It’s Swedish and it’s dark, but forget the deliberately slow pace of Nordic noir. Johan Falk: Season One is one action-packed thrill ride after another. Fasten your seatbelts.
Johan Falk: Season One: Good Action Thrillers Made Great by Joel Kinnaman
Dicte: Addictive Danish Mystery Series Now Streaming
Another series from Denmark has landed in the US for Euro TV fans to binge-watch: Dicte, the mystery/crime drama nominated for five awards at the 2014 Robert Festival.
Cenk Batu, Undercover Agent: German Crime Drama Now Screening in the US
Meet Cenk Batu. An undercover agent for the Landeskriminalamt (LKA), the state police in Germany. A loner with a false identity for each case, he takes viewers into the dark sides of Hamburg.
Rolf Lassgård Returns as Sebastian Bergman
Whenever a new season of a favorite Euro TV series debuts in the US, I do a happy dance. Such was the case with the second Sebastian Bergman miniseries.
Dirty Money, White Lies: Award-Winning Norwegian Crime Drama Premiering in the US
Another Nordic noir series will be thrilling American viewers when Norwegian crime drama Dirty Money, White Lies debuts next month.
Détectives: French Series Starring Sara Martins and Philippe Lefebvre Coming to the US
Death in Paradise meets The City of Light in Détectives, the quirky French detective drama that premieres in the US next month.
Witnesses: French Crime Thriller to Screen on Channel 4 [UPDATED]
It’s still a few days until the annual MIPCOM entertainment market kicks off in Cannes, France, but content deals are already being made. One such is Channel 4’s acquisition of the French crime drama, Witnesses.
Free Italian TV Episodes at MHz Online
Here’s a fantastico way to kick off the week: streaming episodes of three of the most popular Italian TV series on American telly, and doing it for free.
Crimes of Passion: Stylish and Steamy Swedish Mystery Series
Not every Swedish crime drama is of the noir variety, so if you’re looking for shades of Wallander or The Bridge in the mystery series Crimes of Passion, you won’t find them. What you get, though, is a good old-fashioned
BBC 4 Acquires The Bridge 3, Cordon, Spiral 5
Original-language international series will continue to lead Saturday evening programming on BBC Four, as the BBC’s arts and alternative-to-mainstream entertainment channel will be bringing more Euro TV dramas to UK viewers.
Sebastian Bergman
There is no shortage of characters with personal issues in Nordic noir programs, and some certainly have more than others. One that I am intrigued with, and would like to see more of, is the titular lead in the Swedish
Swedish Crime Drama Arne Dahl Returning with New Series
Fans of the Arne Dahl television series, it’s time to do a happy dance, because the Swedish hit is currently filming a new season and will return to telly in 2015.