A terrific experiment from Netflix: the 12 episodes of the series Criminal

I'm not sure who organizes the project for Netflix, but despite its unevenness at times, the 12-part series Criminal is a terrific project of high ambition, worth watching straight through. The project consists of four sets of three dramas; each set of three is from a different European country: UK, Germany, France, Spain. Each episode uses exactly the same parameters and the same setting: a 40-minute (approx.) police interrogation of a suspect (or in one episode of a convicted criminal whom they are hoping will provide additional info about her crime), with the "action" confined to the interrogation room, the room where others on the team watch the interrogation, and the hallway outside of the interrogation rooms (the vending machines provide some comic moments). Each of the 4 sets is independent, and to a degree each interrogation is independent, though with in each set there's a bit of drama involving the police team - love troubles, office rivalries, etc. All of the interrogations involve some kind of surprise or twist at the end; sometimes they end w/ some ambiguities; the best involve the characters in some moral and ethical thickets: How far can the police go in fabricating information or providing false information in order to elicit a confession, to "break" a suspect?" The ground rules for these interrogations will surprise most U.S. viewers: There seems to be a time pressure, in that they cannot hold suspects w/out charges for +24 hours; the use of attorneys in these also differs from the rules for defense lawyers in the U.S. (in these episodes, the police can order the attorneys to back off). On the other hand, these sets don't seem to be "windows" into 4 different European cultures - all 12 episodes are similar in tone and convention. In the end, these are like 12 fascinating short dramas, and I think they could play well, with some minor adjustments, on a stage.