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Kiri

TV·2018–2018·1 season, 4 episodes·Channel 4·Drama, Crime·45m·Created by Jack Thorne

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A drama dealing with the abduction and murder of a young black girl, soon to be adopted by her white foster family, and the trail of lies, blame, guilt and notoriety which follow.

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  1. 01Kiri S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 8.0Alice and Jim are shocked to hear from DI Mercer that the police case against Nate might not be straightforward after all and everything may not be as it seemed. A reeling Alice goes on the offensive, with Miriam in particular in the firing line. Meanwhile Tobi is furious with the police for the way they’ve treated his family, as DI Mercer has more bad news for him.
  2. 02Kiri S01E01Episode 1S01E01 · 7.0Miriam is a dedicated social worker who arranges for Kiri, a young black girl, to have an unsupervised visit with her birth grandfather, Tobi, and his second wife before her white foster family officially adopts her. However during the visit Kiri tragically goes missing and as the search for her intensifies Miriam is very publically blamed by the police, the press, and even her colleagues for putting the girl at risk.
  3. 03Kiri S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 7.0Tobi searches for his son, Nate, the prime suspect in the case, and faces up to some uncomfortable truths about his relationship with him. The witch-hunt is intensifying around Miriam as she’s under pressure to admit she is to blame for what happened to Kiri, while Kiri’s foster family of Alice, Jim and Si also find themselves in the media spotlight.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode4Episodes2018Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Kiri S01E01Episode 1January 10, 2018 7.0Miriam is a dedicated social worker who arranges for Kiri, a young black girl, to have an unsupervised visit with her birth grandfather, Tob
  2. S01E02Kiri S01E02Episode 2January 17, 2018 7.0Tobi searches for his son, Nate, the prime suspect in the case, and faces up to some uncomfortable truths about his relationship with him. T
  3. S01E03Kiri S01E03Season's bestEpisode 3January 24, 2018 8.0Alice and Jim are shocked to hear from DI Mercer that the police case against Nate might not be straightforward after all and everything may
  4. S01E04Kiri S01E04Episode 4January 31, 2018 7.0Si realises his relationship with Alice has deteriorated and is determined to find out why, while DI Mercer confronts Nate with new evidence

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