Man of conflict

A troubled cop hunts a serial killer on the streets of Bradford

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A serial killer is stalking the streets of Bradford in BBC1's new crime thriller, starring Staz Nair as embattled Sikh detective Harry Virdee.

Based on the novels by A.A. Dhand, the six-part drama follows Harry's struggle to stay on the right side of the law as he gets caught up in a drugs war, while, along with police colleagues Kalil Amin (Danyal Ismail) and boss Clare Conway (Elizabeth Berrington), he's also hunting a sadistic serial killer preying on the city's Asian community.

EMOTIONAL SAVANT

Already, the gritty series - with its spate of gory murders - has drawn comparisons with Idris Elba's hit crime drama, Luther.

'It's a wonderful compliment for people to say that,' says Nair, 33, whose TV credits include Supergirl and