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The Fall (TV series)

{{short description|German-Irish-British television crime drama series (2013–2016)}}

{{other uses|The Fall (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2013}}

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| creator = Allan Cubitt

| writer = Allan Cubitt

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| theme_music_composer = David Holmes

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  • Ireland
  • Germany

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| language = English

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| num_episodes = 17

| list_episodes = List of The Fall episodes

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| producer = {{Plainlist|

  • Gub Neal
  • Julian Stevens
  • Carol Moorhead

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  • Gillian Anderson
  • Allan Cubitt
  • Patrick Irwin
  • Justin Thomson-Glover
  • Stephen Wright

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| location = Belfast, Northern Ireland

| runtime = 60–90 minutes

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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, is 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,{{cite web|title=THE FALL ***New Series***|url=https://presspack.rte.ie/2013/05/12/the-fall-new-series/|website=RTÉ|date=2 May 2013|access-date=20 January 2017}} and in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 13 May 2013 followed by ZDFneo.{{cite web|last=Munn|first=Patrick|title=BBC Two Sets Premiere Date For 'The Fall'|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/05/bbc-two-sets-premiere-date-for-the-fall/|website=TVWise|date=1 May 2013|access-date=29 May 2016}} 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.

Plot

Metropolitan Police Superintendent Stella Gibson, a senior investigating officer who reviews investigations, is seconded to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to assess the progress of a murder investigation that has remained active for longer than 28 days. When it becomes apparent that a serial killer is on the loose, local detectives must work with Stella to find and capture Paul Spector, who is attacking young professional women in the city of Belfast. As time passes, Stella's team works tirelessly to build a case but they are met with complications inside and outside the PSNI.

Development

Cubitt said that he originally was researching another show he was planning on writing and read a book on the BTK ("Bind, Torture, Kill") serial killer, Dennis Rader. Cubitt found the structure of the book intriguing, which began with a look at the BTK Killer's attack that was possible because of Rader's testimony, his documentary evidence and the extensive forensic evidence that was gathered from the scene of the crime. Cubitt created a structure where the killer is identified immediately, eliminating the whodunit aspect of many stories. The focus could then become the motives for the killings and on the insights that might be gained about the psychology of the killer, even in the face of what might be considered a normal, functioning person with a job, wife, and children. Cubitt said this was the starting point that interested him: how this supposedly normally functioning person would then be connected to the crimes.{{cite news|title=TVDrama.ws In Conversation With... Allan Cubitt: Creator, The Fall|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaR3qtmM8tg|work=World Screen|date=14 May 2013}}

=Series 1=

On 3 February 2012, BBC Two picked up The Fall series with a five-episode order.{{cite web |title=BBC Two Orders New Drama Series Starring Gillian Anderson |url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2012/02/bbc-two-orders-new-drama-series-starring-gillian-anderson/ |first=Patrick|last=Munn|work=TVWise|date=3 February 2012|access-date=29 July 2012}}{{cite web|title=Gillian Anderson set for BBC's 'Fall' |url=https://variety.com/2012/tv/news/gillian-anderson-set-for-bbc-s-fall-1118049689/ |first=Ian|last=Mundell |work=Variety|date=4 February 2012 |access-date=29 July 2012}} The series was written by Allan Cubitt and produced for BBC Two by Artists Studio and BBC Northern Ireland, with funding from Northern Ireland Screen and the European Regional Development Fund. Gub Neal and Julian Stevens produced, with Cubitt, Justin Thomson-Glover, Patrick Irwin, and Stephen Wright serving as executive producers.{{cite news|title=Jamie Dornan to star alongside Gillian Anderson in Allan Cubitt's new BBC Two drama series The Fall|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/the-fall-cast.html|access-date=24 January 2013|date=9 August 2012}} Jakob Verbruggen directed the first series.{{cite web|title=The Fall Guy|url=http://www.flandersimage.com/news/detail/the-fall-guy|publisher=flandersimage.com|date=13 May 2013|access-date=22 May 2013|archive-date=4 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204234846/http://www.flandersimage.com/news/detail/the-fall-guy|url-status=dead}} Cubitt cast Gillian Anderson first, then cast Jamie Dornan. The series premiered in the Republic of Ireland on RTÉ One on 12 May 2013, in the UK on BBC Two on 13 May 2013 and ZDFneo on 14 May 2013.

