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Low Winter Sun (2006)

Low Winter Sun poster
Directed by
Adrian Shergold
Genre
drama television series
Country
United Kingdom
Rated
15
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective murders another police officer and tries to get away with it. The story follows his attempt to hide what he did and the consequences that follow.

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What happens

Low Winter Sun is a two-part British crime drama miniseries that first aired on Channel 4 in 2006. It was aired in the United States by BBC America. The series, written by Simon Donald, stars Mark Strong as Detective Sergeant Frank Agnew, a police officer who murders a fellow officer and believes he has committed the perfect crime. The miniseries was later adapted into a 10-episode series by AMC, with Strong reprising his role as Detective Agnew. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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