Dark Heart, Series 1
by Chris Lang, dir. Colin Teague (ITV, 2018)
Three two-part murder investigations, watchable enough in the moment but over-reliant on the lead character—Tom Riley’s somewhat ineffectual DI Wagstaffe. Anjli Mohindra is underused as DC Chancellor. A second series might have been justified, but only for Charlotte Riley (Wagstaffe’s sister).
Rani Takes on the World: The Revenge of Wormwood—The Star-Crossed Diversion
by Alison Winter (Big Finish, 2023)
Anjli Mohindra and Daniel Anthony seem effortlessly to recapture the Rani/Clyde dynamic. While the Bane menace is more social commentary than credible, thought-through masterplan, the story drifts along pleasantly enough. Jude (Maddison Bulleyment) wouldn’t be out of place as a recurring character.
The Sarah Jane Adventures, Series 4
(BBC, 2010)
Series Four sidelines Luke but keeps up an imaginative procession of Earth-threatening plot lines and (visually resplendent) villains. Daniel Anthony (Clyde) and Anjli Mohindra (Rani) take centre stage with sufficient aplomb to give hope for the show’s continuation beyond Elisabeth Sladen’s passing.
The Sarah Jane Adventures, Series 2
(CBBH, 2008)
With the arrival of Anjli Mohindra as Rani, the Sarah Jane Adventures survives its first major cast change and goes from strength to strength as a Doctor Who surrogate. By series two the programme has gained sufficient confidence to utilise recurring adversaries.
The Dead Room: A Ghost Story for Christmas
by Mark Gatiss (BBC, 2018)
A clever short film written and directed by Mark Gatiss. In essence a two-hander between Anjli Mohindra (as a radio producer) and Simon Callow (a sonorous-voiced actor whose past comes back to haunt him, subverting his narration of a new horror story).