=Series 2=

BBC Two renewed the show for a second series on 27 May 2013.{{cite web|title=It's Official: BBC Two Renews 'The Fall' For Season 2|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/05/its-official-bbc-two-renews-the-fall-for-season-2/|first=Patrick|last=Munn|work=TVWise|date=27 May 2013|access-date=27 May 2013}} On 21 October 2013, it was announced that Jakob Verbruggen would not be returning to direct The Fall{{'s}} second series. Instead Cubitt would direct, with production due to begin in February 2014.{{cite web|title=Jakob Verbruggen Not Returning To Helm 'The Fall' Season 2, Allan Cubitt To Direct|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/10/jakob-verbruggen-exits-the-fall-season-2-bbc-hunting-new-director/|first=Patrick|last=Munn|work=TVWise|date=21 October 2013|access-date=3 February 2014}} Series star Gillian Anderson became an executive producer for the programme from its second series.{{cite web|url= http://www.theknowledgeonline.com/the-knowledge-bulletin/post/2015/10/01/third-series-of-the-fall-gears-up |title= Third series of The Fall gears up|date=1 October 2015|last= Daniels|first= Nia|work=The Knowledge Online|access-date=3 February 2016}} Production of series 2 ended in June 2014. Series 2 began in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland on Sunday, 9 November on RTÉ One and in the United Kingdom on BBC Two Thursday, 13 November 2014.

=Series 3=

In March 2015, it was announced that the BBC had commissioned a third series of The Fall.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/10/gillian-anderson-jamie-dornan-bbc-the-fall-series-three-fifty-shades|title=Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan to return in BBC's The Fall|first=John|last=Plunkett|work=The Guardian|date=10 March 2015}} Cubitt stated that this series was conceived "in the hope of further exploring the characters and themes that are at the heart of [the drama]".{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-fall-series-3-jamie-dornan-and-gillian-anderson-will-return-for-final-season-of--drama-10098830.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-fall-series-3-jamie-dornan-and-gillian-anderson-will-return-for-final-season-of--drama-10098830.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=Independent|title=The Fall serie 3: Jamie Dornan and Gillian Anderson will return for final season}} Cubitt stated that he had already envisaged how the show's third series would end.{{cite web |last=Jeffery |first=Morgan |title=The Fall to return for third series |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a634530/the-fall-to-return-for-third-series-on-bbc-two/#~pkJzcWcWuyZayD |website=Digital Spy |access-date=9 October 2019 |date=10 March 2015}} Carol Moorhead replaced Julian Stevens as second producer of the third series.{{cite web|url=http://www.thetvfestival.com/?post_type=programme-item&p=8290|title=NEW DRAMA DOUBLE: THE FALL|work=The TV Festival|access-date=20 July 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817112747/http://www.thetvfestival.com/?post_type=programme-item&p=8290|url-status=dead}} Filming took place in Belfast between December 2015 and April 2016.{{cite tweet|last=Anderson|first=Gillian|author-link=Gillian Anderson|user=GillianA|number=705877246964269056|title=That's a wrap on Stella Gibson! @TheFallTV|date=5 March 2016|access-date=8 April 2016}} The third series got an exclusive look at the Edinburgh International Television Festival on 25 August 2016. It premiered in the Republic of Ireland on Sunday, 25 September on RTÉ One{{cite tweet|author=Irish Music Feed|user=irishmusicfeed|number=776091588321738752|title=TV: @TheFallTV Season 3 returns on Sunday September 25 @ 21:35 on @RTEOne #SupportIrishDrama|date=14 September 2016|access-date=15 September 2016}} and in the UK on Thursday, 29 September 2016 on BBC Two.{{cite tweet|author=BBC Two|author-link=BBC Two|user=BBCTwo|number=776052058218762240|title=I want him to live, so that he can spend the rest of his life in prison. #TheFall returns. 29.09.16. 9pm.|date=14 September 2016|access-date=14 September 2016}}

