The Fall (TV series)

The Fall
The Fall title card
Genre	Crime drama Thriller
Written by	Allan Cubitt
Directed by	Allan Cubitt Jakob Verbruggen
Starring	Gillian Anderson Jamie Dornan Laura Donnelly Bronagh Waugh Niamh McGrady Michael McElhatton Ben Peel Frank McCusker John Lynch Ian McElhinney Archie Panjabi Stuart Graham Aisling Franciosi Valene Kane Emmett J. Scanlan Bronágh Taggart Karen Hassan Jonjo O'Neill Nick Lee Colin Morgan Brian Milligan Séainín Brennan Sean McGinley
Country of origin	Ireland & United Kingdom
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	11 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Allan Cubitt Patrick Irwin Justin Thomson-Glover Stephen Wright Gillian Anderson
Producers	Gub Neal Julian Stevens
Production locations	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Fables Limited Artists Studio BBC Northern Ireland
Original release
Network	BBC Two, RTÉ One HD
Release	13 May 2013 (2013-05-13) – present

The Fall is a British BBC and Irish (RTE) crime drama television series filmed and set in Northern Ireland. It is created, written and, in its second series, directed by Allan Cubitt, produced by Artists Studio and shown on RTÉ One in the Republic of Ireland, and BBC Two in the UK. The series, starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan, with John Lynch, and Archie Panjabi, premiered in the Republic of Ireland at 9.30pm on 12 May 2013, and in the UK on BBC Two at 9pm on 13 May 2013.

Overview

Series		Episodes
	1	01-05
	2	06-11
	3	12-??

Series 1 (2013)

Development

On 3 February 2012, BBC Two picked up The Fall series with a five episode order. The series was written by Allan Cubitt and produced for BBC Two by Artists Studio and BBC Northern Ireland, with funding from Northern Ireland Screen and the European Regional Development Fund. Gub Neal and Julian Stevens produced, with Allan Cubitt, Justin Thomson-Glover, Patrick Irwin and Stephen Wright serving as executive producers. Writer Allan Cubitt was inspired by guitar manufacturing companies when naming some of his characters; Stella Gibson (both Stella and Gibson are brands of guitar), Spector, Martin, Hagstrom, Eastwood, Stagg, Kay, Paul Reed Smith, Breedlove and Burns, Bacon & Day are all names of guitar manufacturers.

Casting

Casting announcements began in February 2012, with Gillian Anderson first to be cast in the series as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson. Next to join the series was Irish actor Jamie Dornan as serial killer Paul Spector and Gerard McCarthy as Kevin McSwain. Archie Panjabi, Emmett Scanlan and Karen Hassan were next to be cast, with Panjabi playing Reed Smith (originally known as Paula Reed Smith), Scanlan playing DC Glenn Martin and Hassan playing Annie Brawley. It was later announced that Niamh McGrady, Bronagh Waugh, John Lynch, Simon Delaney and Séainín Brennan had joined the series. The main cast for the first series consisted of 12 cast members.

Plot

Metropolitan Police Superintendent Stella Gibson, a senior investigating officer tasked with the reviewing of investigations, is seconded to the Police Service of Northern Ireland in order to assess the progress of a murder investigation that has remained active for longer than 28 days. When it becomes apparent a serial killer is on the loose, local detectives must work with Stella to find and capture Paul Spector, who is attacking young professional women in the city of Belfast.

Main cast

Actor	Character	Occupation	Episodes
			Series 1
			1	2	3	4	5
Gillian Anderson	Stella Gibson	Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent
Jamie Dornan	Paul Spector	Grievance Counsellor
Laura Donnelly	Sarah Kay	Solicitor
Bronagh Waugh	Sally Ann Spector	Neonatal Nurse
Niamh McGrady	Danielle Ferrington	PSNI Police Constable
Michael McElhatton	Rob Breedlove	PSNI Detective Inspector
Ben Peel	James Olson	PSNI Detective Sergeant
Frank McCusker	Garrett Brink	PSNI Detective Chief Inspector
John Lynch	Jim Burns	PSNI Assistant Chief Constable
Ian McElhinney	Morgan Monroe	PSNI Executive Chairman
Archie Panjabi	Reed Smith	Forensic Pathologist, Professor
Stuart Graham	Matt Eastwood	PSNI Detective Chief Inspector

• Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson); a very capable Metropolitan Police officer assigned to the PSNI on a 28-day review who later accepts a semi-permanent secondment to supervise Operation Musicman. She is very comfortable with her own sexuality, and this plays a pivotal role in her story arc with other characters.

