Go abroad, one show at a time.
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
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.
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
Fans of the “Kurt Wallander” mystery novels are in for a treat: Henning Mankell’s never-published short story, An Event in Autumn, will be available in print in a few weeks.
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.
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.
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) —
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.
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.