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Count Abdulla is a British horror comedy television series written by Kaamil Shah. It is about a British-Pakistani doctor who becomes a vampire. It premiered on ITVX on 15 June 2023 before airing on ITV2 on 21 January 2024. The series was cancelled after its first season.[1]
Count Abdulla | |
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Genre | Horror Comedy |
Created by | Kaamil Shah |
Directed by | Asim Abbasi |
Starring | Arian Nik |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Phil Gilbert |
Producer | Hussain Casey-Ahmed |
Production company | Fudge Park Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ITVX |
Release | 15 June 2023 |
Abdulla Khan (Nik), a British-Pakistani Muslim doctor, is bitten by a vampire (Winstone). His transformation, however, is not only his problem: he's caught between the potent influence of his deeply religious mum Bushra (Wadia) and his hedonistic friends, as he tries to figure out his life.
No. | Title [2] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [2] | U.K. viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Halaloween" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 June 2023 | N/A |
2 | "The Exorcism of Abdulla Khan" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 June 2023 | N/A |
3 | "The Lost Bhais" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 June 2023 | N/A |
4 | "Malika of the Damned" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 June 2023 | N/A |
5 | "The Red Shaadi" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 June 2023 | N/A |
6 | "The Shadow Over Heathrow" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 June 2023 | N/A |
After graduating from London Film School in 2018, Kaamil Shah cold submitted his comedy pilot for Count Abdulla.[3] He signed with an agent, and his script was picked up by Fudge Park Productions after garnering interest.[4] ITV officially ordered the six-part horror comedy in March 2022 for the new ITVX streaming service's comedy slate.[5]
It was announced in August 2022 that Arian Nik and Jaime Winstone would lead the series.[6]
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