Maya Sondhi

Maya is an actress and writer. Her original TV show for Hat Trick Mercurio, DI RAY, was commissioned by Polly Hill at ITV and won an RTS Midlands Award for Best Scripted Programme. The second series of DI RAY has been completed and is due to air in 2024. Maya is now co-writing CANCELLED, an original pilot commissioned by Chapter One.

Maya was part of the writersroom for the TV adaptation of Adam Kay's bestseller, THIS IS GOING TO HURT, for Sister Pictures / BBC.  She was also part of the writing team developing and storylining the second series of ACKLEY BRIDGE for The Forge/C4 as well as writing an episode and on the writing team for the last series of THE KUMARS produced by Hat Trick for Sky 1.  She has written two episodes of EASTENDERS.  Maya's debut play SKET premiered at the Park Theatre in April 2016. She was named on the BBC New Talent Hotlist 2017.  

DI RAY Reviews

Stylist - unlike any other crime series on TV

The Guardian - a fresh twist on the police drama

The Times - a police show that says something new

iNews - a fresh take on the genre…what Sondhi is doing to modernise British police drama is fascinating

Metro – an intriguing drama