• Peter Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan); a serial killer and bereavement counsellor. He has a wife and two children, who are both unaware of his other life. As he comes closer to being apprehended, he begins to develop an obsession with, and affinity for, Stella.

• Sarah Kay (Laura Donnelly); a young solicitor who fits the victim profile for Spector's crimes. Following a home invasion, she is murdered. It is her death that allows Stella to link the previous murders together.

• Sally Ann Spector (Bronagh Waugh); the wife of Paul Spector and a neonatal nurse. She's the mother to his two children and is unaware of his dark side. Incredibly devoted to Paul, she flees Ireland with him, without knowing why.

• PC Danielle Ferrington (Niamh McGrady); a patrol officer seconded to Operation Musicman at the behest of Stella. A homosexual, Ferrington speaks openly of her sexuality with Gibson, the two developing a bond: both professional and personal.

• Detective Inspector Rob Breedlove (Michael McElhatton); DS Olson's partner and a corrupt police officer moonlighting for a Belfast power broker. He crosses paths with Stella following Olson's death.

• Detective Sergeant James Olson (Ben Peel); a young, married detective who partakes in an affair with Gibson. He's later linked to part of a wider corruption scandal within the PSNI.

• Detective Chief Inspector Garrett Brink (Frank McCusker); the head of the Belfast M.I.T. who serves as Gibson's deputy during Musicman. He's a dedicated professional, but initially seems unwilling, or unable, to link the cases together.

• Assistant Chief Constable Jim Burns (John Lynch); Stella's supervising officer and senior PSNI official. He's married, although he previously had an affair with Gibson, and still appears to be infatuated with her.

• Morgan Monroe (Ian McElhinney); the father-in-law of one of Spector's victims and the chairman of the Northern Ireland Policing Executive. His motives within the investigation are questionable, as is his professional demeanour.

• Professor Reed Smith (Archie Panjabi); is an esteemed pathologist who, whilst assigned to Operation Musicman, develops a friendship with Stella. She's extremely professional during work hours, but can become personally connected to cases.

• Detective Chief Inspector Matt Eastwood (Stuart Graham); a Discipline and Complaints officer assigned to investigate corruption allegations within the PSNI. His and Stella's investigations often overlap.

Recurring cast

• Katie Benedetto (Aisling Franciosi); a schoolgirl who babysits Paul Spector's children. She finds him extremely attractive and develops somewhat of an obsession towards him. Spector later pretends to have had an affair with her (episodes 1-2, 4-5).

• DC Glenn Martin (Emmett J. Scanlan); a brash young detective assigned to Stella's team. He is not the most politically correct officer in the PSNI, but he is incredibly devoted to his job (episodes 1-3, 5).

• Annie Brawley (Karen Hassan); a woman who Spector targets. She is attacked in her home and left unconscious. Stella hopes that Brawley waking up may reveal the killers identity (episodes 1, 3-5).

• Ned Callan (Nick Lee); a journalist who shows an interest in Stella's work. He's somewhat brash, and initially appears to lack journalistic integrity. He and Stella do not appear to get on (episodes 1-3, 5).

• Rose Stagg (Valene Kane); a woman who, during her teenage years, had a sexual encounter with a man named Peter. Stella hopes that this encounter may be linked to the spate of killings (episode 4).

• James Tyler (Brian Milligan); a gangster who has a deceased child. He develops an antagonistic relationship with Spector, and believes him to be having an affair with his wife (episodes 1, 4-5).

• Liz Tyler (Séainín Brennan); Jimmy's wife. She is undergoing counselling by Spector following the death of her son. Abused by her husband, Liz tells Jimmy that Spector had sex with her (episodes 1, 3-4).

