Baghdad Central
TV Show · Drama · Crime

MUHSIN AL-KHAFAJI, a care-worn but resilient ex-Iraqi Police Inspector no longer recognises the country that surrounds him. When his eldest and recently estranged daughter, SAWSAN, goes missing he makes it his sole aim to track her down and bring her home.

2020 · 46m
Starring Waleed Zuaiter, Corey Stoll, Bertie Carvel
Director Alice Troughton

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    Searching for his missing elder daughter, Khafaji, formerly of the Iraqi Police Service, must decide whether to become a US collaborator; Khafaji's younger daughter informs him that she got a job through her university professor.
    42m
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    Khafaji is called to a Coalition Authority safe house, where a dead Iraqi man has been discovered. His suspicions are further aroused when he witnesses an attack on the Green Zone.
    42m
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    Khafaji goes in search of truths about his daughter, but is surprised by the arrival of Frank Temple.
    42m
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    Temple discovers his money is missing and has Khafaji arrested on false charges; on a raid, Parodi sees a photograph of three girls.
    42m
  • EPISODE 5
    Episode 5
    Zubeida and Khafaji join forces in the hunt for Sawsan but their lead goes cold; a brutal murder is uncovered in the Green Zone and Parodi starts to suspect Temple of a darker involvement in the case.
    42m
  • EPISODE 6
    Episode 6
    Khafaji is made an offer he can't refuse and hopes to use the opportunity to get his family out of Iraq unscathed.
    42m

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Cast & Crew

  • Waleed Zuaiter
    Muhsin Kadr al-Khafaji
  • Corey Stoll
    Captain John Parodi
  • Bertie Carvel
    Frank Temple
  • Leem Lubany
    Sawsan al-Khafaji
  • J‌N
    July Namir
    Mrouj al-Khafaji
  • T‌A
    Thaer Al-Shayei
    Omar
  • Clara Khoury
    Zubeida Rashid
  • Charlotte Spencer
    Megan Ford
  • A‌T
    Alice Troughton
    Director
  • J‌C
    Jonathan Curling
    Producer
  • Kate Harwood
    Producer

About

Baghdad Central

Drama

MUHSIN AL-KHAFAJI, a care-worn but resilient ex-Iraqi Police Inspector no longer recognises the country that surrounds him. When his eldest and recently estranged daughter, SAWSAN, goes missing he makes it his sole aim to track her down and bring her home.

Information

Studio
Channel 4
Released
2020
Rated
MA15+
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English, English (United Kingdom)
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  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
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  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
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  • Turkmenistan
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  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

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