‘Vengeance: Murder On The Heath’ Creator Aysha Rafaele Bemoans Lack Of Progress In Portrayal Of Black & British Asian People On TV Since Adeel Akhtar Made BAFTA History For ‘Murdered By My Father’

EXCLUSIVE: Aysha Rafaele, the quadruple-BAFTA winning creative behind a string of hit British factual drama, has bemoaned a lack of improvement in on-screen portrayal of Black and British Asian people since the BBC’s Murdered by my Father broke the mold a decade ago.

Rafaele has written, directed and produced Channel 4’s Vengeance: Murder on the Heath, about the notorious “Honeytrap Murder” of Gagandip Singh, which she says will tell a new story about Britain’s Sikh community. She says she expected richer diversity gains by now after Adeel Akhtar became the first non-white actor to win a Best Actor BAFTA for her hit drama Murdered by my Father in 2017.

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