Episodes

Series		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release dates			Blu-ray Disc release date
			Season premiere	Season finale	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4	Region A	Region B
	1	5	13 May 2013 (2013-05-13)	10 June 2013 (2013-06-10)	15 October 2013 (2013-10-15)	17 June 2013 (2013-06-17)	20 November 2013 (2013-11-20)	TBA	17 June 2013 (2013-06-17)

No.	#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
1	1	"Dark Descent"	Jakob Verbruggen	Allan Cubitt	13 May 2013 (2013-05-13)	4.49
Superintendent Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson), a Senior Detective from the Met, is seconded to Belfast to supervise a 28-day review into the investigation of the death of Alice Monroe. A.C.C. Jim Burns (John Lynch) recommends Stella view the case as a single entity, rather than as part of a larger pattern. As reporters begin to descend on Gibson, she asks to be introduced to Sergeant James Olson (Ben Peel), after spotting him at an unrelated crime scene, giving him details of her hotel room. Respectable family man Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan), meanwhile, continues to stalk 30-something solicitor Sarah Kay (Laura Donnelly), determined to make her his next victim, and a rogue reporter named Ned Callan (Nick Lee) attempts to make a name for himself at the expense of Gibson.
2	2	"Darkness Visible"	Jakob Verbruggen	Allan Cubitt	20 May 2013 (2013-05-20)	4.16
Dr. Reed Smith (Archie Panjabi) is called to the scene of Sarah Kay's murder, a crime for which PC Danielle Ferrington (Niamh McGrady) blames herself. Ferrington admits to Gibson that she had realized a similarity of the break-in to the killer's MO, but after unsuccessful efforts to reach Sarah Kay the evening after the break-in, she and her partner decided that Kay had probably gone to her sister's after all, and left the premises, unknowingly leaving Kay with her attacker. DSI Gibson, impressed by Danny's honesty and discretion, recruits Danny to her team. Morgan Monroe (Ian McElhinney) coerces Burns into clearing his son's name in relation to killings, whilst DS James Olson is assassinated outside his home. Meanwhile, Spector hides the evidence of his latest crime in the cache located in the ceiling of his daughter's bedroom, whilst Katie Benedetto (Aisling Franciosi), the children's 15-year-old babysitter, expresses her interest in him.
3	3	"Insolence & Wine"	Jakob Verbruggen	Allan Cubitt	27 May 2013 (2013-05-27)	3.96
Gibson, intent on psychoanalysing the killer, asks to become the permanent Senior Investigating Officer of an investigation now known as Operation Musicman. Building an elite team, Gibson seconds Ferrington from uniform - determined to use her street smarts to unlock the identity of the killer. But Musicman isn't the only thing on Gibson's mind, as she is questioned about her affair with James Olson - who she has recently discovered was married. Meanwhile Paul's wife Sally Ann (Bronagh Waugh), unaware of her husbands secret, becomes concerned with her daughter, who is having nightmares that threaten to reveal the killer's secret hiding place of murder paraphernalia.
4	4	"My Adventurous Song"	Jakob Verbruggen	Allan Cubitt	3 June 2013 (2013-06-03)	4.28
Chief Inspector Matt Eastwood's (Stuart Graham) investigation into DS Olson's death reveals the involvement of DI Breedlove (Michael McElhatton) with the Monroe family, forcing the latter to take drastic measures that drag Stella deeper into Internal Affairs investigations. Gibson interviews a possible ex-girlfriend of the serial killer, after she mounts a televised plea for information pertaining to the murders alongside the father of one of Spector's victims. Gibson announces the killer will have an opportunity to converse with her, if he comes forward. Spector's professional relationship with Liz Tyler (Séainín Brennan) is questioned by both his bosses and her husband Jimmy (Brian Milligan), forcing him to speed up his next attack – with grave consequences. Whilst it's his daughter that may prove to be his downfall as her nightmares become more prevalent and she begins to draw disturbing images.
5	5	"The Vast Abyss"	Jakob Verbruggen	Allan Cubitt	10 June 2013 (2013-06-10)	4.65
Gibson begins to investigate the botched attack on Annie Brawley (Karen Hassan), bringing her one step closer to the killer, both emotionally and physically. Whilst the investigation begins to focus on a single individual. In TV footage showing Annie Brawley passing through the gates of the municipal gardens, Spector can be seen following not far behind, thus forcing him to come forward to give a statement to the police. A pregnant Sally Ann provides him with a false alibi as to his whereabouts on the evening of the attack on Brawley. Spector makes contact with Musicman, revealing to Gibson details of his past, before leaving Belfast with his family to settle in Scotland. Meanwhile, Spector is forced to lie to Sally Ann, telling her he has engaged in a sexual relationship with their kids' babysitter, Katie. A lie which threatens to rip his family apart and expose his secret. Something even more possible when Annie Brawley wakes up and Gibson engages in a phone call with the Unknown Subject.

