Airing on Alibi next week, the new drama stars Anjli Mohindra<\/a> as police sergeant Grace Narayan, who is sent to the small island of St Jory as a punishment posting. There, she finds a hostile close-knit community, plenty of unanswered questions and the case of a missing local boy.<\/p>\n The six-parter has been created and written by Toby Whithouse<\/a>, who is known for his work on Being Human<\/a>, The Game and writing several episodes for Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chatting exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a> about the new series, Mohindra said: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t what I expected. What\u2019s so brilliant about it is it feels grounded, it feels like a world that we kind of maybe know at first \u2013 that sort of gritty, police world with characters you feel [are] very authentic to those crime dramas that we watch in this country.<\/p>\n \u201cThen things take a very unexpected twisty turn and I just think what\u2019s so great is it\u2019s always grounded in reality but then there\u2019s all these crazy things going on.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cAs soon as I read it, I thought that it feels accessible in the way that it feels familiar, but then it feels like everything\u2019s flipped on its head. I really loved it, really loved the tone that Toby [Whithouse] created.\u201d<\/p>\n As well as Mohindra, the cast for The Red King includes many familiar faces to the world of British dramas and boasts the likes of Jill Halfpenny (The Cuckoo<\/a>), Mark Lewis Jones (Baby Reindeer<\/a>), Adjoa Andoh (Bridgerton<\/a>) and Marc Warren (Van Der Valk<\/a>).<\/p> The series follows Grace, who previously worked as an inner-city police sergeant, but after coming into disrepute with her colleagues, is sent on a \u2018punishment posting\u2019 to St Jory. Although she\u2019s sent as a test of her strength, she\u2019s determined to make it a success \u2013 at least until she comes across the unsolved case of missing teenager Cai.<\/p>\n [squirrel-affiliate-playlist squirrel_playlist_id=\u201d610\u2033 \/]<\/p>\n As per the synopsis: \u201cGrace quickly discovers that she must overcome scarce evidence, extraordinary local characters, and the island\u2019s strange cult history to uncover the truth.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Red King is a character-driven mystery-thriller, that combines the powerful story of a knotty police investigation with chilling, atmospheric folk-horror through the island\u2019s eerie past devotion to a pagan God called the Red King and the cult of the True Way.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n There\u2019s certainly some major tensions in store for Grace as she navigates this small community, with Mohindra telling us more about her character.<\/p>\n She revealed:\u00a0\u201cWhat\u2019s so brilliant about her is the way she does deal with people treating her like an outsider, not just because she physically isn\u2019t from St Jory but because she\u2019s a brown woman.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s 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? Should I ask them why they\u2019re gawping at me? Should I ask them why they think breakfast is an Indian culture thing that we don\u2019t have breakfast? I just think that\u2019s so real.<\/p>\n \u201cBut the journey that she goes on is having to overcome her own social awkwardness, her own fear of letting people in and trusting people.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Anjli](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/Red-King-Alibi-Anjli-Mohindra-87f66a3.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Red-King-Alibi-Anjli-Mohindra\\"\/")
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