French cop show ‘Spiral’ gets UK DVD release
September 1, 2008 by Staff · 2 Comments
Acclaimed French crime drama Spiral gets a long-awaited UK DVD release courtesy of 2|Entertain.The 2005 drama first aired on Canal+ and has been shown in the UK by BBC Four where it won consistently good audience figures.
Often described as a French take on US crime shows such as CSI the series follows an investigation into the murder of a disfigured young woman.
The investigation sees a crack team of officers led by police captain Lauren Bertaund, supported by public prosecutor Pierre Clement and investigating magistrate Judge Roban, brought into conflict with a dark underworld of drugs and prostitution.
Set for release on 6th October the DVD can be pre-ordered from the Seenit.co.uk store.
This is great news, a lot of people have been hoping for a DVD release since the show aired on the BBC.
As for the constant CSI-a-like comparisons, Spiral is far grittier and shocking than any US show is likely to get away with.
There’s one scene with a partly-charred corpse which you;re not likely to see replicated by the ’sexy’ imports.
Sounds intriguing, and since we can’t receive BBC4 it would be a chance to see what all the fuss is about.