The Red King (TV series)

The Red King is a 2024 British crime drama television series, created by Toby Whithouse, and starring Anjli Mohindra.

Synopsis
A police sergeant posted to a small island in Wales tries to solve the case of a missing boy.

Cast

 * Anjli Mohindra as Grace Narayan
 * Sam Swainsbury as Father Douglas Carrisford
 * Marc Warren as Dr Ian Prideaux
 * James Bamford as Owen Parry
 * Rosie Sheehy as Elan Parry
 * Mark Lewis Jones as Gruffudd Prosser
 * Oliver Ryan as Mihangel Pugh
 * Lu Corfield as Lowri Bain
 * Adjoa Andoh as Lady Heather Nancarrow
 * Maeve Courtier-Lilley as Winter Bain
 * Tuyen Do as Minh Prosser
 * Lloyd Meredith as Eric Crowther
 * Dylan Jones as Alun Crowther
 * Jill Halfpenny as Ann Fletcher
 * Aled ap Steffan as Silas
 * Lauren Morais as Lucy Popkin

Production
The Red King is written by Toby Whithouse and directed by Daniel O'Hara. The executive producers are Nicola Shindler and Davina Earl for Quay Street Productions, Philippa Collie Cousins for UKTV and writer Whithouse and director Daniel O’Hara. The series is produced by Guy Hescott.

The cast includes Anjli Mohindra, Adjoa Andoh, Marc Warren and Jill Halfpenny, as well as Mark Lewis Jones, Oliver Ryan, Sam Swainsbury, Lu Corfield, James Bamford and Maeve Courtier-Lilley.

Filming took place in Northumberland, and had begun by 19 June 2023. Filming locations included Embleton, Craster, Alnmouth, and Cambois. The Morris dancers featured in the series were from Black Gate Morris.

Broadcast
The series premiered in the United Kingdom on Alibi on 24 April 2024.

Reviews
The Guardian gave it four out of five stars, comparing it favourably with The Wicker Man. They said "The Red King applies entertaining topspin to the road-tested premise, adding yet more rug-pulls and buckets of sarcasm and self-reflexiveness." Carol Midgley in The Times praised the "dry, dark wit" of Whithouse’s script, and she said the cast is "high pedigree". Keith Watson in The Daily Telegraph awarded the series four stars out of five and praised the performance of Mohindra who "hits just the right note".