Claim: There was a popular television show Gillian Anderson was part of.

The Fall is a British-Irish crime drama television series filmed and set in Northern Ireland . The series is created and written by Allan Cubitt , produced by Artists Studio , and shown on RTÉ One in the Republic of Ireland and BBC Two in the UK . It stars Gillian Anderson as DSI Stella Gibson and Jamie Dornan as serial killer Paul Spector .   The series premiered in the Republic of Ireland on RTÉ One on 12 May 2013 , and in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 13 May 2013 . 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 .   The title is a reference to the line ` Falls the shadow ' from the poem `` The Hollow Men '' by T. S. Eliot .