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COLLECTION · Series · 2001

Night Squad

Central Nuit

The daily life of a night police station in which a Parisian police brigade deals with both shoplifting, serial murders, burglaries, trafficking or other assaults ... Victor Franklin (interpreted by Michel Creton) is the Commander, taking care to hold the "central" with an iron fist but also to lead the team whose main characters are very appreciative and show great solidarity in the hardest moments .

Source: TMDB
* 6.0 (5)CrimeDramaFrance
Creators
Olivier Marchal · Mathieu Fabiani · Bernard Marié · Marc-Antoine Laurent
Countries
France
Studios
France 2 · GMT Productions
Runtime
52 min/ep
Release
14/09/2001
Score
6.0 / 10 (5)
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
6 episodes · 2001
No night for a dog
Episode 1. No night for a dog
2001-09-14 · 52 min

Blanche is wounded, intervening during a hold-up. One of the criminals is arrested by the police, but his accomplice manages to get away and breaks-into the home of the CEO Pierre Garrigue. The burglar takes Garrigue's dog hostage,…

The little girl in a cupboard
Episode 2. The little girl in a cupboard
2001-09-21 · 52 min

A little girl, found prostrate in a cupboard, is the sole witness to a murder. She alone will be able to identify the murderer, a psychopathic killer who has already killed before. But she's in shock and unable to talk...

Diplomatic accident
Episode 3. Diplomatic accident
2001-09-28 · 52 min

Leaving the cinema, a child is killed by a hit-and-run driver. Witnesses identify the registration number as being that of a diplomatic vehicle.

Cop's word
Episode 4. Cop's word
2001-10-05 · 52 min

Two police officers are involved in the death of a drug dealer. One of them, Alberge, is an old friend of Franklin. The latter believes his friend when he says it was legitimate defence, despite the suspicions that surround the…

A busy night
Episode 5. A busy night
2001-10-12 · 52 min

A psychiatric patient, obsessed by the idea of being a policeman, hasn't returned to hospital after being allowed out on leave. He succeeds in stealing a police car, uniform and weapon, and begins working as a police officer. His…

Last fling
Episode 6. Last fling
2001-10-19 · 52 min

Following a routine identity check, Viking spots Bellaïche, a gangster known for his involvement in organised crime. Seriously wounded during an attempted arrest, Viking nevertheless succeeds in also wounding the gangster, who then takes…

Season 2
Season 2
6 episodes · 2003
Episode 1. The gang of cowards
2003-02-28 · 52 min

A gang of thieves pass themselves off as police officers in order to take advantage of the gullibility of the elderly. The criminals, belonging to a group of travellers, are arrested. But the victims have difficulty in identifying them…

Episode 2. On the dark side of chic
2003-03-07 · 52 min

The party is at its height in the sumptuous apartment of a former government minister, when one of the guests takes a fall. Suicide, accident or attempted murder? The same evening, mysterious visitors succeed in entering the home of a…

Episode 3. Beyond the law
2003-03-14 · 52 min

A customer in a nightclub doesn't appreciate the particularly high bill he is asked to pay. A gangster involved in organised crime, he reacts as he usually does: with violence...

Episode 4. Circus games
2003-03-21 · 52 min

During a banal identity check, the police discover the photograph of a tortured teenager in the wallet of one of those who have been stopped. The investigation centres on a settling of scores between two rival gangs...

Episode 5. Police trap
2003-03-28 · 52 min

A complaint has been made against Viking, accused of having beaten up the father of a young racketeer. But his situation becomes more serious when a thief is found dead in his cell and everything seems to point to the police officer,…

Episode 6. E6 52min Modern-day slaves
2003-04-04 · 52 min

A young Asian girl is knocked-over by a hit-and-run driver who leaves the scene after having called an ambulance. From this apparently banal accident, the police end up investigating a new form of slavery.

Season 3
Season 3
6 episodes · 2004
Episode 1. More than they bargained for
2004-09-10 · 52 min

Three individuals fake an accident in order to steal a luxury car. The driver is in hospital, his wife is in a panic: at the back of the car was the carry-cot with their five month-old baby sound asleep...

