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List of Spiral episodes

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ21684718 ↗
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Spiral is a French television police drama series created by the TV production company Son et Lumière. Its original French title is Engrenages, the literal meaning of which is "gears", but figuratively translates to "inescapable series of events". Since the series premiere on 13 December 2005, eight seasons have aired on Canal+ in France, most recently in 2020.

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