Criminal Record
Watch it if you're missing intelligent police dramas without chases and shootouts — here the main weapons are characters and words.
The premiere on Apple TV+ took place on January 10, 2024 — this is an eight-part detective series (often divided into 9 episodes in Russian distribution), where each episode keeps you on edge from the first minute. An anonymous call to the London police uncovers an old murder case, and two brilliant detectives — a young ambitious woman at the start of her career and an influential man with connections, ready to protect his legacy — find themselves in conflict over a past judicial error. The plot revolves around themes of racial injustice and institutional failures of the British justice system, avoiding moralizing while showing how personal ambitions intersect with societal pain. The atmosphere resembles "Line of Duty" with the depth of "The Night Manager" — there are no sharp twists for effect, but a slow buildup of psychological warfare between two police officers who understand justice differently. The show's hallmark is dialogues like shootouts, where every line is weighed. The series has already been renewed for a second season, so the story will continue.
The continuation is in production, and the premiere date for the second season has not yet been announced, expected in 2025-2026.
Yes, the main cast, including Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo, returns for the continuation.
On the Apple TV+ platform — 8 episodes, in some localizations the episode is divided into parts and shown as 9 episodes.
The plot is fictional but inspired by systemic issues in the British police and real cases of conviction reviews.
A play on words: both "criminal record" and "criminal archive" — a hint that the protagonists' pasts are not without flaws.