Episode 2. Recidivist
2004-09-17 · 52 min

Martine Davrat's apartment was burgled and her son Jérémie, aged 16, beaten up after having stabbed one of the burglars. The police, intrigued because there was no sign of forced entry, quickly discover that Jérémie is a drug-addict...

Episode 3. Illegitimate violence
2004-09-24 · 52 min

A police intervention during a hold-up ends badly with a trainee police officer taken hostage. The whole team is hard at work to try to catch the gangsters and free the trainee unharmed...

Episode 4. Flowers on the tarmac
2004-10-01 · 52 min

Neighbours, no longer prepared to put up with the prostitutes working their street, create a committee charged with getting rid of them. The group is led by Edmond Margol, fervent supporter of zero tolerance. One evening, he sets fire to…

Episode 5. The sound of a murmur
2004-10-08 · 52 min

Anne Dumont, Viking's replacement, arrives at the Central with a suspect accused of assaulting Éric, a wheelchair-bound teenager. Franklin notes a certain number of worrying details in the attitude of the victim, an apparently…

Episode 6. When it all goes wrong
2004-10-15 · 52 min

A figurehead of organised crime is arrested thanks to the statement given by a witness. Well-broken to police techniques, the suspect accuses Franklin of having faked the testimony in an attempt to get him to confess.

Season 4
Season 4
6 episodes · 2006
Episode 1. On the skids
2006-04-07 · 52 min

An important slot machine salesman has been kidnapped. The police suspect Valérie, his partner, of having organised the kidnapping. Already well-known to the police, her lies only serve to make them even more suspicious.

Episode 2. The law of the inner-city
2006-04-14 · 52 min

A father notifies the police that his young daughter has disappeared. She is found soon afterwards in a car park, raped and with serious burns. Franklin makes it a point of honour to find those who did it, but the witnesses are terrorised…

Episode 3. Undesirable guests
2006-04-21 · 52 min

Lulu works on the black as a security officer in a gay restaurant. One evening, the premises are attacked by masked men who steal his police weapon. To save his colleague's career, it's imperative that Franklin finds those who carried out…

Episode 4. Love triangle
2006-04-28 · 52 min

Germain Vidal is arrested as he prepares to throw his partner's body into the Seine. At the same time, the police officers are investigating the suicide of Natacha Valmorel, mistress of a leading light in the world of the press.

Episode 5. Unhappy Christmas
2006-05-05 · 52 min

It's Christmas Day in the evening but the team is feeling anything but festive. One of the day shift committed suicide in the toilets. Each tries to piece together the circumstances that led to the tragedy. Meanwhile, Franklin is in…

Episode 6. Caught red-handed
2006-05-12 · 52 min

A jeweller is detained by force in his shop and his family held hostage. The police manage to arrest two of the criminals with no harm done. But the third forces his way out and takes Anne hostage...

Season 5
Season 5
6 episodes · 2007
Episode 1. Show of force
2007-09-28 · 52 min

The impresario of a famous singer is violently assaulted. After having left him for dead, the attackers get away not only in his car but also with his passenger, Cindy, the singer's mentally-deficient sister, defenceless against the…

Episode 2. No motive
2007-10-05 · 52 min

In less than three hours, a secretary, a private detective and a caretaker have all been shot and killed by the same man. There's no time to waste, the killer will certainly continue his macabre series...

Episode 3. Fanny
2007-10-12 · 52 min

Fanny Dubois, a two year-old girl, has disappeared. It seems more than likely that she was kidnapped by a sexual predator. This worst case scenario is confirmed when Fanny's body is found in the canal...

Episode 4. A question of honour
2007-10-19 · 52 min

A high school student has been stabbed several times, but there is no hole in his tee-shirt. When he comes round, he refuses to press charges. Was it a racket that ended badly? But during the night, he is attacked again, this time in his…

Episode 5. Red lights
2007-10-26 · 52 min

A child is injured in a traffic accident. Hardly unusual, except that the witness's versions are very different. Meanwhile, Anne and Blanche arrest the person who had assaulted a petrol station assistant. And it turns out that the weapon…

Episode 6. Funny business
2007-11-02 · 52 min

During a breaking and entering, a large quantity of drugs is found in a vehicle. The owner of the car collaborates with the police and denounces his dealer, who is caught red-handed. It turns out to be the informer who provided…

Season 6
Season 6
6 episodes · 2008
Episode 1. Like sisters
2008-09-12 · 52 min

A little girl disappears just as a supermarket is closing. A first suspect is arrested. But the security cameras show that she had disappeared somewhere in the bakery area. The new suspect is now Ludovic, a 15 year-old bakery apprentice...

