The psychological thriller – which stars Gillian Anderson as DSI Gibson, a cop on the trail of serial killer Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan) – returns for season three tonight for its final series.
Writer Allan Cubitt has since defended the show, describing how he was initially “very upset” by the criticism but now believes it to be “absurd”.
BBC series The Fall has been accused numerous times of being misogynistic, the Daily Mail describing the show as “an invitation to share an extended rape fantasy,” while The Guardian questioned whether the show was “misogyny in a veil of classiness.”
“It was something I had to talk to my daughter about who has counselled me very well,” he told Press Association.