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''Informer'' is a British television drama programme, created and written by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani and produced by
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. The six-part series stars
Paddy Considine Patrick George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, director, and screenwriter. He frequently collaborates with filmmaker/director Shane Meadows. He has received two British Academy Film Awards, three Evening Standard Brit ...
,
Bel Powley Isobel Dorothy Powley (born 7 March 1992) is an English actress. Powley was born and raised in London, where she was educated at Holland Park School. She began acting as a teenager on television, starring on the CBBC action television series ''M ...
,
Nabhaan Rizwan Nabhaan Rizwan (born November 30, 1996) is a British actor known for crime drama '' Informer'', his supporting roles in '' The Accident'' and '' 1917'', and the miniseries ''Station Eleven''. Rizwan is originally from Essex and now lives in London ...
, and
Jessica Raine Jessica Raine (born Jessica Helen Lloyd; 20 May 1982) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Jenny Lee in the television series ''Call the Midwife'' (2012–2014) and Verity Lambert in the television film '' An Adventure in ...
. The series began broadcasting on
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on 16 October 2018.
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agreed to a distribution deal to broadcast the show outside the United Kingdom and Ireland. In Belgium, Canvas started broadcasting the series on 27 April 2019.


Synopsis

Raza (Nabhaan Rizwan) is a young second-generation British Pakistani man from London who is coerced into informing by Gabe (
Paddy Considine Patrick George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, director, and screenwriter. He frequently collaborates with filmmaker/director Shane Meadows. He has received two British Academy Film Awards, three Evening Standard Brit ...
), a counterterrorism officer for the fictional Counter-Terrorism Special Unit (CTSU), his newfound role in National safety leads him into a variety of dangerous situations, alliances and a struggle to balance both his civilian lifestyle and be the person that his family knows, as well of that of a police informer.


Cast

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Paddy Considine Patrick George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, director, and screenwriter. He frequently collaborates with filmmaker/director Shane Meadows. He has received two British Academy Film Awards, three Evening Standard Brit ...
as DS Gabe Waters, a counterterrorism officer for the fictional Counter-Terrorism Special Unit. Haunted by his past undercover work for the Met's Special Branch, infiltrating a far-right movement in
West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
, he struggles to balance his workload with time for his wife and daughter. *
Bel Powley Isobel Dorothy Powley (born 7 March 1992) is an English actress. Powley was born and raised in London, where she was educated at Holland Park School. She began acting as a teenager on television, starring on the CBBC action television series ''M ...
as DC Holly Morten, a young officer recently selected to join the Counter-Terrorism Special Unit and assigned as Gabe's partner, though her inquisitive nature threatens his police work on many occasions. *
Nabhaan Rizwan Nabhaan Rizwan (born November 30, 1996) is a British actor known for crime drama '' Informer'', his supporting roles in '' The Accident'' and '' 1917'', and the miniseries ''Station Eleven''. Rizwan is originally from Essex and now lives in London ...
as Raza Shar, a British Pakistani who is coerced by Gabe into working as an informer to uncover information about a possible cell connected with a terrorist attack in the Netherlands. *
Jessica Raine Jessica Raine (born Jessica Helen Lloyd; 20 May 1982) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Jenny Lee in the television series ''Call the Midwife'' (2012–2014) and Verity Lambert in the television film '' An Adventure in ...
as Emily Waters, wife of Gabe, while she is initially loyal to him and she never questions his police work, her burning questions about his past work have what it takes to make Gabe's two world collide and unravel her life and family. *
Arsher Ali Arsher Ali (born 9 April 1984) is an English actor. He has played various TV and film roles, and is a regular lead performer at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Personal life Ali is of Pakistani descent. He is a graduate ...
as Imran Aziz, an undercover police detective *
Sharon D. Clarke Sharon Delores Clarke (born 12 August 1966) is an English actress and singer. She is a three-time Olivier award winner, and is best known to television audiences for her role as Lola Griffin in the medical drama ''Holby City'', and as Grace O'Br ...
as DCI Rose Asante *
Nell Hudson Nell Rose Hudson (born 19 November 1990) is an English actress best known for her recurring roles as Laoghaire MacKenzie in the Starz television drama '' Outlander'' and Nancy Skerrett in the ITV period drama ''Victoria''. Early life Hudson ...
as Charlotte Humphreys *
Roger Nsengiyumva Roger Jean Nsengiyumva is a Rwandan actor, best known for his appearances in films ''Africa United'' and ''Sixteen'' and television series ''Informer An informant (also called an informer or, as a slang term, a “snitch”) is a person w ...
as Dadir Hassan, a third-generation British Somali befriended by Raza working as a drug dealer in East London, his suspected terrorist connections are of interest to Raza's informing work. *
Sunetra Sarker Sunetra Sarker (born 25 June 1973) is an English actress and presenter, known for her roles as Nisha Batra in '' Brookside'', Anji Mittel in ''No Angels'', Zoe Hanna in '' Casualty'' and Kaneez Paracha in ''Ackley Bridge''. In 2014, she took p ...
as Sadia Shar, a Pakistani national who poses as the mother of Raza and Nasir. Having overstayed her student visa by at least 16 years to raise the two following their mother's death, Sadia's threatened deportation is used against Raza to coerce him into becoming an informer. *
Stanley Townsend Stanley Townsend (born August 1961) is an Irish actor. Personal life Townsend was born and brought up in Dublin. After attending Wesley College, Dublin, he studied mathematics and civil engineering at Trinity College. While there he joined the ...
as Geoffrey Boyce, DCI Rose Asante's counterpart *
Paul Tylak Paul Tylak is an Irish writer, actor and comedian. Personal life Paul Tylak was born to an Irish mother and Sri Lankan father, and grew up between Ireland and England. He attended the now closed De Burgh School in Tadworth, Surrey. He has live ...
as Hanif Shar, father of Raza and Nasir. His humorous personality and alcoholic tendencies mask the pain of his wife's death. * Reiss Jeram as Nasir Shar, younger brother of Raza, unpopular at school and with few friends, an absent older brother, and an alcoholic father, he soon becomes easily influenced by Akash. *
Rachel Tucker Rachel Kelly Tucker (born 29 May 1981) is a Northern Irish West End and Broadway actress, best known for her portrayal of Elphaba in the hit musical '' Wicked''. She most recently starred in Come from Away on Broadway, having originated the role ...
as Sharon Collins, a Yorkshire woman caught up in the shady world of undercover policing * Fehinti Balogun as Officer Cooper *
Arinzé Kene Arinzé Mokwe Kene () is a Nigerian-born British actor and playwright. Early life In 1987, Kene was born in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to London when he was four. Kene's father was a taxi driver. Kene was bullied growing up and was encouraged ...
as Sal Brahimi, a former professional boxer known as “Big Shot”, who owns a boxing gym frequented by Raza and Dadir, and is later discovered to be a recruiter for the London terror cell. *
Elizabeth Rider Elizabeth Rider is an English actress, sometimes credited as Liza Rider. She is known for her portrayal of Lynette Driver in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''. Education Rider trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she was ...
as Lady Justice Spencer * Robert Whitelock as Officer Worrall *
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as Megan Morten *
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as Roxy Novac


