just john Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Is anyone else disturbed, traumatised, and spellbound by this French detective series, [:D] bbc.The butcher of La Villette! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Oh yes, me!Wonderful, isn't it?Don't give last night's plot away though, please... I've recorded it and not watched it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 I didn't know about this detective series on BBC4. I like a good mystery. [Www] Is is recommended? Whereabouts is it set in France? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 [quote user="Cat"]Don't give last night's plot away though, please... I've recorded it and not watched it yet.[/quote]Last night? In JJ's link, it says that it is on Wednesdays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSKS Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 We are annoyed that last night's was the first we have watched and now the series is coming to an end.Oh well, maybe they will repeat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 Absolutely Cathy, probably the grittiest unsanitized thing on TV IMHO, if you got behind the sofa for Dr Who, you will for this . . .and it's on DVD amazon. Spiral-1-2-DVD BABVA[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 [quote user="Cathy"][quote user="Cat"]Don't give last night's plot away though, please... I've recorded it and not watched it yet.[/quote]Last night? In JJ's link, it says that it is on Wednesdays?[/quote]They screen 2 episodes back to back on Saturday, and then they are repeated on Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 [quote user="just john "]if you got behind the sofa for Dr Who [/quote]How did you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 I just guessed [:P] and I used to laugh at the kids wanting to watch Dr Who and hiding behind the sofa! but this is the nearest I've come to holding one hand (fingers apart) in front of my eyes, and one where the silly pre-show warning (this is very graphic and some may find it shocking) absolutely appropriate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Friends of mine in the UK have been hooked since the first series. Non french speakers incidentally so need the sub titles.Engrenages in french and for those of you in France, wasn't it on french tv? For all I can say that french tv can be really poor, it isn't always, and the things that are good, well some are better than that and brilliant. As to 'graphic', I thought that what was french tv, always lots of 'graphic and explicit' ![;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 It was on Canal + Idun, so only those that subscribe would have been able to watch it.Cathy, it is set in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Doctor Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 For those based in the UK all the episodes from the current season shown already on BBC4 are on the BBC i-player. First three episodes were the first I'd seen and its really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 [quote user="Cat"] it is set in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.[/quote]la Villette, now a busy science museum was once an abbatoir . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Daft Doctor, unless someone can do puter trickery then the BBC do not allow people overseas to watch the iplayer. When in France I could get Radio 4 on it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 It's possible to watch iPlayer with a proxy server such as Expat Shiels which is free to download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Doctor Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 idun, if you read my post properly it says 'for those based in the UK'. I know fine well it is difficult (if not impossible) to get BBC i-player in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 I've been watching it from the start and find it gripping. Every episode is unexpected in its events and outcomes. I can't wait for the last 2 episodes.Why is it that the actors in it don't seem to be acting? They're totally believable as the characters they portray in a way I haven't seen for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 ermmm! maybe they act it like they stole it! . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Where is Maigret when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 [quote user="Renaud"]Where is Maigret when you need him ... [/quote]... smoking a pipe, sipping a Pastis, dallying very briefly with Madame Maigret, solving a case from his favourite bar while sporting his heavy overcoat (even in hot weather) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Watching Spiral with its cast of venal characters will make anybody abandon a career in crime in France.Unless you are an Albanian Pimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Watching Spiral with its portrayal of corruption at every turn would surely put anybody off joining the police or practising law, unless they really wanted a challenge and were prepared to bend/break the law themselves.Just John, sorry didn't get what you meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 Well it's just an entertaining TV prog, of course everyone knows that really the police always follow the rulebook courteously and efficiently . . . [8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 This article from the Guardian on Tuesday says it's co-written by a police officer, and there are officers on set to advise on amking it all realistic.http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/may/03/meet-spirals-feminist-anti-heroI've seen series 1 and 2 and think they were better, though still very much enjoying series 3.Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 For those who missed it / didn't see all of it, Spiral / Engrenages is being repeated from series 1, starting tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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