MBC to release new Saudi crime drama ‘Rashash’

The eight-part series is set to drop on the broadcaster’s streaming service Shahid VIP on Jan. 21. (Supplied)

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s MBC is releasing a crime drama titled “Rashash” that features an all-Saudi cast. 

The eight-part series, set to drop on the broadcaster’s streaming service Shahid VIP on Jan. 21, was created by the UK’s Tony Jordan. 

The show – based on a true story – is about a Saudi drug trafficker and a murderer who was caught by the police in the 1980s.

“Rashash” is directed by British filmmaker Collin Teague and written by Sheikha Suha Al-Khalifa, the daughter of a former Bahraini ambassador, and Richard Bellamy, a political scientist. 

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