The City and the City

The City and the City

2018
The City and the City
The City and the City

The City and the City

6.4 | en | Drama

When the body of a foreign student is discovered in the streets of the down-at-heel city of Besźel, it’s just another day’s work for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But he uncovers evidence that the murdered girl came from Ul Qoma, a city that shares a dangerous and volatile relationship with Besźel, and this case will challenge everything Borlú holds dear.

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Seasons & Episodes

1
EP4  Breach
Apr. 27,2018
Breach

Borlú has breached, now he is under Breach control and they want to know all that he knows about the third city - Orciny and to find the true link between Mahalia, Bowden and Katrynia.

EP3  Orciny
Apr. 20,2018
Orciny

After breaking the terms of his agreement with Dhatt, Borlú is interrogated and put under surveillance. Back in Beszel, Corwi discovers a secret about Mayor Syedr. Borlú and Dhatt come face to face with Bowden.

EP2  Ul Qoma
Apr. 13,2018
Ul Qoma

After trying to cross into Ul Qoma Mr Geary is seized by Breach and deported back to America. Borlú thinks the nationalist True Citizen's are linked to Mahalia's death. The case is handed over to the Ul Qoma Militsya.

EP1  Besźel
Apr. 06,2018
Besźel

When the body of a woman is found in Bulkya Docks, an area that sits on the border between Beszel and Ul Qoma, Inspector Tyador Borlú notices similarities with an old case that has always haunted him.

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6.4 | en | Drama , Crime , Sci-Fi | More Info
Released: 2018-04-06 | Released Producted By: Mammoth Screen , Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p061bd5l
Synopsis

When the body of a foreign student is discovered in the streets of the down-at-heel city of Besźel, it’s just another day’s work for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But he uncovers evidence that the murdered girl came from Ul Qoma, a city that shares a dangerous and volatile relationship with Besźel, and this case will challenge everything Borlú holds dear.

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Cast

Danny Webb , Lara Pulver , Mandeep Dhillon

Director

Jemima Hawkins

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paul2001sw-1 The analogy to our world from the fictional universe of China Mieville's 'The City and the City' is both obviousand exquisite: two cities, one gleaming and prosperous, the other more resembling Geroge Orwell's 1984, occupy the same place; the people survive by of the act of will of seeing only one world. Perhaps disappointingly (and especially given Mieville's own Marxist politics), the political dimension is rather under-developed in this BBC adaptation; and David Morrissey's mumbling monontone hero is a hard character to like. As in the best science fiction, there are many interesting ideas here (especially around the concept of "breaching" the two worlds), but they feel somewhat underdeveloped, and too much of the story comes in flashback form. It made me want to read the book to see if the original made more of its foundation.
halfaworldaway86 Enjoyed all four episodes and the pace was typical of a crime drama. The idea of the 2 cities co-existing in the same place but all citizens are 'brainwashed' not to acknowledge the other cities existence in day to day creates a huge scope to explore. The fear of 'Breach' is only implied so you don't get a real sense why all/most the citizens obey the status quo. I love 1984 so I think I subconsciously brought that and the fear of Big Brother into this whilst watching.
russtpmufc Slow , dull and confusing. But apart from that I loved it.
frukuk The confusing opening episode: the weird geography was bound to be disorientating, but the initial flashbacks of the detective's wife appeared, confusingly, to be contemporary.The interesting journey of the middle two episodes: the teasing possibility of the existence of something mythical.The disappointing resolution of the fourth and final episode: so this adaptation (if not the source novel itself) is really just a police procedural with a murder investigation that spans a border that's difficult to cross?