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Summary
Shah Latif is a struggling actor on the cusp of landing the role of a lifetime, only to find himself thrust into a full blown existential crisis and trippy conspiracy thriller all at the same time.
Good for
- Friends night
- Binge-friendly
- Thought-provoking
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+20)
Critics 90Audiences 70GoodWatch 79
Tomatometer94%
Metascore85
Audience score80%
IMDb6.7
User score6.2
Reach
Streams in 6 countries, rent or buy in 125 more
First aired
2026
March 25, 2026
Ended 2026
Genres
DramaComedySci-Fi & FantasyLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
UrduMade in
- United Kingdom
- United States
Rated
- TV-MAUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 48 · most episodes first
Riz AhmedShah Latif · 6 episodes
Guz KhanZulfi · 4 episodes
Aasiya ShahQ · 4 episodes
Sheeba ChaddhaTahira · 4 episodes
Sajid HasanParvez · 4 episodes
Ritu AryaYasmin · 4 episodes
Weruche OpiaFelicia · 3 episodes
Soni RazdanNalia · 3 episodes
Muhammad Abdur-Rahman ToheedShah (Aged 12) · 3 episodes- GAGassan AbdulrazekSid · 3 episodes
Maxine PeakeHelen · 2 episodes
Gina BramhillSeverine · 2 episodes- CWChandini WilsonKavisha · 2 episodes
Rafe SpallNigel · 2 episodes
Patrick StewartPig Head (voice) · 2 episodes- NKNaveed KhanDawood · 2 episodes
Ajay ChhabraRafiq Uncle · 2 episodes
Jeff MirzaAfzal Uncle · 2 episodes
Nabhaan RizwanSalim · 2 episodes
Ashwin ChandrasekaranZulfi (Aged 13) · 2 episodes- JRJason RickwoodJim · 1 episode
Lois BaglinPA · 1 episode- HHeemsTaze · 1 episode
- HMHussain ManawerAmit · 1 episode
Directing · 4
- Bassam Tariq Director
- Tom George Director
- Georgina Higgins Script Supervisor
- Jason Rickwood First Assistant Director
Production · 20
- Riz Ahmed Executive Producer, Songs, Writer, Creator
- Ben Karlin Executive Producer, Writer
- Dipika Guha Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- Prashanth Venkataramanujam Supervising Producer, Writer
- Karen Joseph Adcock Producer, Writer
- Azam Mahmood Co-Producer, Writer
Camera · 7
- Frank Lamm Director of Photography
- Dan Atherton Director of Photography
- Kat Spencer Steadicam Operator, "A" Camera Operator
- Paul Mammone Grip
- Luke Wentzel Key Grip
- Ludovic Robert Still Photographer
Editing · 4
- Mark Davies Editor
- Anthony Boys Editor
- Gary Dollner Editor
- Jo Walker Editor
Sound · 16
- Shruti Kumar Original Music Composer
- Jack Gillies Supervising Sound Editor
- Jorja Smith Songs
- Richard Davey Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Ciara Elwis Music Supervisor
- Jane Lo Sound Effects Editor
Art · 12
- Steve Summersgill Production Design
- Dana Vasile Art Department Assistant
- Lucy Moles Construction Coordinator
- Tim Adams Art Direction
- Grace Taylor Assistant Art Director
- Seeta Lingam Supervising Art Director
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Leena Mistry Assistant Costume Designer
- Rianna Shanice Charles Costume Supervisor
Visual Effects · 1
- Jake Dimmer Special Effects Supervisor
Other crew · 17
- Franklin Mark Henson Stunt Coordinator
- Steve Berezai Supervising ADR Editor, Supervising Dialogue Editor
- Kim Gillingham Thanks
- Chris Morris Thanks
- Yann Demange Thanks
- Jesse Armstrong Thanks
Bait episodes
1 season · 6 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Blatant, Not Subtle, 7.2
- S1 E2 To Troll, To Provoke, 7.1
- S1 E3 House or Home, 7.6
- S1 E4 Loyalty, Allegiance, 7.4
- S1 E5 Lure, Part of a Trap, 6.9
- S1 E6 The Subtle One, 7.3
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