An archive of blog entries about French TV programmes and production.
In the UK: Sunday 25th October, 10pm, BBC4. Available on the iPlayer
You may have noticed last week that I was a bit worried that the final two episodes of Engrenages (Spiral) were going to be a let down. That the producers might not be sure where they were going, or might have made a mistake or two.
Foolish me. Even the subtitles were excellent this week.
In the UK: Sunday 18th October, 10.15pm, BBC4. Available on the iPlayer
Tension mounts on Engrenages as the police close in on Aziz, we discover that French domestic violence laws need some work, and that France’s witness protection programme needs even more work (because it doesn’t have one).
Not that you’d be getting all that tension necessarily from the subtitles – which need work, too. Spoilers and more after the break.
It’s an advert for Canal+, France’s (sort of) equivalent of HBO which makes Engrenages (Spiral) – so I guess they’d know.
In the UK: Sunday 11th October, 10pm, BBC4. Available on the iPlayer
Last week‘s slight holding pattern is abandoned in this week’s Engrenages (Spiral) as Samy, the Special Branch officer, begins to work his magic on the investigation and Aziz comes back into town.
Spoilers and more after the jump.
In the UK: Sunday 27th September, 10pm, BBC4. Available on the iPlayer
Episode four, and although it was a slightly less involving affair than normal, Engrenages still continues to live up to the hype. This week: just how well are gay men treated in France by society and the police.
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