Murdered by My Father is a British drama television film written by Vinay Patel, directed by Bruce Goodison and produced by Toby Welch, and starring Adeel Akhtar and Kiran Sonia Sawar, that first aired on BBC One in March 2016. The drama tells the story of an honour killing of a British Asian Muslim teenage girl by her father. Summary Widowed father Shahzad is bringing up two children, Salma and Hassan, alone. Teenager Salma has been promised to Haroon in an arranged marriage but she falls in love with Imi. Following a confrontation with Haroon and with men from the community, Shahzad murders his daughter and kills himself. Cast Adeel Akhtar as Shahzad Kiran Sonia Sawar as Salma Mawaan Rizwan as Imi Salman Akhtar as Haroon Reiss Jeram as Hassan Critical reception Ceri Redford, writing in The Daily Telegraph, described the drama as "nuanced and unbearably heart-breaking" and "a brave piece of television". Kasia Delgado, in the Radio Times, wrote that the drama "deserves a Bafta [award] for depicting this very real issue so brilliantly". References External links Murdered By My Father Preview BBC Media Centre Murdered By My Father BBC iPlayer 2016 films 2016 in British television 2016 television films BBC television dramas English-language television shows Filicide in fiction Films about race and ethnicity Films about honor killing Murder–suicide in television