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It’s an advert for Canal+, France’s (sort of) equivalent of HBO which makes Engrenages (Spiral) – so I guess they’d know.
European TV
French TV
Review: Engrenages (Spiral) 2×5
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.
UK TV
Review: Engrenages (Spiral) 2×4
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.
Wednesday’s “it’s only a logo” news
Doctor Who
- It’s the new logo
- Full length K9 trailer
Awards
- Hilary Mantel wins the Booker prize
Film
- Universal acquires two projects for Isla Fisher
- Adrien Brody to star in Predators
- Ryan Reynolds to star in Motorcade?
- Samuel L Jackson to star in adaptation of Same Kind of Different As Me
- Prepare yourself for National Lampoon’s new vacation
Theatre
- Kelly Brook, Jan Leeming and Julie Goodyear to join Calendar Girls
British TV
- Blue Murder beats Criminal Justice in the ratings
- Sebastian Faulks to present The Secret Life of the Novel
French TV
- Canal+ acquires The Prisoner
US TV
- PBS acquires The Diary of Anne Frank
- Heroes ratings drop slightly again
- Lauren Graham to join Parenthood?
- Kim Raver joins Grey’s Anatomy
- What? Bored to Death gets a second season?
- Kenny Rogers and Tim Gunn to appear on How I Met Your Mother
- Showtime offers free episodes on iPhone
- TNT orders a pilot based on Tess Gerritsen’s Jane Rizzoli novels
French TV
Review: Engrenages (Spiral) 2×3
In the UK: Sunday 27th September, 10pm, BBC4. Available on the iPlayer
It’s episode three of the second season of Engrenages aka Spiral, and we have a new theme on top of the usual Engrenages tropes. We have the series’ continuing study of the misogyny prevalent apparently everywhere in France, whether it’s in the legal system or among the general populace, as well as the acknowledgement that good can be evil and evil can be good.
But in this episode, we also have a look at terror.