Baghdad Central - Season 1
Following the excitement and struggles of this dramatic series which depicts the events after the falling of Saddam Hussein, then, unfortunately the prior policeman, Muhsin al-Khafaji, collapses everything in his life and begins to search about the only one, who remains in his life, his older daughter. So season one of this series starts with much more excitement after Muhsin has lost his wife and his son, then he starts and seeks to find his missing daughter, Sawsan, and does the impossible things to find her because she is the only one, who remains in his life.
26 September 1991, Harlow, Essex, England, UK
22 June 1976, Haifa, Israel
15 September 1993, St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, England, UK
1 July 1980, Oxford, England, UK
29 December 1976, Haifa, Israel
February 10, 2020
If I was struck by anything, it was the humanity and warmth of Zuaiter's performance, so if I go back, it will be for that. I've decided. I will go back.February 04, 2020
It has the confidence to make Muhsin the lead, with Zuaiter more than holding his own against the excellent Bertie Carvel, who plays a British bureaucrat sharing Saddam's repurposed Republican Palace with Americans he loathes.February 04, 2020
As Khafaji, Waleed Zuaiter brings a wholly convincing air of crushed world-weariness, as he keeps on keeping on because there is no alternative.February 04, 2020
Powercuts, checkpoints and harassment form the daily routine for these Iraqis, who hoped so much and got so little from regime change. A soundscape of Arabic music adds a thrilling pulse of menace as the action moves inexorably towards violence.February 04, 2020
Baghdad Central is what Channel 4 calls a "dual-language drama", aiming to strike a perfect balance between subtitles-for-authenticity and English-for-easy-viewing. It mostly succeeds.February 04, 2020
I can see this noir is well done, but I'm not sure I have the stomach for a whole series.