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The City and the City

5.9(48)20181 season · 4 episodes60m / ep
Drama
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Crime

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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Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
Last aired
2018-04-27
Language
English
  • BBC Two
  • detective
  • neo-noir
  • new weird

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Produced in

United Kingdom

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Air dates

First aired
2018-04-06
Latest episode
2018-04-27
Status
Ended
Next release
Completed
  • Season 16 Apr 2018

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The City and the City is streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Britbox Apple TV channel, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads in India. Use the official Watch now links in the Where to watch section above.

Audience reviews

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    Peter McGinn

    8/29/2020

    7/10

    I had thought about reading the novel before watching this series, but I did a quick inventory of how many books I have lined up to read and decided to go ahead and watch it. Overall I found this futuristic film to be entertaining. It follows a detective trying to solve a mystery in what is truly a unique setting for a mystery, in a city that shares part of its space with a sister city, almost like in a parallel univ…

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    Mex5150

    7/6/2026

    1/10

    **A great idea buried under bad writing and tired TV tropes** I started watching this because, despite hating the book, the core concept is brilliant. Two cities occupying the same physical space, separated not by walls but by perception, social conditioning, and the act of “unseeing” is a fantastic idea. It is rich with possibilities. Sadly, the book squandered that idea, and somehow the TV show manages to squ…

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