=Future=

It was reported that Cubitt has ideas for several seasons past Spector's arc.{{cite tweet|last=Munn|first=Patrick|user=patmunn|number=672475444298534912|title=Also, while Cubitt has ideas for "many more" seasons past Paul Spectre arc, everyone is resigned that this MAY be final season #TheFall|date=3 December 2015|access-date=21 July 2016}} In September 2016, Cubitt confirmed that the third series is Dornan's last, but expressed intention for future series. Cubitt added that the fourth series "isn't going to be straight away."{{cite news|work=Digital Spy|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-fall/news/a808442/there-might-be-a-fourth-series-of-the-fall|title=There might be a fourth series of The Fall - but 'it's not going to be straight away'|author=Jeffery, Morgan|date=20 September 2016|access-date=20 September 2016}} Anderson stated: "I'm excited by the idea of potentially revisiting it in a few years, to see what transpires in Stella's life afterwards."{{cite news|work=Digital Spy|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-fall/feature/a808492/the-falls-james-dornan-and-gillian-anderson-on-why-its-the-end-for-spector-but-not-for-the-series|title=The Fall's James Dornan and Gillian Anderson on why it's the end for Spector – but NOT for the series|author=Jeffery, Morgan|date=20 September 2016|access-date=20 September 2016}}

Casting

=Series 1=

Casting announcements began in February 2012, with Gillian Anderson first to be cast in the series as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson.{{cite web |title=Gillian Anderson joins BBC Two thriller 'The Fall' |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a364116/gillian-anderson-joins-bbc-two-thriller-the-fall.html |first=Catriona|last=Wightman |work=Digital Spy|date=6 February 2012|access-date=29 July 2012}} Next to join the series was Northern Irish actor Jamie Dornan as serial killer Paul Spector.{{cite web|title=Jamie Dornan Signs Up For Lead Role Alongside Gillian Anderson in BBC Two's The Fall|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2012/03/jamie-dornan-signs-up-for-lead-role-alongside-gillian-anderson-in-bbc-twos-the-fall/|first=Patrick|last=Munn|work=TVWise|date=26 March 2012|access-date=29 July 2012}}{{cite web|title=Jamie Dornan To Star Opposite Gillian Anderson in TV Drama 'The Fall' for BBC TV|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jamie-dornan-gillian-anderson-the-fall-304724|first=Stuart|last=Kemp|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=27 March 2012|access-date=29 July 2012}}{{cite web|title='Once Upon a Time' star Jamie Dornan joins BBC thriller 'The Fall'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a373248/once-upon-a-time-star-jamie-dornan-joins-bbc-thriller-the-fall.html|first=Morgan|last=Jeffery|work=Digital Spy|date=26 March 2012|access-date=29 July 2012}} Séainín Brennan, Archie Panjabi, Emmett Scanlan and Karen Hassan were next to be cast, with Brennan playing Liz Tyler, Panjabi playing Reed Smith, Scanlan playing DC Glen Martin and Hassan playing Annie Brawley.{{cite web|title=The Good Wife Star Archie Panjabi Cast in BBC Two's 'The Fall'|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2012/05/the-good-wife-star-archie-panjabi-cast-in-bbc-twos-the-fall/|first=Patrick|last=Munn|work=TVWise|date=28 May 2012|access-date=29 July 2012}}{{cite web|title='Hollyoaks' Emmett Scanlan, Karen Hassan join BBC thriller cast|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s13/hollyoaks/news/a383998/hollyoaks-emmett-scanlan-karen-hassan-join-bbc-thriller-cast.html|first=Daniel|last=Kilkelly|work=Digital Spy|date=29 May 2012|access-date=29 July 2012}} It was later announced that Niamh McGrady, Bronagh Waugh, and John Lynch had joined the series.{{cite web|title=Gillian Anderson BBC thriller 'The Fall' adds Séainín Brennan|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a376881/gillian-anderson-bbc-thriller-the-fall-adds-seainin-brennan.html|first=Morgan|last=Jeffery|work=Digital Spy|date=29 May 2012|access-date=29 July 2012}}{{cite web|title='Hollyoaks' star Bronagh Waugh lands BBC thriller part|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s13/hollyoaks/news/a379533/hollyoaks-star-bronagh-waugh-lands-bbc-thriller-part.html|first=Paul|last=Millar|work=Digital Spy|date=2 May 2012|access-date=29 July 2012}}

=Series 2=

In 2014, it was announced that Colin Morgan and Bronagh Taggart had joined the cast in starring roles as Tom Anderson and Gail McNally, respectively. Jonjo O'Neill later joined the main cast, while Claire Rafferty was cast in a recurring capacity. Ian McElhinney departed the series in episode 1, whilst lead actress Archie Panjabi departed following the series’ penultimate episode.

=Series 3=

Anderson, Dornan, Lynch, Waugh, Franciosi, Kane, O'Neill, and Morgan all returned as regulars for the third series, alongside new cast members Aisling Bea, Richard Coyle, Barry Ward, Richard Clements, Ruth Bradley, Genevieve O'Reilly, Aidan McArdle, Denise Gough, Martin McCann, Conor MacNeill and Krister Henriksson. Former main cast members Niamh McGrady, Stuart Graham and Bronagh Taggart returned in guest arcs.

