Murdered by My Father

Murdered by My Father is a British drama television film written by Vinay Patel, directed by Bruce Goodison and produced by Toby Welch, and starring Adeel Akhtar and Kiran Sonia Sawar, that first aired on BBC One in March 2016. The drama tells the story of an honour killing of a British Asian Muslim teenage girl by her father.

Murdered by My Father
GenreDrama
Created byVinay Patel
Written byVinay Patel
Directed byBruce Goodison
Starring
Composer
  • Samuel Sim
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Damian Kavanagh
  • Aysha Rafaele
ProducerToby Welch
CinematographyFelix Wiedemann
EditorJosh Cunliffe
Running time75 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC Three
Release29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

For his performance in the film, Akhtar won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. The film itself won Best Single Drama at the Royal Television Society Awards in 2017.

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