Section de recherches ("Investigation Unit") is a French television series first broadcast on TF1 on May 11, 2006.
In Bordeaux (from 2006 to 2013) and then in Nice (from 2014), it investigates child abductions, disappearances, and vicious or sexual crimes.
[4] In 2013, following the seventh season, the production team decided to make a number of changes to the show, including moving the police unit from Bordeaux to Nice.
[5] Both technical and creative factors were cited as prompting the changes: the writers wanted to develop the serial format of the show, with an increasing focus on the characters' personal lives; and the occasional inclement weather in the Gironde region had been creating difficulties in filming some of the show's many outdoor scenes.
In 2008, Linda Hardy joined the cast of the third season as Chief Warrant Officer Claire Linsky.
[13] Manon Azem joined the show shortly after in the role of Warrant Officer Sarah Casanova.
[12] In 2013, the relocation of the series from Bordeaux to Nice for the eighth season led to many changes in the cast: except for Xavier Deluc and Chrystelle Labaude and Manon Azem, all the other actors (Jean-Pascal Lacoste, Virginia Caliari and Olivia Lancelot) were written out.
[18] Since the eighth season and the relocation of the series to Nice, production has set up its studios in a former perfumery factory in the Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes) zone.