Main cast and characters

{{main|List of The Fall characters}}

=Police=

=Spector family and friends=

=Victims and families=

=Others=

  • Séainín Brennan as Liz Tyler{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/fairy-tale-wedding-as-the-fall-actress-seainin-brennan-ties-knot-in-dromoland-castle/34133914.html|title=Fairy tale wedding as The Fall actress Seainin Brennan ties knot in Dromoland Castle|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph.co.uk |date=23 October 2015|via=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk}}
  • Brian Milligan as James 'Jimmy' Tyler
  • Nick Lee as Ned Callan
  • Tara Lee as Daisy Drake
  • Aisling Bea as Nurse Kiera Sheridan
  • Krister Henriksson as Dr August Larson
  • Aidan McArdle as Sean Healy
  • Ruth Bradley as Louise Wallace
  • Darran Watt as Tom Johnston

Cubitt was inspired by guitar manufacturing companies when naming some of his characters; Stella, Gibson and Spector are brands of guitar, as are Benedetto, Brawley, Breedlove, Burns, Eastwood, Hagstrom, James Olson, James Tyler, Kay, Martin, Music Man, Paul Reed Smith, Rick Turner, Stagg, Terry McInturff, and Tom Anderson.{{cite web|title=The Fall series 2: every character is named after a guitar|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-11-20/why-are-all-the-falls-characters-named-after-guitars/|first=Huw|last=Fullerton|work=Radio Times|date=20 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201212417/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-11-20/why-are-all-the-falls-characters-named-after-guitars/|access-date=23 November 2016|archive-date=1 December 2020}}

Episodes

{{main|List of The Fall episodes}}

{{:List of The Fall episodes}}

International broadcast

  • The first series aired on Bravo in Canada. Reruns have aired on M3 since June 2014.{{cite web |title=The Fall-M3|url=http://www.m3tv.ca/shows/thefall/|access-date=3 August 2014 }}
  • The series also aired across Latin America during September 2013 for subscribers to the TV satellite provider DirecTV. The Fall was aired on the exclusive channel OnDIRECTV in high definition.{{cite web|url=http://apoyandotalentosnoticias.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/2841/|title=Exclusivo en OnDIRECTV Gillian Anderson regresa a la TV para intrepretar a una brillante inspectora'|work=OnDIRECTV|date=20 September 2013|access-date=23 September 2013}} The entire series was aired on OnDirectv, an exclusive TV channel for DirecTV subscribers and as of 2017 it is also available on Netflix in the region.{{cite web|url=http://televitos.com/web/series/2015/05/ondirectv-celebra-junio-con-el-regreso-de-fall|title=OnDirecTV celebra junio con el regreso de "The Fall" {{!}} Televitos - Con mentalidad de fans|website=televitos.com|language=es|date=26 May 2015|access-date=24 October 2017|archive-date=25 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025073333/http://televitos.com/web/series/2015/05/ondirectv-celebra-junio-con-el-regreso-de-fall|url-status=dead}}
  • HBO Europe has picked up the series to air on their Cinemax channels in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania.{{cite web|title=ZDFE, HBO Europe Ink Deal For BBC Two's The Fall|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2014/01/zdfe-hbo-europe-ink-deal-bbc-twos-the-fall/|first=Patrick|last=Munn|work=TVWise|date=29 January 2014|access-date=3 February 2014}}
  • Estonian National Broadcasting started to run the series in Estonia on channel ETV (Eesti Televisioon) on 7 December 2014.{{cite web|url=http://etv.err.ee/l/sarjad/langus|title=Langus|work=err.ee|access-date=28 May 2015}}
  • In Germany, the show was given the title {{lang|de|Tod in Belfast}} ("Death in Belfast"); the first two series aired together in Germany on ZDF from 15 November to 16 December 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.zdf.de/form/programmdatensuche-52.html?action=search&text=Tod+in+Belfast&config=past&searchcontext=global&offset=0&descending=null|title=programmdatensuche|publisher=ZDF|language=de|access-date=4 April 2016}} The two series were shown in a recut containing 6 episodes with each being 90 minutes long and a total of 540 minutes altogether. This equates to approximately 120 minutes of the whole material of series 1 and 2 being cut. The uncut version was later shown in re-run by channels ZDFneo and Sky Krimi. In the US, Tubi carried the series at its launch date in 2014 as an original exclusive series on the service. The continues to be available on the platform today and is also available to stream now as of 2018 on Netflix and AMC-owned streamer dedicated to streaming internationally produced co-productions and acquired shows, Acorn TV. In September 2020, after launching their Mystery Alley block in August that year, Ovation (American TV channel) acquired the rights to the series in a deal with BBC Studios that meant acquiring the studio's content that originally was produced for the BBC and BBC America first, such as The Fall (TV series) and it premiered in October 2020 and ran until February 2021 on the network.

