I'm indebted to Scott at Love and Garbage for pointing out that Engrenages (aka Spiral aka 'The good French TV show') is coming out on DVD in October. Which is just marvellous.
Better news still is that the second series starts on Sunday in France, and should be coming to BBC4 later this year after a repeat of the first series; there's also an unconfirmed rumour that series three is already being worked on. Give it a try: it's worth it, I reckon.
- BBC Four's Spiral page
- Canal+'s Engrenages page
11 days ago | Reply
[Rob, have I mentioned that I love you, lately?] That is the best news I've heard all week. Spiral was fantastic and I've been hoping for a UK DVD release for ages (amazon.fr already has Engrenages, but sadly without English subtitles, and my French isn't that good).
Anyone who hasn't seen it, think a combination of State of Play and Prime Suspect (with a dash of The Wire), but with all the ineffable coolness of being set in Paris.
11 days ago | Reply
That was me posting that by the way.
11 days ago | Reply
I've edited it to make that clear. Cheers, and glad the news was good!