International broadcast

The first series was made available in full in the United States via Netflix's "Watch Instantly" service starting 28 May 2013, and airs on Bravo and Netflix in Canada. The series also aired across Latin America during September 2013 for subscribers of the TV satellite provider DirecTV. The Fall was aired in the exclusive channel OnDIRECTV in high definition. HBO Europe has picked up the series to air on their Cinemax channels in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania. Estonian National Broadcasting started to run the series in Estonia on channel ETV (Eesti Televisioon) on 7 December 2014. Hot (Israel) started screening the series on its video on demand service in February 2014. Reruns have aired on M3 in Canada since June 2014. In Australia, the first series was shown on UKTV (Foxtel) in April/May 2014. The series began airing on SBS One starting 23 October 2014. In New Zealand, the series began airing on the Sky channel SoHo on Thursday 29 August 2013. In Italy the first series was shown on SkyAtlantic.

Series 2 (2014)

Development

BBC Two renewed the show for a second series on 27 May 2013. On 21 October 2013, it was announced that Jakob Verbruggen would not be returning to direct The Fall's second series. Instead series creator Allan Cubitt would direct, with production due to begin in February 2014. Series star Gillian Anderson became an executive producer for the programme from its second series. Production of series 2 ended in June 2014. Series 2 began in the Republic of Ireland on Sunday, 9 November on RTÉ One HD at 10.30pm and in the United Kingdom on BBC One Thursday, 13 November 2014.

Casting

Both Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan returned for the second series of The Fall, as did supporting cast members Bronagh Waugh, Niamh McGrady, John Lynch, Archie Panjabi, and Stuart Graham. Recurring cast members Aisling Franciosi, Karen Hassan, Emmett Scanlan, Nick Lee, Valene Kane, Brian Milligan were promoted to main cast status. Ian McElhinney returned in episode 1, whilst Ben Peel returned in episode 2, both receiving guest star billing. Main cast newcomers included Bronágh Taggart, as Detective Gail McNally, Irish actor Colin Morgan, as Sergeant Tom Anderson, alongside Sean McGinley and Jonjo O'Neill. Kelly Gough, as PC Hagstrom, was cast in an extended arc. The main cast was expanded from the 12 (in series 1), to 18 in this series.

Plot

As Paul returns to Ireland, under threat of another 28-day review, Stella's team work tirelessly to build a case, but they are met with complications both inside and outside the PSNI. Paul, concurrently, works to build a relationship with Katie, to unknown ends. As Spector's world comes crashing down, both literally and figuratively, it may turn out to be his professional, and not his personal, decisions that cause the killer to face a fate he did not expect.

Main cast

Actor	Character	Occupation	Episodes
			Series 2
			6	7	8	9	10	11
Gillian Anderson	Stella Gibson	Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent
Jamie Dornan	Paul Spector	Grievance Counsellor
Bronagh Waugh	Sally Ann Spector	Neonatal Nurse
Aisling Franciosi	Katie Benedetto	Student
Niamh McGrady	Danielle Ferrington	PSNI Police Constable
Valene Kane	Rose Stagg	—
Emmett J. Scanlan	Glenn Martin	PSNI Detective Constable
Bronágh Taggart	Gail McNally	PSNI Detective Constable
Karen Hassan	Annie Brawley	—
Jonjo O'Neill	Tom Stagg	—
Nick Lee	Ned Callan	Reporter
John Lynch	Jim Burns	PSNI Assistant Chief Constable
Archie Panjabi	Reed Smith	Forensic Pathologist, Professor
Stuart Graham	Matt Eastwood	PSNI Detective Chief Inspector
Colin Morgan	Tom Anderson	PSNI Detective Sergeant
Brian Milligan	James Tyler	Gang member
Séainín Brennan	Liz Tyler	—
Sean McGinley	Peter Jensen	Priest, Convict

• Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson); a Metropolitan Police officer seconded to the PSNI. With her investigation stalled, Gibson is forced to get results under the threat of a new 28-day review into Operation Musicman. As Stella's personal past comes back to haunt her, her professional present becomes further tangled in it.

• Peter Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan); a serial killer and bereavement counsellor. Returning to Ireland, Spector's lust to kill is now stronger than ever, but so is his affinity for Stella. As he gets closer to her, he finds help in the form of a school-girl.

• Sally Ann Spector (Bronagh Waugh); the wife of Paul Spector and a neonatal nurse. She's tangled in Paul's web of lies but doesn't know the extreme of his crimes. Pregnant with a third child, Sally Ann is struggling to balance her personal and professional lives.

• Katerina Benedetto (Aisling Franciosci); a 15-year-old schoolgirl who is in love with Paul. A gifted musician, Katie uses online videos to express her feelings. She suspects Paul is a serial killer, and does not appear to care.

• PC Danielle Ferrington (Niamh McGrady); a patrol officer eager to get back to the streets following a secondment to Musicman. With her newly found investigative knowledge, Ferrington proves herself to be even more useful on the ground than in the control centre.

• Rose Stagg (Valene Kane); a woman who knew Paul when he was in university. The two had a romantic past, and when Gibson realises this, it inspires Paul's obsession for revenge.

• DC Glenn Martin (Emmett Scanlan); an officer assigned to the investigation. Perhaps less professional in manner than Stella would like, he is none-the-less a skilled investigator.

• DC Gail McNally (Bronágh Taggart); a veteran detective and new recruit to the Musicman investigation. She's tough, eager, and skilled. McNally is often seen partnered with Martin.

• Annie Brawley (Karen Hassan); a woman who is recovering from an attack by Spector in which her brother died. Suffering from memory loss and unable to identify her attacker, Spector manipulates his way into her life.

• Tom Stagg (Jonjo O'Neill); Rose Stagg's husband and a close friend of Dr. Reed Smith. He's unaware of her past relationship with Paul, and is at first ignorant to her involvement in the current case.

• Ned Callan (Nick Lee); a journalist with a keen interest in Gibson's investigation. He's intrepid, but does not always understand the boundaries placed upon him by the law.

• Assistant Chief Constable Jim Burns (John Lynch); Stella's supervising officer and senior PSNI official. A recovering alcoholic, Burns' lust for Stella may prove to be more destructive than even he could have imagined.

• Professor Reed Smith (Archie Panjabi); is an esteemed pathologist. She's assigned to Musicman and, whilst working with Stella, becomes more open to her own sexuality. She's personally connected to the kidnapping of Rose Stagg.

• Detective Chief Inspector Matt Eastwood (Stuart Graham); a former Discipline and Complaints Commission Officer who is seconded as deputy SIO of Gibson's investigation.

• Detective Sergeant Tom Anderson (Colin Morgan); the Senior Investigating Officer of a death that could be linked to Stella's investigation. Impressed with both his professional attitude and looks, Stella invites him to join her team.

• James Tyler (Brian Milligan); a gangster whose son died as a child. Tyler is a wife-beater who has professional connections with Spector, and it's these connections that could jeopardise both Stella and Paul.

• Liz Tyler (Séainín Brennan); a grieving mother who was counselled by Spector. On the run from her husband, Liz finds refuge in a home for battered women, but her safety is short lived, and she leads Spector to his fall.

• Peter Jensen (Sean McGinley); a priest who was jailed after molesting numerous young boys: including Paul Spector. The PSNI believe he holds the key to the case, but he is not so sure.

