This four-part miniseries explores the changing landscape of social and class divisions inturn of the century England through the prism of three families: the intellectual and idealistic Schlegels, the wealthy Wilcoxes from the world of business, and the working class Basts.
该剧根据北欧剧集《The Bridge》改编,第一季为10集。故事描述英法海底隧道分界线上惊现一个法国政客的尸体,由此引发了一场席卷整个欧洲的政治危机。英法各自派出一名侦探(Stephen Dillane, Clemence Poesy)调查此事,他们发现凶手试图将现代社会「道德沦丧」的现象最大化。