Sophomore seasons of television shows are an iffy lot. Sometimes they’re as good as the first, sometimes not. In the case of the Danish dramedy, Rita, it’s even better.
Rita: Second Season of Hit Danish Dramedy Has Arrived
Euro TV Titles That You Can Now Stream
A few Euro TV programs are no longer available on US video-on-demand services. However, several titles from Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Sweden have come online, and they are now yours for the streaming.
Vendetta: Swedish Spy Thriller from Director Mikael Håfström
Agent. Operative. Spook. Call him what you want, but Swedish super-spy Carl Hamilton is back on telly, this time in the Mikael Håfström-directed Vendetta.
Torpedo: Action-Packed Norwegian Thriller Begins Airing Tonight
Get ready for some serious action, my Euro TV friends, because Torpedo, a four-part miniseries from award-winning director, Trygve Allister Diesen, is going to blow you away.
Maison Close: Erotic, Provocative French Period Drama Is Must-Watch Euro TV
Leave it to the French to turn tales of life in a 19th-century brothel into the brilliant and ever so binge-watchable drama that is Maison Close.
Deutschland 83: First Ever German-Language Drama from SundanceTV
Ach. Du. Lieber. Euro TV has arrived in the US, meine Freunden. As in produced by an American company. Namely SundanceTV, who with UFA Fiction, is making Deutschland 83, “the first ever German-language drama to be aired on a major
Rita: Season 3 of Danish Dramedy Coming to Netflix
Nordic noir it isn’t, but the Danish comedy-drama, Rita, is still a hit on Netflix around the world. And it returns to the subscription VoD service with new episodes in 2015.
Our Favorite European TV Shows of 2014
We’ve said farewell to a fabulous year of European television programs, so let’s take a look at the titles whose debuts in 2014 made a lasting impression on us, before diving into what we hope will be another year of
Now On BBC iPlayer: Wallander and Bannan
Heads up, UK viewers. BBC iPlayer recently added a new story of an old Swedish favorite and a recently-debuted Scottish series to its streaming offerings: an oldie-but-goody Wallander miniseries starring Rolf Lassgård, and the Scottish drama, Bannan.