Bodies
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Our Review
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Bodies (2023) is a crime and science-fiction series from Netflix. It has built a run of 8 episodes. It premiered on October 19, 2023. Viewers rate it 7 out of 10. It is currently ended. It runs 1 season.
What Bodies Is About
Four detectives. Four timelines. One body. To save Britain’s future, they’ll need to solve the murder that altered the course of history first. Stephen Graham stars in this time-hopping crime drama inspired by Si Spencer’s graphic novel.
What to Expect When You Watch
The format keeps each instalment self-contained enough to drop into, the full run covers 8 episodes, spread across 1 season and it leans into its crime/science-fiction roots while leaving room for the quieter character beats.
Performance-wise the series leans on Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Amaka Okafor and Kyle Soller to carry the emotional weight, with the rest of the ensemble filling out the world around them.
Cast and Creative Team
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Amaka Okafor, Kyle Soller, Shira Haas, Greta Scacchi and Tom Mothersdale lead the cast.
Key roles include Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Charles Whiteman; Amaka Okafor as Shahara Hasan; Kyle Soller as Alfred Hillinghead; Shira Haas as Iris Maplewood; Greta Scacchi as The Lady.
Why It Stands Out
Fans of crime, science-fiction and thriller have a clear reason to give this one a shot. It sits comfortably alongside Netflix’s other originals, a 7/10 audience score puts it in steady company and it commits to its premise instead of hedging between tones.
Released in 2023 and carried by Netflix with the series still ended, it lands hardest with crime and science-fiction viewers.
How Bodies Compares
If Bodies lands for you, the next stops are Breaking Bad, The Wire and The Sopranos, which share its crime/science-fiction lean.
Each of those sits at a different point on the same spectrum, so they make a natural follow-up once you finish the run here.
Where to Stream
Bodies comes from Netflix. Check your preferred platform for current availability, since regional rights move around.
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On the whole Bodies is the kind of series that rewards a patient watch, with Jacob Fortune-Lloyd and Amaka Okafor doing the heaviest lifting, a tone that stays true to its crime/science-fiction roots, It has held up since 2023 and so if the premise sounds like your lane, the execution holds up.
The Bottom Line
Bodies is a safe bet for anyone already inside the crime and science-fiction lane, at 8 episodes it is an easy run to work through, the audience score holds around 7/10 and so there is little risk in starting it tonight.
Verdict: 7/10. Watch it if you want crime/science-fiction you can settle into.
