''Criminal'' is a series of four
Netflix police procedural
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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, and produced by their company
Idiotlamp Productions. 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,
but all four individual local series were shot on the same set in
Madrid, Spain.
[ All four series were released simultaneously in September 2019.]interrogation
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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.
Episodes
''Criminal: France''
''Criminal: Germany''
''Criminal: Spain''
''Criminal: UK''
Season 1 (2019)
Season 2 (2020)
References
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2010s anthology television series
2019 British television series debuts
2019 French television series debuts
2019 German television series debuts
2019 Spanish television series debuts
English-language television shows
Netflix original programming
Spanish-language television shows
French-language television shows
German-language television shows
Psychological television series
Television shows filmed in Spain