Killing Eve
Killing Eve is a British spy thriller television series produced in the United Kingdom by Sid Gentle Films for BBC America and BBC Three. The series follows Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh), a British intelligence investigator tasked with capturing psychopathic assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer). As the chase progresses, the two develop a mutual obsession. Based on the Villanelle novel series by Luke Jennings, each of the show's series is led by a different female head writer. The first series had Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the head writer, the second series Emerald Fennell, the third series Suzanne Heathcote, and the fourth series Laura Neal.
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 2
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| No. of episodes | 24 (list of episodes)
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| First shown in | United States
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| Original release | 8 April 2018 –
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- The complete series had aired in the USA before it had started to air in the UK, its country of origin.
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge was nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series category for Killing Eve: Nice Face (2018), but lost to Joel Fields & Joseph Weisberg for The Americans: START (2018).
- Villanelle's date of birth shown in Episode 5 on the computer screen is one day after Jodie Comer's actual birthday.
- Sandra Oh was nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Lead Actress in a Drama Series category for her role as Eve Polastri in Killing Eve (2018), but lost to Claire Foy from The Crown (2016).
- Series 1 Body Count = 27. Eighteen murdered and one killed in self-defence by Villanelle, one suicide, one accidental death, and six killed by other characters.
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