Chouette! It’s a muti-cultural crime drama weekend here in the US. And across the pond, the Italians are coming, the Italians are coming!
Euro TV Weekend Watch: Detectives, Mobsters, and More
International Emmy® Winner “The Eagle” Has Landed on DVD in the US
The long-awaited DVD for The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (Ørnen: En Krimi-Odyssé), Season 1 — the 2005 International Emmy® winner for Best Drama — was finally released yesterday in the US, and it’s such a hit already that Amazon has
Arne Dahl: An Intense Swedish Series for Crime Drama Fans
Of the ten “Intercrime” novels written by Arne Dahl, five have been adapted into ten television episodes that make for fifteen hours of viewing. Intense, gripping viewing.
Final Series of Unit One (Rejseholdet) Screening on MHz Networks
A series that I wish would have continued for many more years is coming to a close. (Sigh.) The two episodes that comprise the fourth and final season of the Danish crime drama, Unit One, otherwise known as Rejseholdet, screen
Johan Falk: The Swedish Crime Drama That Put Gothenburg on the Nordic Noir Map
When the term Nordic Noir comes up, “action-packed” isn’t usually one of the top five or even ten descriptors. Unless you’ve seen the braksucce (smash hit) Swedish crime drama, Johan Falk.
French TV for Bastille Day or Any Other Day
C’est le quatorze juillet, better known as Bastille Day across the pond and the channel. And what better way to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille than to grab a bottle of champagne, your favorite French
The Eagle: Final Episodes of Danish Crime Drama Air Tonight
All good shows must come to an end, and so it is with the Danish crime drama The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (Ørnen: En Krimi-Odyssé), whose final two episodes screen tonight on MHz Networks.
Hinterland: Not Nordic, but Euro and Noir
Just a quick note to let you know that there’s a new post about Hinterland, the hit Welsh noir crime drama, at our sister blog The British TV Place.
The Bridge: No Third Series for Danish Actor Kim Bodnia
Kim Bodnia, one half of the acting pair that brought one of the most intriguing crime-fighting duos to telly — that of Swedish detective Saga Norén and Danish detective Martin Rohde of the hit crime thriller The Bridge (Broen/Bron) —
Mads and Lars Mikkelsen: See Them Together in Unit One
Two new episodes of Danish crime drama Unit One (Rejseholdet) debut tomorrow evening on MHz Networks, so there are only a couple more days to catch series costar Mads Mikkelson acting alongside older brother Lars in the previous two.
Saying Farväl to Wallander
With the third and final season of Wallander, fans bid farväl to Sweden’s most famous detective and a program that put Nordic Noir TV on the map in the US and UK.