directed by Alice Troughton. The executive producer was Kate Harwood

Main cast

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

Reception

Baghdad Central has received mostly positive reviews according to aggregator websites, scoring 78 on Metacritic and 90 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes as of May 2020.