Murdered by My 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)
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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.[1][2][3]

For his performance in the film, Akhtar won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.[4] The film itself won Best Single Drama at the Royal Television Society Awards in 2017.[5]

  1. ^ Ahmed, Tufayel (29 March 2016). "'Murdered by my Father': inside the BBC's honor killing drama". Newsweek. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. ^ Rutter, Claire (5 April 2016). "Murdered By My Father tells harrowing tale of honour killing as sexy selfies and forbidden love lead to tragic end". Mirror. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. ^ Harrison, Bernice (8 April 2016). "Television: The spoiler is in the title in dramas that borrow from real life". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Bafta Television Awards 2017: the 5 best moments". Telegraph. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. ^ "RTS Programme Awards 2017". Royal Television Society. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2022.