Lead actress Parminder Nagra described DI Ray's character as being "like a female Columbo in a green coat".
[1] The first series was filmed during October and November 2021 in locations including Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter and outside Lloyd House police headquarters.
Ray and her team discover that the Vietnamese human trafficking victims they found were promised work in the UK, but in reality were to be kept as slaves.
[4][5] The second series aired from 16 June 2024 in the US,[6][7] 24 July on SBS Television in Australia,[8] and 20 October 2024 on ITV in the UK.
[11] Sean O'Grady for The Independent gave the series four stars out of five, describing the lead character as "a smart, sassy, tough telly detective" and summarising "low key in tone and atmosphere, DI Ray, cop and show, that is, deserves to be a success.