Reception

The Fall received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, 95% of 20 critic reviews were positive for the series one. Its consensus is, "Less sensationalistic and more provocative than most police procedurals, The Fall is unapologetically sexy with pressure-building tension driven by plausible characters and motifs." The Guardian ranked it the tenth best television show of 2013.{{Cite news |last=Mangan |first=Lucy |date=2013-12-13 |title=The best TV of 2013: No 10 – The Fall (BBC2) |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/dec/13/best-tv-2013-the-fall |access-date=2023-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220201103/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/dec/13/best-tv-2013-the-fall|archive-date=20 February 2023|url-status=live|issn=0261-3077}} The second and the third series earned 93% and 64% approval rating, respectively. The third series consensus reads, "The Fall stumbles somewhat in its third season, but still delivers enough to satisfy fans of the show—and slow-burning psychological thrillers in general."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_fall|title=The Fall|work=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=15 June 2017}} The first series has a score of 81 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim". The last series has a score of 60 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews".{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-fall|title=The Fall|work=Metacritic|access-date=15 June 2017}}

Sophie Gilbert of The Atlantic wrote regarding season three: "[f]or all its psychological, almost literary complexity, it loses much of its narrative steam. It's that great 21st-century phenomenon: a show that's more fun to think about than to watch."{{Cite web |last=Gilbert |first=Sophie |date=2016-11-05 |title='The Fall' Comes to a Maddening End |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/11/the-fall-season-three-netflix/506348/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203210735/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/11/the-fall-season-three-netflix/506348/ |archive-date=3 February 2023 |access-date=2020-08-08 |website=The Atlantic |language=en-US}} Ken Tucker also felt that the show lost its quality, criticized the character development, but found Anderson and Dornan to be "good" and "handsome and skilled" respectively.{{Cite web |date=2016-10-31 |title='The Fall' Season 3: A Fall in Quality |url=https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/the-fall-s3-review-netflix-175848203.html |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-SG}} Reviewing the second season, TV critic Lucy Mangan of The Guardian criticised the writing and the dialogue. However, she praised the performances of Anderson and Dornan.{{Cite web |last=Mangan |first=Lucy |date=2014-12-19 |title=The Fall review – the whole thing buckled and imploded |url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/19/the-fall-finale-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127122255/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/19/the-fall-finale-review |archive-date=27 January 2015 |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} Conversely in a more positive review, Ben Travers of the IndieWire opined that Dornan's portrayal was "both ideal and disappointing."{{Cite web |last=Travers |first=Ben |date=2015-01-17 |title=Review: 'The Fall' Season 2 Astutely Turns the Male Gaze Against Itself |url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/review-the-fall-season-2-astutely-turns-the-male-gaze-against-itself-66162/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525152705/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/review-the-fall-season-2-astutely-turns-the-male-gaze-against-itself-66162/ |archive-date=25 May 2023 |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}} About the first season, David Thomson of The New Republic said: "The BBC's Latest Import is Modern, Chilling, and Groundbreaking."{{Cite magazine |last=Thomson |first=David |date=2013-07-02 |title=The BBC's Latest Import is Modern, Chilling, and Groundbreaking |magazine=The New Republic |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/113713/fall-bbc-and-netflix-reviewed-david-thomson |access-date=2023-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517091214/https://newrepublic.com/article/113713/fall-bbc-and-netflix-reviewed-david-thomson|archive-date=17 May 2017|url-status=live|issn=0028-6583}} Similarly, Neil Genzlinger writing for The New York Times stated: "It’s a fine show, relying on slow-building tension rather than the gory shock value [...]", but found Anderson's character to be the least developed one in the show.{{Cite news |last=Genzlinger |first=Neil |date=2013-06-10 |title=Killing Becomes a Habit, With Madness and Method |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/arts/television/gillian-anderson-in-the-fall-on-netflix-from-bbc2.html |access-date=2023-09-02 |issn=0362-4331}}

