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''Spiral'' ((フランス語:Engrenages), ) is a French television police and legal drama series set in Paris. The show follows the lives and work of Paris police officers and the lawyers and judges who work at the ''Palais de Justice''. It was created by the TV production company ''Son et Lumière''. The first series of eight-episodes started on Canal+ in France on 13 December 2005.〔(IMDB: "Spiral, season 1" ) retrieved 18 April 2011〕 The series was shown in the UK on BBC Four during the summer of 2006. It was the channel's first French-language drama series, attracting a modest but loyal audience (around 200,000) and firm critical approval. On 13 September 2009, BBC Four started showing the second seriesanother eight-part series, partly funded by the BBCwas broadcast from 12 May 2008.〔(IMDB: "Spiral, season 2" ) retrieved 18 April 2011〕 The third series was shown from 2 April 2011, and the fourth series from 9 February 2013both consisting of twelve episodes.〔(IMDB: "Spiral, season 3" ) Accessed 10 December 2009.〕〔(The Guardian 1 April 2011: "Will Spiral become your new favourite Saturday night Euro cop drama?" ) Retrieved 18 April 2011〕〔(Eurocrime blog 27 March 2011: "BBC4 is spoiling us (aka the return of Spiral)" ) Retrieved 18 April 2011〕 Series 5 was filmed in 2013 and broadcast in France in late 2014, and in the UK on BBC Four from 10 January 2015. The sixth series has been ordered.〔(Engrenages connaîtra 3 saisons supplémentaires sur Canal )〕〔(Engrenages (Spiral) - Season 5 will be filmed in 2013 | Spoilers )〕 ''Spiral'' has been a great export success, with sales to broadcasters in some 70 countries, among them Australia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In Australia, the first series was broadcast in 2008 on SBS One, the second series on SBS Two from September 2009 and the third series on SBS Two from mid-2012. ''Spiral'' debuted in North America via Netflix in September 2012 (from October 2013, all four seasons were available, but due to a licensing issue as of 1 September 2014 only Season 4 is available);〔(Engrenages (Spiral) - Netflix acquired the show )〕 in November 2012, the small public-broadcasting network MHz Worldview began transmitting the series in the US. The first four seasons are currently available on Hulu. The first series was released on DVD in France on 26 August 2006 and in the UK on 6 October 2008. ==Title== The original French title is ''Engrenages''. This word carries various meanings in French. Literally, these days either "gears" or "gearing". It is also used in various idioms and the official translation of the title picks up the phrase "a spiral of violence" (''engrenage de violence''), though it also carries overtones of "getting caught up in the works" (''mettre un doigt dans l'engrenage''), "getting some grit in the works" (''un grain de sable dans l'engrenage'') and even "the cycle of drug abuse" (''l'engrenage de la drogue''), or "gearing" in the sense of "intensification".〔(Reverso French dictionary, retrieved 10 April 2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spiral (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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