Summer '36

What it’s about

In Nice, 1936, the local elite watches uneasily as workers enjoy their first paid holidays. When a prosecutor is murdered at the Riviera hotel, four very different women become entangled in the case.

What hooks you

The six-episode series is directed by Frédéric Garson, with Julie de Bona, Sofia Essaïdi, Nolwenn Leroy and Constance Gay among the cast. The four women come from different social layers, and the series is set against the social tensions of 1936.

Who it’s for

It is worth a look for anyone who likes historical crime with a strong sense of place and period, and for viewers drawn to stories where women from different backgrounds are thrown together by a single event.