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The Fall (2013)

The Fall poster
Directed by
Jakob Verbruggen, Allan Cubitt
Genre
drama television series, LGBT-related television series
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom
Length
3 seasons, 17 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 976 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective superintendent leads a manhunt for a serial killer in Northern Ireland. The story follows both the investigator and the killer as they circle each other.

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What happens

The Fall is a crime drama television series filmed and set in Northern Ireland. The series, starring Gillian Anderson as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson, and Jamie Dornan as serial killer Paul Spector, was created and written by Allan Cubitt. It is produced by Artists Studio, and shown on ZDFneo in Germany, RTÉ One in the Republic of Ireland, and BBC Two in the UK. The series premiered in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland on RTÉ One on 12 May 2013, and in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 13 May 2013 followed by ZDFneo. The second series began in the Republic of Ireland on 9 November and in the UK on 13 November 2014. The third series premiered on RTÉ One on 25 September and on BBC Two on 29 September 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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