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The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco

Television series

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco is a British-Canadian television drama series that premiered in the United Kingdom on ITV on 25 July 2018,[1] in the United States on BritBox on 26 July 2018,[2] and in Canada on Citytv on 14 September 2018.[3]

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A spin-off of the miniseries The Bletchley Circle, the new series follows Millie (Rachael Stirling) and Jean (Julie Graham) as they travel to San Francisco and continue to use their code-breaking skills to solve murders.[4][5][6]

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco is produced by Omnifilm Entertainment and World Productions for BritBox, with Kew Media as the international distributor.[7][8][4][9] Filming began in March 2018 and takes place principally in Vancouver, British Columbia.[10][11]

Following a successful debut season, Rachael Stirling and Julie Graham confirmed during an interview with Total TV Guide in April 2019 that a second series had been commissioned.[12] The complete first series was released on DVD in Region 2 by Acorn Media on 20 May 2019.[13]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

  • Ben Cotton as Detective Bill Bryce
  • Jennifer Spence as Olivia Mori
  • Peter Benson as Archie Hunter
  • Colin Lawrence as Marcus Bearden
  • Agape Mngomezulu as Dennis Bearden
  • Aria Birch as Cadence Bearden
  • Luke Camilleri as Edward Harcourt

Episodes

Series 1 (2018)

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Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the series has a 31% approval rating. The critical consensus states: "The Bletchley Circle does not fare well when it relocates to San Francisco, unable to convincingly capture its period setting and hobbled by an outlandish murder mystery that fails to enthrall."[16]

In the review for The Times, Carol Midgley said the series seemed "to have been conceived primarily to feed viewer appetite for lush 1950s visuals, with plot and dialogue coming second."[17] In the Los Angeles Times, however, Lorraine Ali wrote: "Though this round of sleuthing isn’t as full of surprises as the series set in the U.K., it does effectively play with a different set of era-specific hurdles unique to the U.S....“The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco” isn’t as rich and meaningful as its predecessor, but it’s evocative and entertaining, with a little murder thrown in for good measure."[18]

References

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    Munn, Patrick (11 July 2018). "ITV Sets Premiere Date For The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco". TVWise. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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    Jew, Linda (23 July 2018). "The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Premieres in the US". The British TV Place. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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    Wilson, A.R. (12 September 2018). "Preview: The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco". TV, eh?. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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    Clarke, Stewart (4 June 2018). "First Look at The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco". Variety. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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    Walton, James (28 July 2018). "A proper old-fashioned stinker: ITV's The Bletchley Circle – San Francisco reviewed". The Spectator. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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    Mangan, Lucy (25 July 2018). "The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco review – period drama spin-off is admirably awful". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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    Clarke, Stewart (11 January 2018). "The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Is Best-of-British Service BritBox's First Original". Variety. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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    White, Peter (4 June 2018). "The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco: BritBox Offers First Glimpse Of Its First Original, Set To Launch In July". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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    Pickard, Michael (25 July 2018). "Full Circle". Drama Quarterly. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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    Press Release (20 March 2018). "BritBox and Omnifilm Entertainment Begin Production on Original Drama Series The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco with Returning Stars Julie Graham and Rachael Stirling and New Cast Leads Crystal Balint, Chanelle Peloso, Jennifer Spence, and Ben Cotton". Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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    Pinto, Jordan (21 March 2018). "Filming underway in Vancouver on BritBox's Bletchley Circle revival". Playback. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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    Spencer, Samuel (21 May 2019). "The Bletchley Circle San Francisco season 2: Will there be another series?". Daily Express. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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    "The Bletchley Circle : San Francisco - Complete [DVD]". Amazon. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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    "The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco - Episode List". Premiere Date. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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    "Barb".
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    "The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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    Midgley, Carol (26 July 2018). "TV review: The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco". The Times. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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    Ali, Lorraine (25 July 2018). "Review: 'The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco' brings the WWII code-breakers across the pond". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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