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Netflix Original Series CRIMINAL Starring David Tennant, Hayley Atwell, Katherine Kelly

CRIMINAL

This revolutionary procedural comprises 12 unique stories set in 4 different countries: France, Spain, Germany and the UK. It takes place exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite. This stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama focuses on the intense mental conflict between detectives and suspects.

The episodes are in local language, written and directed by talent from their respective countries.

12 X 45-minute episodes (3 episodes per country).

Cast UK

Guest stars: David Tennant, Hayley Atwell, Youssef Kerkour, and Clare-Hope Ashitey

Regular cast: Katherine Kelly, Lee Ingleby, Nicholas Pinnock, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall, Shubham Saraf

Directors: Jim Field Smith (UK), Frederic Mermoud (France), Oliver Hirschbiegel (Germany), Mariano Barroso (Spain).

Series showrunners: George Kay (Killing Eve, The Hour) and Jim Field Smith (Endeavour, The Wrong Mans).

Cast France

Guest stars: Nathalie Baye, Jérémie Renier, Sara Giraudeau,

Regular cast: Margot Bancilhon, Laurent Lucas, Stéphane Jobert, Anne Azoulay, Mhamed Arezki.

Cast Germany

Guest stars: Peter Kurth, Christian Berkel, Deniz Arora and Nina Hoss,

Regular cast: Eva Meckbach, Sylvester Groth, Florence Kasumba, Christian Kuchenbuch and Jonathan Berlin.

Cast Spain

Guest stars: Carmen Machi, Inma Cuesta, Eduard Fernández, Emma Suárez, Álvaro Cervantes.

Regular cast: Jorge Bosch, José Ángel Egido, Nuria Mencía, Daniel Chamorro, María Morales, Javi Coll and Milo Taboada.

Criminal is an Idiotlamp Production for Netflix.

All 12 episodes of Criminal were filmed at Netflix’s production hub at Ciudad de la Tele in Madrid.

CREDITS

UK

George Kay (Writer, Co-Creator & Executive Producer) and Jim Field Smith (Director, Co-Creator & Executive Producer)

France

Frederic Mermoud (Writer, Director & Co Executive Producer) (Spiral, The Returned), Antonin Martin-Hilbert (Writer) (Nina, Black Spot) & Mathieu Missoffe (writer) (Black Spot, Profilage)

Germany

Oliver Hirschbiegel (Director & Co Executive Producer) (Four Blocks, Downfall), Bernd Lange (Writer) (Das Verschwinden) & Sebastian Heeg (Co-Writer) (Blaumacher)

Spain 
Mariano Barroso (Director & Co Executive Producer) (El día de mañana, Todas las mujeres,  Éxtasis), Alejandro Hernández (Writer) (El autor, El día de mañana) and Manuel Martín Cuenca (Writer) (El autor, Caníbal).

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