Criminal (franchise)
Netflix police procedural anthology series
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Criminal is a series of four police procedural anthology TV series, set in four countries, made for Netflix. The four series are Criminal: France, Criminal: Germany, Criminal: Spain, and Criminal: UK.
Premise
Each episode is a stand-alone psychological drama, consisting of the interrogation of an individual by a team of police investigators. Every scene is confined to just three areas in a single location; a police interrogation room, a darkened viewing room that looks into the interrogation room through a one-way mirror, and the hallway and stairwell outside the rooms.[1]
Production
The series was devised by its showrunners George Kay and Jim Field Smith,[2] and produced by their company Idiotlamp Productions.[3]
Although the showrunners are based in the UK, each of the local three-part series (UK, France, Germany, and Spain) is written and performed in that country's native language by native actors,[4][5] but all four individual local series were shot on the same set in Madrid, Spain.[1]
Release
Episodes
| Series | Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal: France | 1 | 3 | 20 September 2019 | ||
| Criminal: Germany | 1 | 3 | 20 September 2019 | ||
| Criminal: Spain | 1 | 3 | 20 September 2019 | ||
| Criminal: UK | 1 | 3 | 20 September 2019 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 16 September 2020 | |||
Criminal: France
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Émilie" | Frédéric Mermoud | Frédéric Mermoud & Mathieu Missoffe and George Kay | 20 September 2019 |
| 2 | "Caroline" | Frédéric Mermoud | Antonin Martin-Hilbert | 20 September 2019 |
| 3 | "Jérôme" | Frédéric Mermoud | Mathieu Missoffe | 20 September 2019 |
Criminal: Germany
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Jochen" | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Bernd Lange | 20 September 2019 |
| 2 | "Yilmaz" | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Bernd Lange | 20 September 2019 |
| 3 | "Claudia" | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Sebastian Heeg and Bernd Lange | 20 September 2019 |
Criminal: Spain
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Isabel" | Mariano Barroso | Alejandro Hernández | 20 September 2019 |
| 2 | "Carmen" | Mariano Barroso | Manuel Martín Cuenca | 20 September 2019 |
| 3 | "Carmelo" | Mariano Barroso | Alejandro Hernández | 20 September 2019 |
Criminal: UK
Season 1 (2019)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Edgar" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 20 September 2019 |
| 2 | 2 | "Stacey" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 20 September 2019 |
| 3 | 3 | "Jay" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 20 September 2019 |
Season 2 (2020)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | "Julia" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 16 September 2020 |
| 5 | 2 | "Alex" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 16 September 2020 |
| 6 | 3 | "Danielle" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 16 September 2020 |
| 7 | 4 | "Sandeep" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 16 September 2020 |