TV series

Fallen Angel

2007 · 1 season

A chilly, quietly unsettling puzzle that unfolds backwards, leaving you to piece together how a seemingly ordinary girl became something monstrous.

Overview: Fallen Angel is an ITV series broadcast on 11–13 March 2007 based on the Roth Trilogy of novels by Andrew Taylor. It tells the story of Rosie Byfield, a clergyman's daughter, who grows up to be a psychopathic killer. It has a unique narrative that moves backwards in time as it uncovers the layers of Rosie's past.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, madness, faith, family
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
madness
faith
family
memory
Places: small town
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
twist ending
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild