| Spiral |
| Format |
Drama |
| Created by |
Alexandra Clert
Guy-Patrick Sainderichin |
| Starring |
Caroline Proust
Grégory Fitoussi |
| Country of origin |
 France |
| No. of series |
2 |
| No. of episodes |
16 |
| Production |
| Running time |
48 minutes |
| Broadcast |
| Original channel |
Canal+ |
| Original airing |
13 December 2005 |
| External links |
| IMDb profile |
Spiral is a French television police drama series in eight parts created by the TV production company Son et Lumière. The first episode was broadcast by Canal+ in France on 13th December 2005, and it has the rare distinction amongst adult French TV programmes of having been broadcast in the United Kingdom. It returned for a second series on Canal+ in France on 12th May 2008.
Its title in French is Engrenages, primarily meaning "cogs", but also with the sense of figurative spirals (into violence, for example).
Spiral was first shown in the UK on BBC Four during the summer of 2006. It was the channel's first French-language drama series, attracting a modest but loyal audience (around 200,000) and firm critical approval. (Other foreign-language drama series shown on BBC Four have included Heimat and the miniseries of Das Boot.) In April 2007, BBC Four announced it had bought the rights to the second series[1], which will be shown as part of the 2008 autumn/winter schedule[2].
The first series was released on DVD in France on 1st October 2007 and in the UK on 6th October 2008.
Plot
Series 1
A badly beaten body of a young Romanian woman is discovered on a Parisian rubbish dump. Her identity and past life are gradually uncovered as the various parts of the French justice system investigate her death. However, it becomes apparent that her story ties to a network of corruption touching the very people charged with uncovering the truth about her.
Series 2
A burned corpse is found in the boot of a car, a seemingly isolated case of urban violence. However, the case grows in complexity and danger, each new piece of evidence unearths a duplicitous world of international trafficking, informers, double lives and arms dealing. An audacious plan to strike at the heart of the crime network means that the slightest slip will result in certain death.
Cast
- Caroline Proust : Police Captain Laure Berthaud
- Grégory Fitoussi : Pierre Clément, Acting Chief Prosecutor
- Philippe Duclos : Judge François Roban
- Guillaume Cramoisan : Benoît Faye, a businessman
- Audrey Fleurot : Joséphine Karlsson, a lawyer
- Fred Bianconi : Fromentin
- Anne Caillon : Marianne Clément
- Thierry Godard : Gilou
- Mirza Halilovic : Michel Le Roumain
- Vincent Winterhalter : Vincent Leroy
- Mélodie Marcq : Alissa
- Florence Loiret : Ghislaine Androux
- Simona Maicanescu : Madame Andrescu
- Jean-Christophe Bouvet : Médecin légiste
Production staff
International broadcasts
References
- ^ "More European drama for BBC4", MediaGuardian (2007-04-04). Retrieved on 2007-04-14.
- ^ BBC (2008-09-12). "BBC Four puts science at the heart of its Autumn/Winter schedule - Acquistions". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-09-18.
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