Othello is a 2001 British television film starring Eamonn Walker, Christopher Eccleston and Keeley Hawes.
The film is narrated by Ben Jago, a corrupt police detective who is prepared to manipulate those around him to get what he wants, even the people he loves.
After the Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police Sinclair Carver is caught using racist language he is forced to resign.
The Home Secretary and Prime Minister choose John Othello, a black policeman, to be the next Commissioner as a publicity stunt after a reporter praises him for ending a riot.
Jago, Carver's second-in-command, feels that Othello stole his chance to become Commissioner himself, as he had been the favourite for the job.
Jago posts on a neo-Nazi website about Othello's marriage to Dessie Brabant, a wealthy white woman, leading her to be attacked in the street.
Worried when they don't get a response at the door, Jago and Lulu break into the flat to find Dessie dead.
Finally, the film adopts a modern idea of the 21st century proposed at the time, inferring that the relationship between Othello and Iago is one of repressed homosexuality.