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Falcón (TV series)

Falcón
Series title on a black background
GenreCrime drama
Created byRobert Wilson
StarringMarton Csokas
Hayley Atwell
Charlie Creed-Miles
Santiago Cabrera
Emilia Fox
Kerry Fox
James Floyd
ComposerPaul Leonard-Morgan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producersMichele Buck
Rebecca Keane
Damien Timmer
ProducerJulia Stannard
Production locationsSeville, Spain
CinematographyLula Carvalho
David Raedeker
Running time180 minutes
Production companyMammoth Screen
Original release
NetworkSky Atlantic (UK)
Canal+ (Spain)
ZDF (Germany)
Release15 November (2012-11-15) –
6 December 2012 (2012-12-06)

Falcón is a crime drama television series based on the books by Robert Wilson, produced by Mammoth Screen for the Sky, Canal+ and ZDF channels.[1] It starred Marton Csokas as Chief Inspector Javier Falcón.[2][3]

Cast and characters

Production

The series was filmed in Seville, Spain.[4] The stunt co-ordinator for the series was Ricardo Cruz Ardura.[5]

Episode list

Episode # Title Directed by Written by Original airdate
1"The Blind Man of Seville (part 1)"Pete TravisStephen Butchard15 November 2012 (2012-11-15)
A leading restaurateur is found bound, gagged and dead with self-inflicted wounds telling of his struggle to avoid the unendurable images he has been forced to watch. The investigation into his turbulent life sends Falcón trawling through his own past and the ferociously candid journals of his late father, a world famous artist. With Bernard Hill.
2"The Blind Man of Seville (part 2)"Pete TravisStephen Butchard22 November 2012 (2012-11-22)
Painful revelations churn up Falcón's unreliable memory and more killings, including his own nephew, again apparently self inflicted, push him to the edge of a terrifying truth about his own past and the death of his mother when he faces the killer who offers Falcón the chance to kill himself.
3"The Silent and the Damned (part 1)"Gabriel RangeSarah Phelps29 November 2012 (2012-11-29)
Falcón returns to duty after three months to investigate the death of businessman Raphael Baena but is soon taken off the case when his superiors want it treated as non-suspicious, but the murder of a man tortured and with his tongue cut out are linked and events that took place 40 years ago in Pinochet's Chile put Falcón's life in danger. With Robert Lindsay, Kenneth Cranham, Bill Paterson.
4"The Silent and the Damned (part 2)"Gabriel RangeSarah Phelps6 December 2012 (2012-12-06)
Falcón discovers hard evidence of CIA involvement in Pinochet's Chile and subsequent members of the Chilean government, now living in Seville under assumed names, are involved in a pedophile ring. Believing he can trust ambitious Judge Calderon he gives him the evidence only for the judge to give it to a CIA agent. Falcón wants to arrest the last pedophile ring member but his frustration that the cover up is complete is goaded by the man and he takes the law into his own hands.

Reception

James Walton of The Telegraph was positive, remarking, 'this is a show that, depending on your mood, you could either find ridiculous or enjoy for its campy mix of classy direction and shameless self-importance. Personally I’d recommend doing both.'[6]

References

  1. ^ "Marton Csokas, Hayley Atwell to star in Sky Atlantic's Falcon".
  2. ^ "'Lord of the Rings' star for 'Falcon'". Digital Spy. 20 February 2012.
  3. ^ "The Custard TV: Sky Atlantic's Falcón: Style over Substance?". www.thecustardtv.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013.
  4. ^ "DVD Review: Falcón | Inside Pulse". 13 October 2013.
  5. ^ End credits of the first four episodes
  6. ^ "Falcon, Sky Atlantic, review". 16 November 2012.
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