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Amazon Prime Video viewers, strap yourselves in for an ‘amazingly shocking ride’ and rediscover a BBC crime drama classic this May Bank Holiday.
If you’re looking for a thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat, then look no further than The Fall.
First aired in 2013, the show follows detective Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson), who is trying to capture Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan), the serial killer responsible for the murders of multiple young professional women in Belfast.
On social media, fans have long raved about the series, hailing it as ‘outstanding in every way’ with its depiction of a ‘cat and mouse’ operation between Gibson and Spector.
And it’s easily accessible, so you can either get in on the action for the first time or rediscover an old favourite during the extended weekend, as it’s up on Amazon Prime for free to subscribers.
Heaping praise on Gillian’s performance, @Batmanpremi wrote on X: ‘Gillian Anderson’s performance in The fall is so powerful man, so good. The dailogues written for her hits straight like an arrow, intended where it’s meant to be. Her acting is so subtle yet so dynamic.’
‘I’m watching The Fall featuring Gillian Anderson. A phenomenal actress through and through’, echoed @idayatjinadu_.
@Amelia5Miller also noted how ‘tense’ the series is, describing Gillian’s portrayal of Stell as ‘extraordinary’.
There’s also been plenty of compliments for 50 Shades of Grey star Jamie, whose performance as a cold-blooded killer is terrifyingly convincing and deeply unsettling, to say the least.
‘One of the best series Ive seen’, declared @sylviastorm2112.
‘seeing jamie dornan in the fall and then compare it to his other works i’m like “i hate this character but mannnn does he play it good”,’ joked @withclairety, adding: ‘the fall pilot creeped me out in such a good way like WE ARE INVESTED’.
@dcblerg2015 added that Jamie is ‘fantastic’ as the criminal, while @cinnamon_s28471 wrote: ‘only Jamie Dornan could have played this character!’
The Fall was also a hit with critics upon its release, boasting an impressive 85% average score on Rotten Tomatoes’ review aggregator, the Tomatometer.
Sex Education actor Gillian, 56, previously revealed they actually came ‘very close’ to producing a fourth season of The Fall but ‘couldn’t quite crack it.’
She told Variety: ‘It was one of my favourite characters I ever got to play, and the experience was fantastic with an amazing crew like Allan Cubitt, an incredibly talented writer, who directed the second and third seasons.
‘We were reopening up the idea again a few years ago. I approached them about doing a fourth season, set a few years later. We went down that distance and explored the idea but couldn’t quite crack it. We came very close.
‘Many people ask about it, and I believe she’s the kind of character we could step into her at any time, so I don’t think it’s entirely put to bed.’
Meanwhile, Jamie once admitted that playing Spector left him ‘scarred’.
Speaking at the launch of series 2, he said of the murderer, who also seeks sexual gratification from his victims in the most twisted ways: ‘You can’t fail to be left slightly scarred by inhabiting someone like that.’
‘He had such distaste for everything,’ he added.
‘You do carry some of that anger and that hatred in you a little bit, especially towards the end of a few months playing him.’
The Fall is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
This article was first published on May 5, 2025.
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