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*Accused*
Accused
	Accusé
Genre	Legal drama; Crime drama; Anthology;
Based on	Accused; by Jimmy McGovern
Developed by	Laurent Vivier
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	Ivan Sadik; Pierre-Antoine Capton [fr];
Production location	Lyon;
Camera setup	Multiple
Running time	52 minutes
Production companies	3e Œil Story [fr]; France Télévisions;
Original release
Network	France 2
Release	14 January 2015 –; 11 May 2016

Accused (French: Accusé) was a French legal drama television anthology series created by Laurent Vivier, that is based on the 2010 British series of the same name. The series premiered on 14 January 2015 and aired on France 2. The show ended on 11 May 2016.

Premise

In each episode, an ordinary citizen finds themself in the dock. We trace the thread of their life to understand the spiral that pushed them to a criminal act. Will they be found guilty or innocent?

Production

Development

In January 2014, it was announced that the British TV show Accused was being adapted into a French one, produced by 3e Œil Story and aired France 2. The series was originally title Dérapage before being renamed Accused (French: Accusé).^[1] In early 2015, the show was renewed for a second season.^[2]

Filming

Season 1 was filmed between January and April 2014 in Lyon.^[3]

Episodes

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally aired
Series	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	6	14 January 2015 (2015-01-14)	28 January 2015 (2015-01-28)
2	6	27 April 2016 (2016-04-27)	11 May 2016 (2016-05-11)

Season 1

#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	France viewers (millions)
1	"Hélène's Story"	Julien Despaux	Laurent Vivier, based on an idea from Kamel Guemra and Sledge Bidounga	14 January 2015 (2015-01-14)	3.78^[4]
Clémentine Célarié as Hélène Vidal, Michel Voïta as Marc Levasseur, Jérôme Kircher as Jean Gabard, Benjamin Siksou as Nicolas, ...
2	"Laurent's Story"	Julien Despaux	Laurent Vivier	14 January 2015 (2015-01-14)	3.32^[4]
Lorànt Deutsch as Laurent Acuario, Fanny Valette as Juliette Cassel, ...
3	"Martin's Story"	Didier Bivel	Laurent Vivier	21 January 2015 (2015-01-21)	3.61^[5]
Pascal Légitimus as Martin Forestier, Natacha Lindinger as Agathe Delors, ...
4	"Sophie's Story"	Didier Bivel	Laurent Vivier, Emilie Clamart-Marsollat, and Anne Valton	21 January 2015 (2015-01-21)	3.20^[5]
Isabelle Gélinas as Sophie, Éric Savin as Fred, Mata Gabin as Catherine, Florence Loiret Caille as Violette, ...
5	"Simon's Story"	Didier Bivel	Laurent Vivier	28 January 2015 (2015-01-28)	3.94^[6]
Bruno Wolkowitch as Simon, Julie-Anne Roth as Charlotte, ...
6	"Claire's Story"	Julien Despaux	Laurent Vivier and Kamel Guemra	28 January 2015 (2015-01-28)	3.42^[6]
Hélène de Fougerolles as Claire Brattner, Antoine Duléry as Pierre Adamas, ...

Season 2

#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	France viewers (millions)
1	"Nathalie's Story"	Mona Achache	Sébastien Vitoux, Kristel Mudry, and Jimmy McGovern	27 April 2016 (2016-04-27)	4.43 ^[7]
Michèle Bernier as Nathalie, ...
2	"Arnaud's Story"	Julien Despaux	Anne Valton, Emilie Clamart-Marsollat, and Frédéric Chansel	27 April 2016 (2016-04-27)	3.50 ^[8]
Thierry Frémont as Arnaud, Lubna Azabal as Samia
3	"Cécile's Story"	Julien Despaux	Sébastien Vitoux, Kristel Mudry, and Jimmy McGovern	4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)	3.19 ^[9]
Émilie Dequenne as Cécile, Nina Meurisse as Eva, ...
4	"Léo's Story"	Julien Despaux	Laurent Vivier, Lionel Combecau, and Jimmy McGovern	4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)	TBA
Grégory Fitoussi as Léo, Patrick Descamps as Maxime, ...
5	"Jean's Story"	Mona Achache	Laurent Vivier, Mona Achache, and Jimmy McGovern	11 May 2016 (2016-05-11)	3.33 ^[10]
Thierry Godard as Jean, Édith Scob as Colette, Pascale Arbillot as Danielle, ...
6	"Chloé's Story"	Mona Achache	Laurent Vivier, Lionel Combecau, and Mélina Jochum	11 May 2016 (2016-05-11)	2.93 ^[11]
Marilou Berry as Chloé, Isabelle de Hertogh as Brigitte, Olivia Côte as Elizabeth Caussier, ...