Criminal (franchise)

Criminal is a series of four Netflix police procedural anthology TV series set in four countries. The four series are Criminal: France, Criminal: Germany, Criminal: Spain, and Criminal: UK. The series was devised by its showrunners George Kay and Jim Field Smith,^[1] and produced by their company Idiotlamp Productions.^[2] Although the showrunners are based in the UK, each of the local three-part series is written and performed in that country's native language by native actors,^[3]^[4] but all four individual local series were shot on the same set in Madrid, Spain.^[5] All four series were released simultaneously in September 2019.^[6] A second series of Criminal: UK, consisting of four episodes, was released on 16 September 2020.^[7]

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.^[5]

Episodes

Series	Season	Episodes	Originally released
Criminal: France	1	3	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
Criminal: Germany	1	3	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
Criminal: Spain	1	3	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
Criminal: UK	1	3	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
Criminal: UK	2	4	16 September 2020 (2020-09-16)

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 (2019-09-20)
2	"Caroline"	Frédéric Mermoud	Antonin Martin-Hilbert	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
3	"Jérôme"	Frédéric Mermoud	Mathieu Missoffe	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)

Criminal: Germany

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Jochen"	Oliver Hirschbiegel	Bernd Lange	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
2	"Yilmaz"	Oliver Hirschbiegel	Bernd Lange	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
3	"Claudia"	Oliver Hirschbiegel	Sebastian Heeg and Bernd Lange	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)

Criminal: Spain

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Isabel"	Mariano Barroso	Alejandro Hernández	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
2	"Carmen"	Mariano Barroso	Manuel Martín Cuenca	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
3	"Carmelo"	Mariano Barroso	Alejandro Hernández	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)

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 (2019-09-20)
2	2	"Stacey"	Jim Field Smith	George Kay	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
3	3	"Jay"	Jim Field Smith	George Kay	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)

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 (2020-09-16)
5	2	"Alex"	Jim Field Smith	George Kay	16 September 2020 (2020-09-16)
6	3	"Danielle"	Jim Field Smith	George Kay	16 September 2020 (2020-09-16)
7	4	"Sandeep"	Jim Field Smith	George Kay	16 September 2020 (2020-09-16)

References

^ Romano, Nick (4 September 2019). "Hayley Atwell, David Tennant face tense interrogation in Netflix's 'Criminal' teaser trailer". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ Creamer, Jon (28 November 2018). "George Kay, Jim Field Smith to showrun Netflix crime drama". www.televisual.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "'Criminal': Netflix Sets Premiere Date For Nicholas Pinnock & Hayley Atwell Police Interrogation Drama". Deadline. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
^ "When is Criminal released on Netflix? Who's in the cast and what's it about?". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Netflix's interrogation drama Criminal is both an intriguing and claustrophobic experiment in intensity". The Independent. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ "When is Criminal released on Netflix? Who's in the cast and what's it about?". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
^ Seddon, Dan (19 August 2020). "Line of Duty and Cheat-fronted Netflix show Criminal confirms season 2 return date". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

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[1] Romano, Nick (4 September 2019). "Hayley Atwell, David Tennant face tense interrogation in Netflix's 'Criminal' teaser trailer". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[2] Creamer, Jon (28 November 2018). "George Kay, Jim Field Smith to showrun Netflix crime drama". www.televisual.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[deadline-3] "'Criminal': Netflix Sets Premiere Date For Nicholas Pinnock & Hayley Atwell Police Interrogation Drama". Deadline. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

[radiotimes-4] "When is Criminal released on Netflix? Who's in the cast and what's it about?". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

[Independent-5] "Netflix's interrogation drama Criminal is both an intriguing and claustrophobic experiment in intensity". The Independent. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

[6] "When is Criminal released on Netflix? Who's in the cast and what's it about?". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

[dl2-7] Seddon, Dan (19 August 2020). "Line of Duty and Cheat-fronted Netflix show Criminal confirms season 2 return date". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

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