# Criminal (franchise)

Criminal is a series of four Netflix police procedural anthology TV series set in four countries. The four series are Criminal: France, Criminal: Germany, Criminal: Spain, and Criminal: UK. The series was devised by its showrunners George Kay and Jim Field Smith, and produced by their company Idiotlamp Productions. Although the showrunners are based in the UK, each of the local three-part series is written and performed in that country's native language by native actors, but all four individual local series were shot on the same set in Madrid, Spain. All four series were released simultaneously in September 2019. A second series of Criminal: UK, consisting of four episodes, was released on 16 September 2020.
Each episode is a stand-alone psychological drama, consisting of the interrogation of an individual by a team of police investigators. Every scene is confined to just three areas in a single location; a police interrogation room, a darkened viewing room that looks into the interrogation room through a one-way mirror, and the hallway and stairwell outside the rooms.

## Episodes

| Series | Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Series | Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| Criminal: France | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |
| Criminal: Germany | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |
| Criminal: Spain | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |
| Criminal: UK | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |
| Criminal: UK | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 September 2020 (2020-09-16) | 16 September 2020 (2020-09-16) |

### Criminal: France

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Émilie" | Frédéric Mermoud | Frédéric Mermoud & Mathieu Missoffe and George Kay | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |
| 2 | "Caroline" | Frédéric Mermoud | Antonin Martin-Hilbert | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |
| 3 | "Jérôme" | Frédéric Mermoud | Mathieu Missoffe | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |

### Criminal: Germany

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Jochen" | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Bernd Lange | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |
| 2 | "Yilmaz" | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Bernd Lange | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |
| 3 | "Claudia" | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Sebastian Heeg and Bernd Lange | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |

### Criminal: Spain

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Isabel" | Mariano Barroso | Alejandro Hernández | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |
| 2 | "Carmen" | Mariano Barroso | Manuel Martín Cuenca | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |
| 3 | "Carmelo" | Mariano Barroso | Alejandro Hernández | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |

### Criminal: UK
#### Season 1 (2019)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Edgar" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |
| 2 | 2 | "Stacey" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |
| 3 | 3 | "Jay" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) |

#### Season 2 (2020)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 4 | 1 | "Julia" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 16 September 2020 (2020-09-16) |
| 5 | 2 | "Alex" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 16 September 2020 (2020-09-16) |
| 6 | 3 | "Danielle" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 16 September 2020 (2020-09-16) |
| 7 | 4 | "Sandeep" | Jim Field Smith | George Kay | 16 September 2020 (2020-09-16) |