As crime TV shows go, The Devil’s Hour doesn’t do things by the book, with hints of the supernatural flecked throughout all the sleuthing.
Peter Capaldi puts his fearsome brow and sunken eyes to good use in this creepy six-part drama from Tom Moran, which is set for two more seasons. The former Dr Who plays Gideon Shepherd, a mysterious man who appears to see the future, while Jessica Raine plays a social worker beset by domestic issues and disturbing night visions. The two are inevitably brought together by a string of brutal murders. As crime TV shows go, The Devil’s Hour doesn’t do things by the book, with hints of the supernatural flecked throughout all the sleuthing.