Nabhaan Rizwan as Raza Shar, a British Pakistani who is coerced by Gabe into working as an informer to uncover information about a possible cell connected with a terrorist attack in the Netherlands.Bel Powley as DC Holly Morten, a young officer recently selected to join the Counter-Terrorism Special Unit and assigned as Gabe's partner, though her inquisitive nature threatens his police work on many occasions.Haunted by his past undercover work for the Met's Special Branch, infiltrating a far-right movement in West Yorkshire, he struggles to balance his workload with time for his wife and daughter. Paddy Considine as DS Gabe Waters, a counterterrorism officer for the fictional Counter-Terrorism Special Unit.Coupled with great dialog, cinematography and incredible performances from Nabhaan Rizwan (Raza) and Roger Jean Nsengiyumva (Dadir), Informer is a must watch.Raza (Nabhaan Rizwan) is a young second-generation British Pakistani man from London who is coerced into informing by Gabe ( Paddy Considine), a counterterrorism officer for the fictional Counter-Terrorism Special Unit (CTSU), his newfound role in National safety leads him into a variety of dangerous situations, alliances and a struggle to balance both his civilian lifestyle and be the person that his family knows, as well of that of a police informer. It challenges stereotypes simply by painting its characters as individuals, as such, they come across as very genuine. It's also brilliant to see a BBC show that doesn't look at the working class through a middle class lens.
If it were the intention to normalise autism, I can only congratulate the writers. However, Holly's potential autism shouldn't define her much as a white character's 'whiteness' rarely defines them or would ever be announced. It might be a little uncomfortable for an audience to watch a character on the spectrum without the fact first being announced. Is she on the spectrum, does she have Asperger's? But then again, I feel that by not highlighting this, the writers are asking the audience to not focus on it as a key feature of the story. Perhaps Holly's character could have had a little more depth, I found myself wanting to know more about why she is the way she is. Most of the characters are far from shallow and have arcs which develop well over time. Informer is a good story that despite its subject matter, manages to avoid many of the clichés this genre typically suffers from (this holds true for the finale in particular).
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