Black Ops. Image shows left to right: Dominique 'Dom' Archibald (Gbemisola Ikumelo), Kayode 'Kay' Ogundare (Hammed Animashaun). Credit: BBC Studios
Black Ops

Black Ops

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 2023
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Comedy thriller about undercover police officers. Stars Gbemisola Ikumelo, Hammed Animashaun, Jaz Hutchins, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Felicity Montagu and more.

  • Due to return for Series 2
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 1,331
Black Ops. Image shows left to right: Dom (Gbemisola Ikumelo), Kay (Hammed Animashaun)

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2023
Channel
BBC One
Episodes
6 (1 series)
Creators
Gbemisola Ikumelo, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf
Stars
Gbemisola Ikumelo, Hammed Animashaun, Jaz Hutchins, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Felicity Montagu, Colin Hoult, Robbie Gee, Jo Martin and Karlina Grace-Paseda
Writers
Joe Tucker, Lloyd Woolf, Gbemisola Ikumelo and Akemnji Ndifornyen
Director
Ben Gregor
Producers
Carol Harding, Josh Cole, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Joe Tucker, Lloyd Woolf and Hammed Animashaun
Companies

Ordinary frontline police community support officers Dom and Kay, who join the Met Police in the hope of cleaning up their community and find themselves tasked with infiltrating a predominantly black gang of villains.

Working undercover, the pair are unwittingly thrust into the murky world of deep cover infiltration as they pose as disgruntled former officers within a powerful criminal enterprise, with the motivations of the DI who sent them in becoming increasingly unclear. Matters take an unexpected turn when the duo are tasked by a gang member with carrying out a grisly task that throws the mission - and their lives - into chaos. This mission is more of a fiasco than Donnie Brasco...

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Additional details

Tagline
Shift got real
Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 5th May 2023 at 9:30pm on BBC One
Most recent repeats
  • Thursday 15th June 2023 at 11:00pm on BBC3 - Episode 6
  • Thursday 8th June 2023 at 11:45pm on BBC3 - Episode 5
  • Thursday 1st June 2023 at 10:00pm on BBC3 - Episode 4

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