{"id":14424,"date":"2022-04-26T16:55:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1630437"},"modified":"2022-04-26T17:34:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T15:34:20","slug":"di-ray-release-date-cast-trailer-and-latest-news-for-jed-mercurio-police-drama","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/di-ray-release-date-cast-trailer-and-latest-news-for-jed-mercurio-police-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"DI Ray release date: Cast, trailer and latest news for Jed Mercurio police drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Flora Carr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>ITV crime drama DI Ray arrives on our screens this May \u2013 with Bend It Like Beckham star Parminder Nagra playing the title role of Birmingham-based police detective Rachita Ray.<\/p>\n<p>According to a synopsis for the series, Rachita is a Leicester-born police officer \u201cwho takes on a case that forces her to confront a lifelong personal conflict between her British identity and her South Asian heritage\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The series is penned by creator Maya Sondhi \u2013 who starred in Line of Duty as Maneet Bindra \u2013 while her former boss Jed Mercurio serves as an executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for everything you need to know about DI Ray.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When will DI Ray be released?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>DI Ray will premiere on<strong> ITV at 9pm on Monday 2nd May 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Creator Maya Sondi has already promised some <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/di-ray-jed-mercurio-twists-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Jed Mercurio-inspired plot twists in DI Ray<\/a>, revealing she took inspiration from the Line of Duty and Bodyguard creator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy strength is dialogue, but I\u2019m not really too good with story, whereas he\u2019s so good at plotting things, and at twists,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could just write two people talking in a room for hours, but I\u2019ve learned so much from Jed about how to hook in audiences and keep them watching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are probably a few \u2018Jed-influenced\u2019 plot twists in there \u2013 not red herrings, or \u2018Jed herrings\u2019 as we call them, but hopefully a few surprises,\u201d she added.<\/p> <h2><strong>Who stars in DI Ray?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/di_ray_episode_1_17_0-68966e0.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> DI Rachita Ray receives an ward in the opening episode of DI Ray<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Bend It Like Beckham star Parminder Nagra plays the title role, alongside Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones, Killing Eve), Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica, Law &amp; Order: UK), and Maanuv Thiara (Landscapers).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is there a trailer for DI Ray?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Yes, you watch the trailer for DI Ray below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">New police thriller <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DI_Ray?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#DI_Ray<\/a> written by the amazing Maya Sondhi, starring a brilliant cast of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/parmindernagra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@parmindernagra<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhelanGemma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@WhelanGemma<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaanuvT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@MaanuvT<\/a> and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImJamieBamber?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@ImJamieBamber<\/a>, produced by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/HTMTelevision?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@HTMTelevision<\/a>, starts Monday 2nd May <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/ITV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@ITV<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvhub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@itvhub<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/hks6bCuMIH&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/hks6bCuMIH<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Jed Mercurio (@jed_mercurio) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/jed_mercurio\/status\/1516867809560743944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">April 20, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p><strong>DI Ray will debut on ITV on Monday 2nd May 2022.\u00a0 For more to watch, check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">TV 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