The City and the City: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The body of a foreign student is discovered in the streets of the down at heel city of Besźel. Cases like this are run of the mill for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad - until his investigations uncover evidence that the dead girl had come from another city called Ul Qoma. But the relationship between the two cities defies comprehension and will challenge everything Borlú holds dear.

Series details

• Title: The City and the City
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2018-04-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-04-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 32007
• IMDb ID: tt7205264
• TVDB ID: 345091

Cast and credited roles

• David Morrissey — Inspector Tyádör Borlú
• Lara Pulver — Katrynia Perla
• Mandeep Dhillon — Officer Lizbyet Corwi
• Paprika Steen — Professor Mona Ul-Na Di
• Maria Schrader — Senior Detective Quissima Dhatt
• Ron Cook — Commissar Gádlém
• Danny Webb — Major Yörj Syédr
• Christian Camargo — Dr. David Bowden
• Morfydd Clark — Yolanda Stark
• Andrea Deck — Mahalia Geary
• Corey Johnson — Mr. Geary

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-04-02; final listed air date 2018-04-06; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

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