Recurring cast

• Morgan Monroe (Ian McElhinney); the chairman of the PSNI oversight committee and the father of a man suspected of one of Spector's murders. He threatens Gibson with a new 28-day review (episode 1).

• Detective Sergeant James Olson (Ben Peel); a deceased, married detective with whom Stella had an affair. Murdered by a gang for being corrupt, Stella continues to see him in her dreams (episode 2).

• PC Hagstrom (Kelly Gough); a veteran Police Constable assigned to assist Operation Musicman. She's incredibly dedicated to her job, and to catching Spector (episodes 2-6).

Episodes

Series		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release dates			Blu-ray Disc release date
			Season premiere	Season finale	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4	Region A	Region B
	2	6	13 November 2014	17 December 2014	TBA	26 December 2014 (2014-12-26)	TBA	TBA	TBA

No.	#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
6	1	"Walk the Line"	Allan Cubitt	Allan Cubitt	9 November 2014 (2014-11-09) (Ireland)	3.54
Ten days after her telephone call with the killer, Superintendent Gibson tries to help Annie Brawley recapture her memories of the attack that left her hospitalised. Rose Stagg (Valene Kane), a friend to Smith, is inadvertently dragged into the case, forcing her to reveal secrets from her past to her husband Tom (Jonjo O'Neill). Meanwhile, following a break-up with Sally-Ann, Spector returns to Belfast to tie up loose ends, much to the excitement of Katie, and to the dismay of his pregnant wife, who believes he raped the children's babysitter.
7	2	"One Named Peter"	Allan Cubitt	Allan Cubitt	16 November 2014 (2014-11-16) (Ireland)	3.11
Whilst Stella is called in front of the PSNI's Policing Board, headed by Morgan Monroe, to discuss the lack of progress in the case, Ferrington requests a transfer off of the investigation. DCI Eastwood is assigned as Stella's Deputy SIO following Brink's (Frank McCusker) reassignment, and Gibson declares the investigation will focus on a single individual. Meanwhile, Spector abducts Rose Stagg.
8	3	"It's Always Darkest"	Allan Cubitt	Allan Cubitt	23 November 2014 (2014-11-23) (Ireland)	3.01
Gibson orders extensive surveillance on the suspect and his family. Gibson and Reed Smith share an intimate moment. A distraught Burns informs Stella he leaked information to Morgan Monroe about her investigation, tipping off his son and one-time-suspect Aaron. Burns aggressively attempts to kiss her, and she fends him off. Meanwhile, Spector continues to groom Katie to assist him in his crimes. He breaks into the Investigating Officer's hotel room and witnesses her confrontation with the A.C.C., making the cat and mouse game far more personal than it had been before.
9	4	"Strangler"	Allan Cubitt	Allan Cubitt	30 November 2014 (2014-11-30) (Ireland)	3.26
Gibson's huge surveillance operation continues to pay its dues. DC Martin (Emmett J. Scanlan) and DC McNally (Bronágh Taggart) head a team assigned to install closed circuit cameras in microphones in the suspect's home, a task that has unexpected consequences. The body of a young woman is found fitting the description of Rose Stagg, so Gibson seizes the opportunity to use young and eager DS Tom Anderson (Colin Morgan) to bait the serial killer. Meanwhile, Spector returns home to find his house destroyed by the botched police operation, Katie continues to provide a false alibi for the strangler, whilst Paul continues to groom her to assist him in his killings.
10	5	"The Fall"	Allan Cubitt	Allan Cubitt	7 December 2014 (2014-12-07) (Ireland)	3.15
Stella continues to monitor the killer, whilst Burns visits a disgraced paedophile priest (Sean McGinley) who may have had contact with the suspect. Ferrington is shot whilst responding to a call out of a man matching the description of the suspect who has been taken hostage, blowing Gibson's arrest strategies. Meanwhile, whilst Katie works to destroy evidence, Hagstrom (Kelly Gough) heads a team to intercept and arrest her, Martin and McNally arrest Sally Ann for perverting the course of justice, whilst Anderson arrests Spector for the abduction of Rose Stagg, among other crimes. Stella monitors the progress of the interviews from behind the scenes, whilst she is informed of a video that shows Rose pleading for her life, with the suspect’s face clearly on camera. The search team discover Spector's burnt car with conflicting evidence inside it.
11	6	"In Summation"	Allan Cubitt	Allan Cubitt	17 December 2014 (2014-12-17) (Ireland)	3.60
Two worlds collide as Stella and Spector finally come face to face.

