The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco is a British-Canadian television drama series that premiered in the United Kingdom on ITV on 25 July 2018, in the United States on BritBox on 26 July 2018, and in Canada on Citytv on 14 September 2018.

A spin-off of the miniseries The Bletchley Circle, the new series follows Millie (Rachael Stirling) and Jean (Julie Graham) as they travel to San Francisco and continue to use their code-breaking skills to solve murders.

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco is produced by Omnifilm Entertainment and World Productions for BritBox, with Kew Media as the international distributor. Filming began in March 2018 and takes place principally in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Following a successful debut season, Rachael Stirling and Julie Graham confirmed during an interview with Total TV Guide in April 2019 that a second series had been commissioned. The complete first series was released on DVD in Region 2 by Acorn Media on 20 May 2019.

Main

 * Julie Graham as Jean McBrian
 * Rachael Stirling as Camilla 'Millie' Harcourt
 * Crystal Balint as Iris Bearden
 * Chanelle Peloso as Hailey Yarner

Recurring

 * Ben Cotton as Detective Bill Bryce
 * Jennifer Spence as Olivia Mori
 * Peter Benson as Archie Hunter
 * Colin Lawrence as Marcus Bearden
 * Agape Mngomezulu as Dennis Bearden
 * Aria Birch as Cadence Bearden
 * Luke Camilleri as Edward Harcourt

Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the series has a 31% approval rating. The critical consensus states: "The Bletchley Circle does not fare well when it relocates to San Francisco, unable to convincingly capture its period setting and hobbled by an outlandish murder mystery that fails to enthrall."

In the review for The Times, Carol Midgley said the series seemed "to have been conceived primarily to feed viewer appetite for lush 1950s visuals, with plot and dialogue coming second." In the Los Angeles Times, however, Lorraine Ali wrote: "Though this round of sleuthing isn't as full of surprises as the series set in the UK, it does effectively play with a different set of era-specific hurdles unique to the US. The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco isn't as rich and meaningful as its predecessor, but it's evocative and entertaining, with a little murder thrown in for good measure."