TV tonight: a big finale for French crime drama Saint-Pierre
The detective duo meet their nemesis in this highly watchable cop series. Plus: an Australian drama being compared to It’s a Sin. Here’s what to watch this evening
9pm, U&Alibi
While it remains an essentially generic crime drama, Saint-Pierre has sustained itself convincingly across its first season and deserves its recently commissioned second run. As it ends, the case-of-the-week format finally dovetails with the longer storyline regarding James Purefoy’s crime boss Sean Gallagher. Arch and Fitz aren’t the only people on the island who had beef with Gallagher – and a series of violent incidents put our detective duo on a collision course with their nemesis. Phil Harrison