In the book Crime TV, Streaming Criminology in Popular Culture, Jonathan A Grubb and Chad Posick, assistant professors in the department of criminal justice and criminology at Georgia Southern University, wrote that the show conveyed "a fairly solid understanding of the thinking of a psychopathic killer." They stated that Dornan's performance was "quite convincing."{{cite book|last1=A Grubb|first1=Jonathan|last2=Posick|first2=Chad|title=Crime TV, Streaming Criminology in Popular Culture.|date=2021|publisher=New York University Press|isbn=9781479884971}}{{Cite book |last1=Grubb |first1=Jonathan A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kMAyEAAAQBAJ |title=Crime TV: Streaming Criminology in Popular Culture |last2=Posick |first2=Chad |date=2021-07-27 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=978-1-4798-8497-1 |language=en}}

=Awards and nominations=

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! Category

! Nominee(s)

! Result

rowspan="4" | 2013

| rowspan="2" | Crime Thriller Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.crimethrillerawards.com/filmtvaward/best-actress-dagger-2/|title=Best Actress Dagger 2014|access-date=19 August 2015|archive-date=30 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130040409/http://www.crimethrillerawards.com/filmtvaward/best-actress-dagger-2/|url-status=dead}}

| The Best Actress Dagger

| Gillian Anderson

| {{nom}}

The Best TV Drama Dagger

|The Fall

|{{nom}}

rowspan="2"| Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards{{cite web|url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-announces-winner-craft-design-awards-2013|title=RTS ANNOUNCES WINNER OF CRAFT & DESIGN AWARDS 2013|website=Royal Television Society|date=19 November 2013 |accessdate=28 February 2023}}

| Make Up - Drama

| Pamela Smyth

| {{nom}}

Music - Original Score

| David Holmes, Keefus Green

| {{nom}}

rowspan="14" | 2014

| Edgar Allan Poe Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.readersread.com/winners-of-the-2014-edgar-allan-poe-awards-announced-50520141|title=Winners of the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Announced|access-date=19 August 2015}}

| Best Television Episode Teleplay

| Allan Cubitt

| {{won}}

rowspan="3" | Broadcasting Press Guild Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/2014/02/20/broadcasting-press-guild-40th-tv-radio-awards/|title=Broadcasting Press Guild: 40th TV & Radio Awards|date=20 February 2014|access-date=19 August 2015}}

| Breakthrough Award

| Jamie Dornan

| {{won}}

Best Actress

| Gillian Anderson

| {{nom}}

Writer's Award

| Allan Cubitt

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"|British Academy Television Awards{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bafta-tv-awards-2014-this-years-nominations-9392195.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bafta-tv-awards-2014-this-years-nominations-9392195.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Bafta TV awards 2014: This year's nominations|work=The Independent|date=18 May 2014|access-date=19 August 2015}}

| Best Leading Actor

| Jamie Dornan

| {{nom}}

Best Mini Series

|The Fall

|{{nom}}

British Academy Television Craft Awards

|Best Editing: Fiction

|Steve Singleton{{Cite web |title=Television Craft in 2014 {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2014/tvcraft |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=awards.bafta.org}}

|{{won}}

Banff Television Festival Rockie Awards{{Cite web |last=Saval |first=Malina |date=2014-05-06 |title=Nominees for the Banff World Media Festival Rockie Awards Announced |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/awards/nominees-for-the-35th-annual-banff-world-media-festival-rockie-awards-announced-1201172285/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

|Best Procedural Drama

|The Fall

|{{nom}}

rowspan="6" | Irish Film and Television Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.ifta.ie/awards/iftawinners2014.html|title=Winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards IFTAs|publisher=Irish Film & Television Academy}}

| Best Television Drama

| The Fall

| {{won}}

Best Lead Actor – Television

| Jamie Dornan

| {{won}}

Best Original Score (Film/TV Drama)

| David Holmes

| {{won}}

Director of Photography - Drama

| Ruairi O'Brien

| {{nom}}

Make-Up & Hair - Drama

| The Fall

| {{nom}}

Production Design - Drama

| Tom McCullough

| {{nom}}

rowspan="15" | 2015

| rowspan="2" | Satellite Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/current-nominees/|work=International Press Academy|at=pressacademy.com|title=Satellite Awards (2014)|publisher=IPA|access-date=1 December 2014}}

