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* TheGreatBritishCopperCapture: A psychotic man stabs an unarmed officer with a knife. Ray manages to make him surrender his weapon.
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* RewatchBonus: Rachita's attack, after which Martyn shows up almost immediately, scaring the guy off, but finds no sign of forced entry and insists that she comes and stay with him. This appears to be the natural reaction of a loving and protective boyfriend, but when it turns out that [[spoiler: HE'S involved in the investigation, it's really that he wanted to keep an eye on her so as to undermine her. Not to mention the considerable FridgeHorror of him either enabling the attack. . .or possibly ''being the attacker himself''.]]
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** Episode 3 [[spoiler:Hunter meeting with Tranter prior to a drive by where Rachita's the intended target.]]
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** Episode 3 [[spoiler:Hunter meeting with Tranter prior to a drive by where Rachita's the intended target.]]
** Episode 4 [[spoiler:Hunter's arrested with Tranter, but Rachita's case of supposed bullying is still under review to determine if she did so on purpose.]]
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* MinorityPoliceOfficer: Rachita herself. This also applies to PC Khatri (Pakistani) and Min (Vietnamese).
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''D.I. Ray'' is a British crime drama, initially screening on ITV, written by Maya Sondhi, who was in ''Series/LineOfDuty'' as Maneet Bindra. It stars Parminder Nagra Creator/ParminderNagra as newly promoted Detective Inspector Rachita Ray, a homicide detective tackling her first case. According to interviews with Sondhi, the series is set in Birmingham, where Ray finds herself immediately assigned to a South Asian murder case on the assumption that her background will help her to deal with it.
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* RacialFaceBlindness: On her first day in homicide, Rachita's given a security pass for another Asian officer with a completely different name, and it's hinted that this may be a possible reason.reason.
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* MinorityPoliceOfficer: Rachita herself. A major theme of the show. This also applies to PC Khatri (Pakistani) and Min (Vietnamese).
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''D.I. Ray'' is a British crime drama, initially screening on ITV, written by Maya Sondhi, who was in ''Series/LineOfDuty''.''Series/LineOfDuty'' as Maneet Bindra. It stars Parminder Nagra as newly promoted Detective Inspector Rachita Ray, a homicide detective tackling her first case. According to interviews with Sondhi, the series is set in Birmingham, where Ray finds herself immediately assigned to a South Asian murder case on the assumption that her background will help her to deal with it.
The executive producer is Jed Mercurio, who previously worked with Sondhi onSeries/LineOfDuty.
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''D.I. Ray'' is a British crime drama, initially screening on ITV, written by Maya Sondhi, starring who was in ''Series/LineOfDuty''. It stars Parminder Nagra as newly promoted Detective Inspector Rachita Ray, a homicide detective tackling her first case. According to interviews with Sondhi, the series is set in Birmingham, where Ray finds herself immediately assigned to a South Asian murder case on the assumption that her background will help her to deal with it.
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* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Martyn Hunter turns out to be this, being the gang's inside man on the police force, though he claims to have been blackmailed into after having had sex with one of their underage trafficking victims.]]
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* ADeadlyAffair: [[spoiler: Martyn orders a hit on Rachita and her lover upon finding out that she cheated on him--though this is also likely yet another attempt by him to stop her investigation--killing him.]]
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Rachita cheating on her fiancé with a fellow South Asian police officer thanks to their shared feelings of isolation and discrimination is "good", despite her fiancé being loving and devoted to her. It gets even "gooder" one it turns out that [[spoiler: her fiancé cheated on her with an underage trafficking victim]]
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Rachita cheating on her fiancé with a fellow South Asian police officer thanks to their shared feelings of isolation and discrimination is "good", despite her fiancé being loving and devoted to her. It gets even "gooder" one once it turns out that [[spoiler: her fiancé cheated on her with an underage trafficking victim]]
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* AndStarring: Creator/JamieBamber gets this distinction.
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* MistakenForServant: The first episode opens with Rachita out shopping. Another shopper, an older white man, asks her where the eggs are and it quickly becomes clear that he thinks she's one of the shop staff. He walks off before she can correct him.
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* HeritageDisconnect: Rachita doesn't speak Hindi, has a white partner, and is a little bit disconnected from her heritage.
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''D.I. Ray'' is a British crime drama drama, initially screening on ITV, written by Maya Sondhi, starring Parminder Nagra as newly promoted Detective Inspector Rachita Ray, a homicide detective tackling her first case. According to interviews with Sondhi, the series is set in Birmingham, where Ray finds herself immediately assigned to a South Asian murder case on the assumption that her background will help her to deal with it.
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* ArtisticLicenceLaw: The British police's CSH terminology ('culturally sensitive homicide') was invented for the show.
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''D.I. Ray'' is a British crime drama written by Maya Sondhi, starring Parminder Nagra as newly promoted Detective Inspector Rachita Ray, a homicide detective tackling her first case. According to interviews with Sondhi, the series is set in Birmingham, where Ray finds herself immediately assigned to a South Asian murder case on the assumption that her background will help her to deal with it.
The executive producer is Jed Mercurio, who previously worked with Sondhi on Series/LineOfDuty.
The first season is composed of four episodes, with the first episode released on May 02 2022.
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''D.I. Ray'' is a British crime drama written by Maya Sondhi, starring Parminder Nagra as newly promoted Detective Inspector Rachita Ray, a homicide detective tackling her first case. According to interviews with Sondhi, the series is set in Birmingham, where Ray finds herself immediately assigned to a South Asian murder case on the assumption that her background will help her to deal with it.
The executive producer is Jed Mercurio, who previously worked with Sondhi on Series/LineOfDuty.
The first season is composed of four episodes, with the first episode released on May 02 2022.
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* ArtisticLicenceLaw: The British police's CSH terminology ('culturally sensitive homicide') was invented for the show.
