Alibi's brand new crime drama 'The Red King' makes its debut on the channel at 9pm tonight.
The chilling new 6-parter stars Anjli Mohindra as police sergeant Grace Narayan who is sent to the small island of St Jory, off the Welsh coast, as a punishment posting after coming into disrepute with her colleagues. She's determined to make it a success – at least until she comes across the unsolved case of missing teenager Cai.
The official synopsis reads, "Grace quickly discovers that she must overcome scarce evidence, extraordinary local characters, and the island's strange cult history to uncover the truth."
The series isn't a typical police drama, with elements of cult and folk-horror running through the plot due to the island's eerie past devotion to a pagan God called 'the Red King' and the cult of the 'True Way.'
In a recent interview Anjli talked about how the story appealed to her saying "I found this hybrid of a knotty police mystery with folk horror elements exciting, and the script took me by surprise. It's twisty with so many red herrings that the rug is pulled out from under you".
In another interview she talked at length about her character, "What’s so brilliant about her is the way she does deal with people treating her like an outsider, not just because she physically isn’t from St Jory but because she’s a brown woman. I think it’s so relatable. You can see that moment that some of us have: Should I take this person to task? Is it worth it? Are they going to change?"
It is produced by the team behind Happy Valley and also stars Jill Halfpenny, Mark Lewis-Jones, Adjoa Andoh and Marc Warren.
The series premieres tonight, Wednesday 24th April at 9pm on Alibi, with all episodes available to stream on Sky, Virgin and NOW.
Anjli Mohindra is available for voiceovers from Anthea Represents. Click her image for her profile page and voiceover showreel.
