How many episodes are in B.R.I?

B.R.I has 8 episodes in this listed season.

Is B.R.I a new series?

B.R.I is a returning series (Season 2).

B.R.I(2023)

Also known as BRI • Brygada

Archived · Canal+

6.58 eps

S02

DramaActionCrime

ON AIR: JAN 12Season 2Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

B.R.I. follows an elite French investigative unit working Paris cases at a pace that keeps operational pressure constant. The show moves through crime drama with action-forward momentum, treating each case as something to be cracked and pursued rather than slowly dissected.

Episodes carry narrative threads across the season rather than resetting each week, so individual cases accumulate weight as the unit moves through them. Paris is not backdrop decoration here; the city's specific texture shapes where the work happens and how it unfolds, grounding the procedural mechanics in something concrete and particular.

Best for

high-octane crime, unit-based investigations and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Action

Commitment

Season 2 · 8 episodes

Where

Canal+

Official Premise

French crime drama following the Brigade de Recherche et d'Intervention.

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