The Fall (TV series)
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| Created by | Allan Cubitt |
| Written by | Allan Cubitt |
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| Theme music composer | David Holmes |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 17 (list of episodes) |
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| Location(s) | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Running time | 60 minutes 90 minutes (#2.6) |
| Production company(s) | Fables Limited Artists Studio BBC Northern Ireland |
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| Original network | BBC Two, RTÉ One |
| Original release | 13 May 2013 – 28 October 2016 |
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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.
Metropolitan Police Superintendent Stella Gibson, a senior investigating officer tasked with reviewing investigations, is seconded to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in order to assess the progress of a murder investigation that has remained active longer than 28 days. When it becomes apparent 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 both inside and outside the PSNI. Paul, concurrently, builds a relationship with his children's babysitter, Katie, to unknown ends. As Spector's world comes crashing down, it may turn out to be his professional and not his personal decisions that cause the killer to face a fate he did not expect.
Writer Cubitt was inspired by guitar manufacturing companies when naming some of his characters; both Stella and Gibson are brands of guitar, as are Bacon & Day,Benedetto, Brawley, Breedlove, Burns, Eastwood, Hagstrom, Kay, Martin, Music Man, Paul Reed Smith, Spector, Stagg and Tom Anderson.
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