| Best Actress – Television Series Drama

| Gillian Anderson

| {{nom}}

Best Television Series – Drama

| The Fall

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2" | Monte-Carlo Television Festival Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.tvfestival.com/pdfz/2015NomineesGNA.pdf|title=Golden Nymph Award 2015|access-date=26 August 2015}}

| Golden Nymph Award for Best Actress - Television Drama Series

| Gillian Anderson

| {{nom}}

Golden Nymph Award for Best Drama Series

| The Fall

| {{nom}}

rowspan="3"| Irish Film and Television Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.ifta.ie/awards/news/ifta_2015.html|title=IFTA Announces Winners 2015|publisher=Irish Film & Television Academy}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ifta.ie/awards/nominees_2015/|title=IFTA 2015 Nominees|publisher=Irish Film & Television Academy}}

| Best Supporting Actress - Drama

| Aisling Franciosi

| {{won}}

Best Actor - Drama

| Jamie Dornan

| {{nom}}

Best Television Drama

| The Fall

| {{nom}}

[https://www.britishscreenwritersawards.com/ British Screenwriters Awards]{{cite web|url=http://www.londonscreenwritersfestival.com/the-british-screenwriters-awards-2015-londonswf|work=London Screenwriters' Festival|at=londonscreenwritersfestival.com|title=The British Screenwriters' Awards 2015 #LondonSWF|date=26 October 2015|access-date=26 October 2015}}

| Best British Crime Writing

| Allan Cubitt

| {{won}}

British Academy Television Craft Awards

|Best Editing: Fiction

|Steve Singleton{{Cite web |title=Television Craft in 2015 {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/tvcraft |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=awards.bafta.org}}

|{{nom}}

Royal Television Society Northern Ireland Awards{{cite web|title= RTS Northern Ireland Programme Awards Shortlist announced|date= 19 October 2015|url= https://rts.org.uk/article/rts-northern-ireland-programme-awards-shortlist-announced|publisher=Royal Television Society|access-date=30 October 2015}}

| Best Drama

| The Fall

| {{nom}}

Sichuan Television Festival{{cite web|url= http://www.sctvf.com/sys/go?pageUrl=3w/news&nid=62aff3de-761a-499e-8388-5dff844647a5|title= Sichuan TV Festival – International Gold Panda Awards 2015|publisher= Sichuan TV Festival|access-date= 11 November 2015|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151208121301/http://www.sctvf.com/sys/go?pageUrl=3w%2Fnews&nid=62aff3de-761a-499e-8388-5dff844647a5|archive-date= 8 December 2015|df= dmy-all}}

| Best Actress

| rowspan="2" | Gillian Anderson

| {{nom}}

rowspan="4" |[https://www.c21media.net/screenings/dramaawards22/ C21 International Drama Awards]{{cite web|url= http://www.c21media.net/c21-drama-award-finalists-announced|title= C21 Drama Award Finalists Announced|publisher= C21 Media|access-date=28 November 2015}}

| Best Female Performance

| {{nom}}

Best Male Performance

| Jamie Dornan

| {{nom}}

Best Returning Series

| rowspan="5" | The Fall

| {{nom}}

Best English Language Drama

| {{nom}}

2016

|Jupiter Award{{cite web|url= http://www.jupiter-award.de/wahl/wer-waren-deine-favoriten-aus-kino-und-tv-im-letzten-jahr,8096804,ApplicationVoting.html|title= Jupiter Awards 2016|publisher= Jupiter Award|access-date=20 January 2016}}

| Best International TV Series

| {{nom}}

rowspan="3" |2017

| Satellite Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/current-nominees/|title=2016 Winners & Nominees|date=28 November 2016|work=International Press Academy|access-date=5 June 2017}}

| Best Television Series – Drama

| {{nom}}

Irish Film and Television Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.ifta.ie/awards/nominees_2017|title=IFTA Film & Drama Nominees 2017|publisher=Irish Film & Television Academy|access-date=11 March 2017}}

| Best Drama

| {{nom}}

Webby Awards{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=2017-05-17 |title=Webby Awards: CNN's Van Jones, Women's March Organizers Urge People to Join Forces |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/webby-awards-cnns-van-jones-womens-march-organizers-urge-people-join-forces-1004578/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

|Best Actress

|Gillian Anderson

|{{won}}

Home media

The first series was made available in full in the United States via Netflix's "Watch Instantly" service starting 28 May 2013,{{cite web|url=http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/70272726/|title=Netflix page for the series'|work=Netflix|access-date=3 June 2013}} and aired on Bravo and Netflix in Canada.

