In the same week we say goodbye to The Investigation, we get another Danish crime series – Deliver Us. Also on the agenda this week is new Anglo-Italian series ZeroZeroZero (from Gamorrah’s Roberto Saviano) and new four-part British thriller The Drowning on Channel 5. Plus, there’s a double-bill of Death In Paradise, which brings back…
Month: January 2021
REVIEW Spiral (S8 E9&10)
With desperate gangster Cisco’s planned robbery looming, he sends his psycho son Titi to tie up some loose ends – will informant Bilal and street kid Suleymane get the chop? To be honest, we’re not too bothered about these low-lives, we’re obviously much more concerned about whether disgraced cop Gilou will be able to redeem…
REVIEW : The Investigation (S1 E3&4/6)
We left The Investigation last week in a state of complete reversal to most criminal cases – the suspect was in custody, but there was no evidence of a crime to convict him. Without physical proof to contradict his bizarre story, the chances of a murder conviction seemed unlikely. But then, a grim discovery in…
Jamie Dornan cast in BBC One’s The Tourist
Harry and Jack Williams’ next thriller – The Tourist for BBC One – has announced that Jamie Dornan will take the lead role in the six-part series. Dornan will star as a British man who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback, being pursued by a vast tank truck trying to…
REVIEW The Bay (S2 E2/6)
Here we go then for episode two of The Bay (if you’re in the UK and want to binge it all, you can do so on the ITV Hub), a series that wasn’t an obvious choice for a second run. We saw in the opening episode family liaison officer Lisa Armstrong investigate a new case,…
REVIEW The Serpent (S1 E5/8)
This period crime drama from the 1970s – which brings to life the true-crime case of serial killer and conman Charles Sobhraj – has got better and better and better as the series has developed. Each episode is now a masterclass in how to produce suspense and tension. Furthermore, this series has presented a 360-degree…
The 10 Best Crime Dramas Of The Week (Monday 25th – Sunday 31st January)
And so this is the week we say a fond farewell to Spiral – or is it? – with the final two episodes in series eight. Elsewhere, it’s another packed week, with the new, and final series of Marcella starting on Tuesday and another new series of Canadian period crime drama, Frankie Drake Mysteries. Enjoy!…
REVIEW Spiral (S8 E7&8/10)
The plot’s bubbling along nicely now as Gilou has sussed out Cisco’s plans. But as they seem to involve a suicidal attack on a gang of drug dealers, we don’t hold out much hope for a happy ending for Gilou, caught in the crossfire between cops and robbers. In fact, as Gilou has been recruited…
BOXSET REVIEW All The Sins (S1)
A new Nordic Noir for January…
REVIEW : The Investigation (S1 E1&2/6)
The circumstances around the gruesome murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall back in 2017 were sadly strange enough to elicit press coverage around the world. Unfortunately, a large part of the media’s morbid interest in the case at the time lay more with her murderer rather than the victim herself. This kind of grim fascination…
Channel 5 confirms air date for The Drowning
In our mahoosive crime drama preview for 2021, we mentioned that Channel 5 had a bunch of new crime dramas and thrillers ready for the new year. Now we know when one of them will begin. The Drowning stars Jill Halfpenny as Jodie, a mother still recovering from the loss of her son who went…
REVIEW The Serpent (S1 E4/8)
We’ve reached the half-way stage of this excellent, intoxicating, terrifying crime drama, and it’s safe to say that just when you thought things couldn’t get any more tense, the levels got ratcheted up a level. Throughout the three previous episodes, The Serpent has presented us with dual timelines – ones that have respectively shown serial…
