Paris Police 1900

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Anyone else watching?

Oooh I was very excited because I found a bag of sprouts in my freezer earlier! But never mind that - what is it about and on what channel??

I watched it.
Not sure what I thought - I'm still in shock I think.
I love a period drama, but it was no Downton Abbey!
I never knew France had a President who met his end in the manner depicted.
Some very grim scenes.

Yes, watching, not sure what to make of it yet, but it's quite grisly.

It definitely wasn't like Downton was it? Thought it was a bit more like Peaky Blinders?

Was wondering about this … Any similarity to Peaky Blinders is interesting.

Never seen Peaky Blinders. I saw the first two episodes shortly after finishing Ridley Road and the overt horrific antisemitism portrayed in both has left me quite low, thinking how little has changed. It's not a series for the faint-hearted. Very gory and violent in parts. We are planning to stick with it.

It reminds me a bit of Casualty 1900, that was a really gripping series. I just watched the second episode, and am very confused. Feel like I need to do some homework to understand it all! I love the costumes.

DH and I are really enjoying this, but boy - it's certainly dark.

I've really loved this. Yes it's dark and sometimes it makes for uncomfortable (and gruesome) viewing, but it treats the audience like intelligent adults and I really wish that something like this would be produced by the UK (but won't hold my breath). I've recommended this to a lot of people.

What's it on please? Sounds intriguing

BBC4, @Daisypod. Not sure if it's available to binge watch, but I assume all episodes to date are on iplayer. It's subtitled.

I loved Ripper Street and Babylon Berlin; is it at all like either of those?

I've not seen Babylon Berlin but it's a bit more gory than Ripper Street.

More gory than Ripper Street Cripes, I thought RS was pretty bloody!
Babylon Berlin is great, BTW; I'd recommend it. Not really gory but grimy, in that 1930s Weimar, grime-under-the-glitter sort of way.

Seen the whole thing now. We thought it was excellent but didn't feel we'd entirely followed the plot. A sequel set in 1905 goes out in France early next year so I hope we'll get it too at some point.

thekillingtimestv.wordpress.com/2021/10/30/review-paris-police-1900-s1-e78-8/ Review of last two episodes. Explains some of what was going on.

We felt we’d kept up reasonably well but tbh that last episode had either DH or me looking at the other at various points and asking helplessly ‘what just happened there?’ Still not entirely sure we grasped every nuance (and we’re both fairly clued up on the era, Dreyfus, etc etc).

I can’t find anywhere online that really analyses all the episodes; if anyone else can, I’d love to know.

Watched Ripper Street which was excellent. Didn't watch Peaky Blinders.

I wondered if Paris Police 1900 was the next in the genre.