We're on the edge of our seats already!
If you love an intense crime show with high stakes and lots of drama, you won't want to miss Netflix's upcoming police procedural Criminal, which will be released on 20 September. The new programme is based entirely in a police interview room, which means it is likely to include some explosive confrontations. With an impressive cast and storylines set in four countries, the 12 part-series is generating a lot of buzz. Find out what to expect with our handy guide to every question you might have about one of autumn's must-see new shows…
The show features detectives solving crimes in four countries
What's all about?
The show will follow police officers and the suspects they hope to extract a confession from. Each 45 minute-episode will cover a new story in one of four countries across Europe: the UK, France, Germany and Spain. There will be three stories per country, each of which was filmed in the native language for a true international experience.
Who stars in the show?
and actor David Tennant may have indulged his dark side in season one of Netflix's and as demon Crowley in Amazon's , but he's back to his law-abiding ways in . Here, he stars alongside 's Rochenda Sandall, star Katherine Kelly and actress Hayley Atwell. Full character details have yet to be released, but judging by information we have so far, it looks like Hayley is a potentially suspicious character.
Who else might we recognise?
The overseas stories also contain an impressive amount of acting talent. The French cast includes actor Jérémie Renier, and legendary actress Nathalie Baye, who starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in and popped up recently in Netflix's hit dramedy Their German counterparts include and star Peter Kurth and Christian Berkel from 2015 remake , while the Spanish cast includes José Ángel Egido, who played Alfred Hitchcock in 2017's and Eduard Fernández, who starred alongside Javier Bardem in .
Hayley Atwell plays one of the British crime suspects
How has Netflix described the show?
The streaming service calls "a stripped-down, cat-and-mouse drama" which "focuses on the intense mental conflict between detectives and suspects".
Who wrote it?
The series showrunners are British TV pros: director and producer Jim Field Smith from and , and and’s George Kay. Local talent in each of the show's four locales contributed to the scripts and directed the episodes, including 's Frederic Mermoud in France, 's Oliver Hirschbiegel in Germany and Spanish director and co-executive producer Mariano Barroso.
Where was it filmed?
The programme is hoping it can fool us into thinking its set in four different countries (and we're totally ready to buy into the illusion) but because only inside shots were needed, it was all filmed in one place. Not in the UK, though: Netflix has a production hub in Madrid's Ciudad de la Tele (Television City) where all the episodes were shot.
What else can we deduce?
Netflix has released a teaser trailer, although it doesn't give away much information. It starts with the buzzing noise of a recorder, followed by close-up shots of microphones and a glass of water. Then we see a variety of suspects lining up to have their pictures taken, one of whom is Hayley Atwell, cast against type in casual clothes with wavy pink hair. One suspect throws a chair at the mirrored window of the interrogation room, making detectives jump. A piece of slow, eerie music plays throughout and the show's name appears at the end. It looks like we'll have to wait until Criminal premieres to find out more.
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