International broadcast

Like the first series, the second series was broadcast on Netflix's "Watch Instantly" service, starting in January 2015, in the United States. It was also broadcast on Netflix in Canada. In Latin America, Netflix began broadcasting the season on 16 January 2015, at 12:01am. In Australia, Series 2 was shown on BBC First in November/December 2014, within 48 hours of the first broadcasts in the UK.

Series 3 (2016)

Development

In March 2015, it was announced that a third series of The Fall had been commissioned by the BBC. Cubbit stated that this series was conceived "in the hope of further exploring the characters and themes that are at the heart of [the drama]". The episodes are expected to air in 2016, with Allan Cubitt stating he has already envisaged how the shows third series will conclude. Filming is due to take place in Belfast between December 2015 and January 2016. Anderson later expressed intentions to film a fourth series in Belfast in 2017.

Casting

Series 1 and 2 cast members Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, Niamh McGrady, John Lynch, Archie Panjabi, Bronagh Waugh, and Emmett Scanlan will return. Series 2 additions Colin Morgan and Jonjo O'Neill will also appear in Series 3.

Main cast

Actor	Character	Occupation	Episodes
			Series 3
			1	2	3	4	5
Gillian Anderson	Stella Gibson	Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent	—
Jamie Dornan	Paul Spector	Incarcerated Serial Killer	—
Bronagh Waugh	Sally Ann Spector	Neonatal Nurse	—
John Lynch	Jim Burns	PSNI Assistant Chief Constable	—
Archie Panjabi	Reed Smith	Forensic Pathologist, Professor	—
Niamh McGrady	Danielle Ferrington	PSNI Police Constable	—
Emmett J. Scanlan	Glenn Martin	PSNI Detective Constable	—
Colin Morgan	Tom Anderson	PSNI Detective Sergeant	—
Jonjo O'Neill	Tom Stagg	—	—

Reception

Reviews for The Fall have been very positive. Both the first and the second season received the score of 100 on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 85 on Metacritic.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
2013	Crime Thriller Awards	The Best Actress Dagger	Gillian Anderson	Nominated
2014	Edgar Allan Poe Awards	Best Television Episode Teleplay	Allan Cubitt	Won
	Broadcasting Press Guild Awards	Breakthrough Award	Jamie Dornan	Won
		Best Actress	Gillian Anderson	Nominated
		Writer's Award	Allan Cubitt	Nominated
	National Television Awards	Best Detective	Gillian Anderson	Nominated
		Best Drama	The Fall	Nominated
	BAFTA Awards	Best Leading Actor	Jamie Dornan	Nominated
	Irish Film and Television Awards	Best Television Drama	The Fall	Won
		Best Lead Actor – Television	Jamie Dornan	Won
		Best Original Score (Film/TV Drama)	David Holmes	Won
		Director of Photography - Drama	Ruairi O'Brien	Nominated
		Make-Up & Hair - Drama	The Fall	Nominated
		Production Design - Drama	Tom McCullough	Nominated
2015	Satellite Awards	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Gillian Anderson	Nominated
		Best Television Series – Drama	The Fall	Nominated
	Golden Nymph Awards	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Gillian Anderson	Nominated
		Best Drama Series	The Fall	Nominated
	Irish Film and Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Drama	Aisling Franciosi	Won
		Best Actor - Drama	Jamie Dornan	Nominated
		Best Television Drama	The Fall	Nominated
	Broadcasting Press Guild Awards	Best Actress	Gillian Anderson	Nominated
		Best Actor	Jamie Dornan	Nominated
		Best Drama	The Fall	Nominated

External links

• The Fall at BBC Online
• The Fall on RTÉ
• The Fall on Netflix
• The Fall at IMDb
• The Fall at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Fall Trailer at ZDF Enterprises
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