Airdate: Braquo

Next week Showcase premieres French series Braquo (The Hold-Up) by Olivier Marchal, about four cops who see their lives change when their colleague suicides, following a case where he is unfairly blamed.

This one was a big hit in France and has had two seasons produced.

A dark, realistic cop series from world-famous French filmmaker and former police officer Olivier Marchal. Braquo (slang for “Heist”) follows a squad of Paris cops who exist in the blurred boundaries at the very edge of the law, often using violence and intimidation to get the job done. The lives of these officers change radically when their squad leader, falsely accused of corruption, commits suicide. Determined to clear his name they start an investigation of their own, only to find that the police department itself stands in their way. Driven by adrenaline and a thirst for justice, they must turn their backs on the laws they’re sworn to enforce if they are to uncover the truth. Facing constant danger from all sides – and with the two most likely outcomes being imprisonment or death – the stakes couldn’t be higher, but that merely serves to crank up the tension in this acclaimed series.

*French with English subtitles.

8:30pm Friday October 19 Showcase.