Next of Kin cast: Who stars in the ITV drama? Who is in the Next of Kin cast?
NEXT OF KIN is ITV's tense new series about family secrets, intrigue and terrorism set in contemporary London. The show sees Archie Panjabi from The Good Wife take the lead but who else stars in the thriller?
Who is in the cast of Next of Kin?
The ITV drama follows a couple living in London, who are plunged into chaos when they are rocked by a family tragedy.
Next of Kin features an all-star cast including Archie Panjabi from The Fall as successful GP Mona Harcourt.
Pirates of the Caribbean actor Jack Davenport plays Mona’s husband and political lobbyist Guy Harcourt.
Clare Skinner - best known for Outnumbered - plays DCI Vivien Barnes.
Game of Thrones actor Enzo Cilenti is Detective Townsend.
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Mona’s mother Mrs Shirani is played by veteran star Shabana Azmi.
While Doctor Foster’s Navin Chowdhry portrays Kareem Shirani, Mona’s brother.
Newcomer Viveik Kalra stars as Mona’s nephew and university student Danish “Danny” Shirani.
Other cast members include Murdered by my Father and Black Mirror’s Kiran Sonia Sawar, Dante Patel, Farazana Dua Elahe, Marwaan Rizwan and Jan Francis.
Speaking about the show, Panjabi, 45, explained: “Danny is suspected of being radicalised and there is this big investigation that intensifies over the course of the series.
“It’s interesting to see how it impacts each one of their lives for different reasons. We don’t even know whether he’s radicalised or not, but the mere fact he is suspected affects each one of their lives.
The Emmy Award-winning actress added: “Mona carries the weight of that most because she’s the one fighting tooth and nail for him. And that does have consequences for her.”
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What will happen in Next of Kin?
The show starts off with happily married Mona and Guy living in West London with their family.
However, they peaceful family life is shattered when a bomb explodes in London on the same day as Mona’s doctor brother Kareem is abducted and killed in Pakistan.
Kareem was working for a medical charity in Lahore and on his way home when he was murdered.
To compound matters further, Kareem’s teenage son Danny is discovered missing from university after mysteriously leaving six weeks earlier.
The British counter-terrorism police soon get involved and begin investigating the family over potential terror links.
Despite Guy’s hesitation, Mona sets off on a journey to Pakistan to try to find Danny before the police do.
As she tries to get to Danny first and protect, family secrets start to spill out.
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When does Next of Kin start?
Next of Kin will start on ITV tonight (Monday, January 8) at 9pm.
The six-part drama has been co-written by Paul Rutman and author Natasha Narayan.
The creators described Next of Kin as a programme “about an ordinary family under extraordinary pressure”.
On the conception of the series, they said: “This story is set against a sadly familiar backdrop. A bombing, the death of innocents, grief and outrage, moments of silence, words of resilience and anger from politicians.
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“Like everyone else we’ve watched the news, appalled. It was after one such atrocity that we wondered, what would it be like to slip behind the headlines? What would it be like to experience an act of terror from the inside?
“To be a family unwittingly caught up on the wrong side? There have been shows which have covered terrorism from the perspective of the security services.
“We felt the experience of a family – at the centre of such an investigation – was something we hadn’t seen.”
Next of Kin starts tonight on ITV at 9pm.
