TV series

Al Khan

2024 · 1 season

A slow, salt-air period drama that traps you inside a ship's hold with secrets, trade and uneasy men.

Overview: The events of the series take place in the late forties of the twentieth century, and inside the vaults of a large ship on the maritime trade route linking Kuwait and Zanzibar.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Power, greed, betrayal, survival
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
greed
betrayal
survival
class
Places: sea
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild