Braquo

{{short description|French crime drama television series}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = | creator = Olivier Marchal | developer = | writer = Olivier Marchal Abdel Raouf Dafri Philippe Haïm Eric Valette Frank Henry Yann Le Nivet David Defendi Edgar Marie Hervé Albertazzi Arnaud Tourangin | director = Olivier Marchal Frédéric Schoendoerffer Philippe Haïm Frédéric Jardin Eric Valette Manuel Boursinhac Xavier Palud | presenter = | starring = Jean-Hugues Anglade Joseph Malerba Karole Rocher Nicolas Duvauchelle | theme_music_composer = | opentheme = | endtheme = | composer = Erwann Kermorvant | country = France | language = French | num_seasons = 4 | num_episodes = 32 | list_episodes = | producer = Hervé Chabalier Claude Chelli | editor = | location = Hauts-de-Seine | cinematography = Denis Rouden Jean-Pierre Sauvaire Laurent Barès Vincent Muller | camera = | runtime = 52 minutes | company = Capa Drama | channel = Canal+ | first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2009|10|12}} | last_aired = {{End date|df=y|2016|10|3}} }} '''''Braquo''''' is a French crime drama television series created by Olivier Marchal. It was produced by Capa Drama with the participation of Canal+ in association with Marathon Group, Be-Films and RTBF. ''Braquo'' was first broadcast in France from 12 October to 2 November 2009.

The first season of ''Braquo'' established a record audience for an original production of the channel and surpassed that of many U.S. productions broadcast by the network. The second season started on Canal+ on 21 November 2011. A third and apparently final season was announced by lead actor Jean-Hugues Anglade in 2011. The ending of the third season, with two plot strands left unfinished, suggested a possible return. The series was available in the US from Hulu as of September 2013.

The fourth and final season of ''Braquo'' was shot from February to June 2015 in Marseille and Paris. It is directed by Xavier Palud and Frédéric Jardin and written by Abdel Raouf Dafri. It screened in France in September 2016, closely followed by a Spanish broadcast and began airing in the UK in November on FOX UK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canalplus.fr/series/braquo/pid7974-saison-4.html|title = Braquo - Saison 1}}</ref>

The name of the series comes from the French word ''braquage'', meaning armed robberies, particularly of banks.

==Plot== The protagonists are four police agents in the Hauts-de-Seine area of Paris: Eddy Caplan, Walter Morlighem, Théo Vachewski and Roxanne Delgado. Their colleague Max Rossi is accused of criminal misconduct, and commits suicide. His guilt is then presumed, disrupting the lives of the other four.

The four police agents then decide to "cross the yellow line" and do whatever is necessary, even breaking the law, to clear Rossi's name. In crossing the yellow line, however, they fall under the close scrutiny of Vogel, of the police internal affairs bureau, a sworn enemy of Caplan.

== Cast == The main cast of ''Braquo'' is made up of the following:

* Jean-Hugues Anglade as Eddy Caplan (Series 1-4) * Joseph Malerba as Walter Morlighem (Series 1-4) * Karole Rocher as Roxane Delgado (Series 1-4) * Nicolas Duvauchelle as Théo Vachewski (Series 1-2, recurring role in series 3) * Geoffroy Thiébaut as Roland Vogel (Recurring role throughout series 1-4) * Olivier Rabourdin as Max Rossi

==Episodes== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="padding:0 8px;" colspan="2"|Series ! style="padding:0 8px;"|Episodes ! style="padding:0 45px;"|Premier ! style="padding:0 45px;"|Finale |- |bgcolor="#1B469B" height="10px" | |align="center" |'''1''' |align="center" |8 |align="center" |{{Start date|2009|10|12|df=y}} |align="center" |{{End date|2009|11|2|df=y}} |- |bgcolor="#5E1A93" height="10px" | |align="center" |'''2''' |align="center" |8 |align="center" |{{Start date|2011|11|21|df=y}} |align="center" |{{End date|2011|12|12|df=y}} |- |bgcolor="#BD2157" height="10px" | |align="center" |'''3''' |align="center" |8 |align="center" |{{Start date|2014|2|10|df=y}} |align="center" |{{End date|2014|3|3|df=y}} |- |bgcolor="#D36425" height="10px" | |align="center" |'''4''' |align="center" |8 |align="center" |{{Start date|2016|9|12|df=y}} |align="center" |{{End date|2016|10|3|df=y}} |}

==See also== * List of French television series

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.canalplus.com/series/braquo/h/4603570_50001 Braquo at myCanal] *{{IMDb title|1429534|Braquo}}

Category:2000s French drama television series Category:2010s French drama television series Category:2009 French television series debuts Category:French police procedural television series Category:Television shows set in France Category:International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series winners Category:Television shows set in Paris Category:Canal+ original programming Category:2016 French television series endings