The second series was broadcast on Netflix's "Watch Instantly" service, starting in January 2015, in the United States. It was also broadcast on Netflix in Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/Fall-Season-2-Gets-Netflix-Premiere-Date-Chilling-Teaser-68370.html|title=The Fall Season 2 Gets A Netflix Premiere Date And A Chilling Teaser|work=CINEMABLEND|date=13 November 2014}} In Latin America, Netflix began broadcasting the season on 16 January 2015, at 12:01{{nbsp}}am.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/digital/news/netflix-picks-up-the-fall-season-2-starring-gillian-anderson-1201355552/|title=Netflix Picks Up 'The Fall' Season 2 Starring Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan|last=Spangler|first=Todd|work=Variety|date=13 November 2014}}

The third series was made available to non-UK Netflix subscribers on 29 October 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/09/22/netflix-october-2016-new-leaving/90827548|title=Netflix in October: Here's what's coming and going|work=USA Today|access-date=23 September 2016}}

The complete series was released in the US on DVD and Blu-Ray by Acorn on 21 November 2017.

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! colspan=2 |Originally aired

! colspan=3 |DVD release dates

! colspan=3| Blu-ray disc release date

First aired

! Last aired

! Region 1

! Region 2

! Region 4

! Region A

! Region B

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| 1

| {{Start date|2013|5|13|df=y}}

| {{End date|2013|6|10|df=y}}

| {{Start date|2013|10|15|df=y}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DW5IKN4/ |title=The Fall, Series 1 (2013) |website=Amazon |date=15 October 2013 |access-date=24 February 2014}}

| {{Start date|2013|6|17|df=y}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00979JUU6 |title=The Fall [DVD] |website=Amazon UK |date=17 June 2013 |access-date=24 February 2014}}

| {{Start date|2013|11|20|df=y}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/692995 |title=Fall, The |publisher=JB Hi-Fi |access-date=24 February 2014}}

| {{Start date|2016|3|1|df=y}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Fall-Series-1-Blu-ray/dp/B0187RXGLM |title=The Fall: Series 1 [Blu-ray] |website=Amazon |access-date=31 December 2015}}

| {{Start date|2013|6|17|df=y}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ARJM1T2 |title=The Fall [Blu-ray] |website=Amazon UK |access-date=24 February 2014}}

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| 2

| 13 November 2014{{cite web|last=Plunkett|first=John|title=The Fall series two preview: a slow-burning opener unlikely to win new fans|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/sep/24/the-fall-returns-bbc2-gillian-anderson-jamie-dornan|work=The Guardian|date=24 September 2014|access-date=24 September 2014 |quote=The BBC is clamping down on spoilers ahead of its transmission, expected in November, but Cubitt said he “wasn’t giving anything away” by flagging up the “growing obsession” between the hunter and the hunted.}}

| 17 December 2014

| {{n/a|TBA}}

| {{Start date|2014|12|26|df=y}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Fall-Series-2-DVD/dp/B00M4DUT5C |title=Fall, The |website=Amazon UK |access-date=4 January 2015}}

| {{n/a|TBA}}

| {{Start date|2016|3|1|df=y}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Fall-Series-2-Blu-ray/dp/B015JLUO2I |title=The Fall: Series 2 [Blu-ray] |website=Amazon |access-date=31 December 2015}}

| {{Start date|2014|12|26|df=y}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Fall-Series-Two-Blu-ray/dp/B00M4DUTZM |title=The Fall Series 2 [Blu-ray] |website=Amazon UK |access-date=31 December 2015}}

French remake

In August 2016, it was announced that the French private national TV channel TF1 was producing a remake of the series, titled Insoupçonnable ("unsuspected"). The French adaptation starred Emmanuelle Seigner and Melvil Poupaud as the leads, and supporting cast included: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Claire Keim, Patrick Chesnais, Bérengère Krief and Sofia Essaïdi. Filming began in Lyon on 12 September 2016.{{cite web |title=Emmanuelle Seigner et Melvil Poupaud tournent le remake de The Fall pour TF1 |url=http://www.telestar.fr/2016/photos/exclu-telestar.fr-emmanuelle-seigner-et-melvil-poupaud-tournent-le-remake-de-the-fall-pour-tf1-229791|first=Isabelle|last=Dhombres|publisher=Télé Star|language=fr|date=27 August 2016|access-date=27 August 2016}}

See also

References

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