Tag Archives: crime TV

British and Swedish Wallander Series 3 in production with Yellow Bird

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Many thanks to Lynda for drawing my attention to the following: Michael Pickard at C21Media.net reports that Swedish production company Yellow Bird is busy with both the third series of the Swedish Wallander, starring Krister Henriksson, and the third series of the British Wallander, … Continue reading →

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BBC4 starts repeat of Forbrydelsen / The Killing on Sunday 21 August 2011

Posted on August 20, 2011 by

For those of you who have yet to see Forbrydelsen, the original Danish production of The Killing, your moment has come!  BBC4 starts repeating the series this Sunday at 10 o’clock. There are five two-hour episodes being shown per week (20 episodes in all), which promises to … Continue reading →

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The Killing – BBC4 Series 2 Trailer

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

For some reason, I’m particularly missing the wondrousness that is The Killing at the moment. BBC4 has thoughtfully supplied a glimpse of autumn’s Series 2 to allieviate my withdrawal symptoms. I never thought I’d be so happy to hear Danish!  ‘It’s good to see you again…’ Note: … Continue reading →

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BBC4′s The Killing – BAFTA International Winner 2011

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

A quick post in celebration of The Killing’s BAFTA win last night. This low-budget Danish crime drama beat off stiff competition from Mad Men, Glee and Boardwalk Empire to take the International Prize for 2011. There couldn’t have been a more deserving … Continue reading →

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BBC4′s Wallander – Series 2 with Krister Henriksson

Posted on May 22, 2011 by

BBC4 has started repeating the second series of Swedish TV’s Wallander (2009-10) on successive Saturdays at 9pm. I managed to catch up with the first episode today, having had a prior engagement with Wales’ finest, The Manic Street Preachers, in Cardiff last night (splendid as ever). This series … Continue reading →

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BBC4 Spiral Season 3: Was I wrong to stop watching?!

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

In an earlier post I gave my reaction to the first two episodes of the French police procedural series Spiral (Engrenage). It was a bit mixed: while I enjoyed the charactisation of Laure Berthaud and the urban noir feel, I was somewhat … Continue reading →

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BBC4 Spiral Season 3: The Butcher of La Villette

Posted on April 2, 2011 by

Tonight I caught the first two episodes of the French police procedural series Spiral (Engrenage in the original; literal translation ’gears’). My primary reason for watching Spiral was to fill the two-hour viewing gap left by The Killing, but I was also … Continue reading →

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The end of BBC4′s The Killing: crime drama at its very best

Posted on March 27, 2011 by

Mrs Peabody’s review of the first two episodes is available here. So BBC4′s The Killing has finished. Twenty hours of superb crime drama, which had 500,000 of us gripped for two hours every single week, aired its last two episodes last … Continue reading →

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An odd case of Zen-o-phobia as BBC decides not to recommission TV series

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

I’ve just seen a post on the It’s a Crime (or a Mystery) blog reporting that the BBC has decided not to recommission the Aurelio Zen TV series. This really does seem to be a short-sighted move given its evident popularity. It seemed to grow on people over time as … Continue reading →

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BBC4 buys second series of The Killing / Forbrydelsen

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

Excellent news for fans of The Killing: it’s been confirmed today that BBC4 has bought the rights to the second series (10 episodes) and that it will air later this year. ‘The Killing is the most intensely thrilling televison drama … Continue reading →

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