You Don't Know Me (TV series)

You Don't Know Me is a British four-part crime drama television series. It is based on the 2017 crime novel of the same name by Imran Mahmood. The first episode premiered on BBC One on 5 December 2021, with the series available to stream on BBC iPlayer following broadcast. It had an international release on Netflix on 17 June 2022.^[1][2]

You Don't Know Me
Genre	Crime drama
Based on	You Don't Know Me by Imran Mahmood
Written by	Tom Edge
Directed by	Sarmad Masud
Starring	Samuel Adewunmi Sophie Wilde
Composer	Stephen Rennicks
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producers	Ruth Kenley-Letts Neil Blair Jenny Van Der Lande Kate Crowe Lucy Richer
Producers	Jules Hussey Rienkje Attoh
Production location	England
Production company	Snowed-In Productions
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	5 December (2021-12-05) – 13 December 2021 (2021-12-13)

Premise

On trial for killing a drug dealer, Hero (Adewunmi) tries to convince the court of his innocence. To do so, he provides context which ties into his tumultuous relationship with Kyra (Wilde), and how it led to murder.

Cast

• Samuel Adewunmi as Hero
• Sophie Wilde as Kyra
• Bukky Bakray as Bless
• Roger Nsengiyumva as Jamil
• Tuwaine Barrett as Curt
• Yetunde Oduwole as Adebi
• Nicholas Khan as Sam
• Michael Balogun as Face
• Duayne Boachie as Binks

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.K. viewers (millions)
1	"Episode 1"[3]	Sarmad Masud	Tom Edge	5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)	4.23
2	"Episode 2"[4]	Sarmad Masud	Tom Edge	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)	3.46
3	"Episode 3"[5]	Sarmad Masud	Tom Edge	12 December 2021 (2021-12-12)	3.97
4	"Episode 4"[6]	Sarmad Masud	Tom Edge	13 December 2021 (2021-12-13)	3.62

Production

Development

It was announced in February 2020 that Snowed-In Productions would adapt Mahmood's novel for the BBC with Tom Edge as writer and Sarmad Masud as director.^[7] Jules Hussey is series producer and Rienkje Attoh is producer. Set to executive produce are Kate Crowe and Lucy Richer of the BBC as well as Ruth Kenley-Letts, Neil Blair, and Jenny Van Der Lande.

Casting

Bukky Bakray joined the cast in March 2021.^[8]

Filming

Principal photography began in February 2021 in Birmingham.^[9]

Release

First look images were revealed in May 2021.^[10] The BBC released a trailer on 16 November 2021.^[1]

Reception

Ed Cumming from The Independent gave the first episode four out of five stars, commending the clever storytelling.^[11] Rebecca Nicholson of The Guardian awarded the first episode three stars out of five, praising the performances but criticizing the pacing and format.^[12]