A number of internationally successful mystery series are now available in America on DVD. The Bridge features an unusual pair of detectives from different countries forced to cooperate when a dead body is found on a bridge connecting Sweden and Denmark, while Broadchurch spends multiple episodes on the efforts of English detectives to solve a murder in a small English town. Top of the Lake, directed by Jane Campion and starring Elisabeth Moss, is set in rural New Zealand, while Spiral reveals a side of Paris few tourists see or wish to see. The Fall, set in Belfast, stars Gillian Anderson, while Hinterland is a BBC series filmed in the valleys of Wales. Two good series are set in the 1950s; The Bletchley Circle, in which several women who worked as wartime codebreakers unofficially investigate unsolved cases, and The Hour, centering on early television journalists in the UK.
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