The series broadcast on Arte are often a guarantee of quality. But is this also the case for The Killer Codeoffered by the channel this Thursday, November 21, 2024? Our opinion.
The new TF1 series, Commander Saint-Barthwith Florent Peyre we tempt you more than that? You have already seen Dead man on the beach with Claire Chazal and Claire Borotra rebroadcast on France 3? You don't know what to watch on television this Thursday, November 21 and are thinking of letting yourself be tempted by The Killer Code on Arte without knowing if this fiction is worth a look? No worries, Télé-Loisirs is there for you. What is the British miniseries about? Is it worth a look? We tell you everything!
The Killer Code: What is the British series broadcast on Arte this Thursday, November 21, 2024, about?
Created by Michael Crompton, who notably worked on the series Inspector Barnaby, The Killer Code takes us to the 1980s, to 1983 to be precise, when the lifeless body of Lynda Mann is found on a footpath near Leicester, England. The investigation, entrusted to Inspector David Baker, was unsuccessful. When three years later, Dawn Ashworth, a teenager, was killed in similar circumstances, the police officer was sure: the two crimes were linked. To confirm his intuition, he called on the geneticist Alec Jeffreys, who was working on a then revolutionary technique: the genetic fingerprint test…
The Killer's Code: Should you watch the British series broadcast on Arte this Thursday, November 21, 2024? Our opinion
Once again, Arte hits hard with this particularly successful British series, carried by a remarkable duo: David Threlfall (whom series fans know as Frank Gallagher in the series Shameless) and John Simm, aka the Master in seasons 3, 4 and 10 of the second series of Doctor Who. The duo enhances this captivating thriller with many twists and turns, which perfectly highlights a major scientific advance: that of the discovery of DNA. All benefiting from the careful production of James Strong, who had already officiated on one of the most notable British series: Broadchurchnothing less!
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