Episode 2. The man who doesn't exist
2008-09-12 · 52 min

An ordinary accountant is violently assaulted by two men. A stranger comes to his rescue and provides first aid, but runs away as the police arrive. The Good Samaritan is Omar, an African doctor, a refugee in France illegally. But his…

Episode 3. Problem area
2008-09-19 · 52 min

A woman waits for the lift, the doors open and she enters without looking, falling five stories down the lift shaft. The last straw for the residents, tired their ever-deteriorating environment, who demand that those responsible are…

Episode 4. Dangerous liaisons
2008-09-19 · 52 min

Whilst doing their regular beat, the police officers come across a man of Asian origin, who panics when he sees them. As he flees, he throws away a box containing a woman's finger, recently amputated.

Episode 5. Nightmares
2008-09-26 · 52 min

The police are called to the scene of a serious traffic accident. Various items found in the vehicle enable them to make a connection with the murder of a young girl for which a down-and-out had been charged and found guilty.

Episode 6. Body and soul
2008-09-26 · 52 min

The body of a woman has been placed on a bench in the Bois de Vincennes. The corpse is dressed in luxury clothing but it rapidly becomes obvious that she was naked when killed. She is soon identified as being Marie Guibert, wife of a…

Season 7
Season 7
7 episodes · 2009
Episode 1. All in the family
2009-06-19 · 52 min

The police are notified that a cyclist has been assaulted. Seeing a young man force a woman into his car, he had tried to intervene and was shot. Anne is accused of murder, but the whole team know only too well that it's really a scheme…

Episode 2. The new barbarians
2009-06-19 · 52 min

Julie Astié informs the police of her brother's disappearance. Apparently he had a date with his new girlfriend but fell into a trap. Meanwhile, the police try to untangle a case of attempted murder amongst firemen. As for Franklin, he's…

Episode 3. Big thugs, little thugs
2009-06-19 · 52 min

As Anne finds her imprisonment increasingly hard to bear, Vincent, her replacement, arouses suspicion and questions. Blanche and Lulu investigate a case of assault. Two thugs had stolen the bag belonging to a woman in her sixties, but she…

Episode 4. Fallen angel
2009-06-26 · 52 min

Anne is waiting to be released. Sylvie Fabre, who has only recently passed her lieutenant's exam, is assaulted as she returns home. The attacker has stolen her police firearm and identity card. A suspect is arrested, but Blanch is…

Episode 5. Broken dreams
2009-06-26 · 52 min

A young footballer dies during a match, victim of an overdose of a drug illegally used to enhance performance. But why would this up-and-coming champion have been doping himself when he really didn't need to?

Episode 6. Not quite as planned
2009-06-26 · 52 min

After the shoot-out that cost Gimenez his life, Franklin is relieved of his command and replaced by Blanche. An appointment that exacerbates the tensions within the team. A shooting takes place in a car park. The only witness suffers from…

Episode 7. In all innocence
2009-07-03 · 97 min

After the shoot-out that cost Gimenez his life, Franklin is relieved of his command and replaced by Blanche. An appointment that exacerbates the tensions within the team. A shooting takes place in a car park. The only witness suffers from…

Cast by season
Michel Creton
Michel Creton
Commandant Victor Franklin
Lucie Jeanne
Lucie Jeanne
Lieutenant Blanche Servet
Antoine Coesens
Antoine Coesens
Brigadier Chef Alain Corboz
Luc Bernard
Luc Bernard
le commissaire Bragance
Clovis Cornillac
Clovis Cornillac
Capitaine Techouet
Yannick Soulier
Yannick Soulier
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