Murdered by My Father

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}

{{Infobox television

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| genre = Drama

| creator = Vinay Patel

| director = Bruce Goodison

| writer = Vinay Patel

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Adeel Akhtar
• Kiran Sonia Sawar
• Mawaan Rizwan
• Salman Akhtar
• Reiss Jeram

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| composer = {{Plainlist|

• Samuel Sim

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| country = {{Plainlist|

• United Kingdom

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| language = English

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| num_episodes =

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|

• Damian Kavanagh
• Aysha Rafaele}}

| producer = Toby Welch

| editor = Josh Cunliffe

| cinematography = Felix Wiedemann

| location =

| runtime = 75 minutes

| company = BBC

| channel = BBC Three

| released = {{Start date|2016|03|29|df=y}}

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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.{{cite web|last1=Ahmed|first1=Tufayel|title='Murdered by my Father': inside the BBC's honor killing drama|url=http://europe.newsweek.com/murdered-my-father-inside-bbcs-honor-killing-drama-441857?rm=eu|website=Newsweek|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=29 March 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Rutter|first1=Claire|title=Murdered By My Father tells harrowing tale of honour killing as sexy selfies and forbidden love lead to tragic end|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/murdered-father-tells-harrowing-tale-7695691|website=Mirror|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=5 April 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Harrison|first1=Bernice|title=Television: The spoiler is in the title in dramas that borrow from real life|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/television-the-spoiler-is-in-the-title-in-dramas-that-borrow-from-real-life-1.2603344|newspaper=The Irish Times|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}

For his performance in the film, Akhtar won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.{{cite web|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/bafta-television-awards-2017-five-best-moments/|title=Bafta Television Awards 2017: the 5 best moments|date=14 May 2017|work=Telegraph|accessdate=16 May 2017}} The film itself won Best Single Drama at the Royal Television Society Awards in 2017.{{Cite web |date=2016-10-24 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2017 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2017 |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}