Count Abdulla

Count Abdulla is a British horror comedy television series written by Kaamil Shah. It is about a British-Pakistani doctor who becomes a vampire. It premiered on ITVX on 15 June 2023 before airing on ITV2 on 21 January 2024. The series was cancelled after its first season.^[1]

Count Abdulla
Genre	Horror Comedy
Created by	Kaamil Shah
Directed by	Asim Abbasi
Starring	Arian Nik
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer	Phil Gilbert
Producer	Hussain Casey-Ahmed
Production company	Fudge Park Productions
Original release
Network	ITVX
Release	15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)

Synopsis

Abdulla Khan (Nik), a British-Pakistani Muslim doctor, is bitten by a vampire (Winstone). His transformation, however, is not only his problem: he's caught between the potent influence of his deeply religious mum Bushra (Wadia) and his hedonistic friends, as he tries to figure out his life.

Cast

• Arian Nik as Abdulla Khan
• Jaime Winstone as Kathy
• Nina Wadia as Bushra Khan
• Manpreet Bambra as Amrita
• Sia Alipour as Shafi
• Jonny Green as Charles Ruthven
• Akshay Kumar as Rishi
• Moe Bar-El as Yazan Al Kawalti
• Mariska Ariya as Nahima
• Priya Davdra as Simran
• Rishi Nair as Majid
• Nikkita Chadha as Preethi
• Ruchika Jain as Jaswinder

Episodes

No.	Title [2]	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [2]	U.K. viewers (millions)
1	"Halaloween"	Unknown	Unknown	15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)	N/A
2	"The Exorcism of Abdulla Khan"	Unknown	Unknown	15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)	N/A
3	"The Lost Bhais"	Unknown	Unknown	15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)	N/A
4	"Malika of the Damned"	Unknown	Unknown	15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)	N/A
5	"The Red Shaadi"	Unknown	Unknown	15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)	N/A
6	"The Shadow Over Heathrow"	Unknown	Unknown	15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)	N/A

Production

After graduating from London Film School in 2018, Kaamil Shah cold submitted his comedy pilot for Count Abdulla.^[3] He signed with an agent, and his script was picked up by Fudge Park Productions after garnering interest.^[4] ITV officially ordered the six-part horror comedy in March 2022 for the new ITVX streaming service's comedy slate.^[5]

It was announced in August 2022 that Arian Nik and Jaime Winstone would lead the series.^[6]