Episodes


Production

The series was largely filmed on location in
London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
. Raza's home and the fictional nearby "Bridge Town Estate" were primarily filmed at the
Thamesmead Thamesmead is an area of south-east London, England, straddling the border between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Bexley. It is located east of Charing Cross, north-east of Woolwich and west of Erith. It mainly consi ...
estate in south-east London as well as the Silverlock Estate in
Southwark Southwark ( ) is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark. The district, which is the oldest part of South London, developed ...
. Filming took place at
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in January 2018 and in Brick Lane, Shoreditch. The Silver Building, a former Carlsberg-Tetley factory at the Docklands Depot in
Silvertown Silvertown is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in east London, England. It lies on the north bank of the Thames and was historically part of the parishes of West Ham and East Ham, hundred of Becontree, and the historic county ...
was used as a set for the Counter-Terrorism Special Unit headquarters. The Printworks nightclub in
Rotherhithe Rotherhithe () is a district of south-east London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is on a peninsula on the south bank of the Thames, facing Wapping, Shadwell and Limehouse on the north bank, as well as the Isle of Dogs ...
can be seen in the trailer alongside Delights Hair & Beauty salon on Rye Lane,
Peckham Peckham () is a district in southeast London, within the London Borough of Southwark. It is south-east of Charing Cross. At the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census the Peckham ward had a population of 14,720. History "Peckham" is a Saxon p ...
. Other locations include Old Crown Courts in Kingston, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, a restaurant at Fiveways on
Sidcup Road Sidcup is an area of south-east London, England, primarily in the London Borough of Bexley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, bordering the London Boroughs of Bromley and Greenwich. Before the creation of Greater London in 1965, it was in the ...
in
New Eltham New Eltham is an area of south east London, in the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley. It lies south east of Eltham and north west of Sidcup. History New Eltham is a largely residential suburb of Greater London developed on former farmla ...
and the
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ferry.


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