''Braquo'' is a French crime drama television series created by

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. It was produced by Capa Drama with the participation of

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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

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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

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as of September 2013. The fourth - and final - season of ''Braquo'' was shot between February and June 2015 in

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and

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. It is directed by Xavier Palud and

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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. 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

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area of

: Eddy Caplan (

), Walter Morlighem ( Joseph Malerba), Théo Vachewski (

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) and Roxanne Delgado ( Karole Rocher). Their colleague Max Rossi ( Olivier Rabourdin) is accused of criminal misconduct, and commits

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. His guilt is then presumed, disrupting the lives of the other four. The four police agents then decide to "cross the yellow line": 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: *

as Eddy Caplan (Series 1-4) * Joseph Malerba as Walter Morlighem (Series 1-4) * Karole Rocher as Roxane Delgado (Series 1-4) *

as Théo Vachewski (Series 1-2, recurring role in series 3) * Geoffroy Thiébaut as Roland Vogel (Recurring role throughout series 1-4)

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

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