The new Apple TV+ series features Capaldi and Cush Jumbo (Stay Close), who portray two detectives who clash over an old case that saw a Black man convicted of murder.<\/p>\n
Following the release of Criminal Record, Capaldi has explained why it was necessary to include police failings within the series.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has to be done,\u201d the actor told Big Issue<\/a>. \u201cClearly there are a lot of big problems and there is no point in us burying our heads in the sand and not addressing them, or not reflecting upon them.\u201d<\/p>\n Apple TV+ previously said the new series \u201ctouches on issues of race, institutional failure and the quest to find common ground in a polarised Britain\u201d, and Capaldi said his co-star Jumbo helped shape how the show tackled these issues.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cResponding to some of Cush\u2019s input, we wanted to put in some everyday racism and everyday misogyny. Not big dramatic moments, but the slow daily cuts of unpleasantness that people of colour and women feel and go through.\u201d<\/p>\n Capaldi noted that there are \u201ca number of problems\u201d when it comes to the police, something that is at the heart of Criminal Record.<\/p>\n \u201c[The police] are unfortunately, recruiting people who are not suitable for that kind of work, and, clearly, there\u2019s a funding issue as well,\u201d Capaldi told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201c[The issues] had a direct influence on how the show developed, because you can\u2019t do a show about the police in London without engaging to some degree with those problems.\u201d<\/p> Such concerns were brought to light last year in an independent government report by Baroness Louise Casey<\/a>\u00a0that found there was \u201cinstitutional racism, misogyny and homophobia in the Met\u201d.<\/p>\n Sir Mark Rowley, the police force\u2019s commissioner, said he accepted Baroness Casey\u2019s findings<\/a> about racism, misogyny and homophobia and that they were systemic, but noted that he nor the Metropolitan Police would accept they were \u201cinstitutional\u201d.<\/p>\n Criminal Record will continue on Wednesday 24th January on Apple TV+.<\/strong> Sign up to Apple TV+ now<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 <\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to <\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n “It has to be done.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":44129,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/peter-capaldi-police-drama-criminal-record-had-to-tackle-racism-misogyny-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/peter-capaldi-police-drama-criminal-record-had-to-tackle-racism-misogyny-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/peter-capaldi-police-drama-criminal-record-had-to-tackle-racism-misogyny-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/peter-capaldi-police-drama-criminal-record-had-to-tackle-racism-misogyny-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/peter-capaldi-police-drama-criminal-record-had-to-tackle-racism-misogyny-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/peter-capaldi-police-drama-criminal-record-had-to-tackle-racism-misogyny-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/peter-capaldi-police-drama-criminal-record-had-to-tackle-racism-misogyny-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"\"It has to be done.\"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/44128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Peter](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/AppleTVCriminalRecordkeyart16x9-0fb3898.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Apple_TV_Criminal_Record\\"\/")
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