The City and the City

About The City and the City

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.

The City and the City is a crime, science fiction, and fantasy series made for BBC Two. It reached one season of 4 episodes from April 2018.

Danny Webb appears as Major Syedr, Lara Pulver as Katrynia Borlú, Mandeep Dhillon as Constable Corwi, and David Morrissey as Tyador Borlú.

Shelv files it under neo-noir, detective, and new weird. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and BritBox.

True Detective, Grimm, and Fargo make useful companions to The City and the City.