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.
Rita: Season 3 of Danish Dramedy Coming to Netflix
New Scandinavian Cooking: A Feast of a Food/Travel Series
Q: Which television show is viewed by millions and filled with delectable dishes served up amid spectacular scenery by native Nordic chefs, who sprinkle cultural, historical, and lifestyle fun facts throughout each season? A: New Scandinavian Cooking.
Meet Norwegian-Canadian Oscars® Nominee Torill Kove
Now that the nominees for the 87th Academy Awards® have been announced, filmmakers and film-goers are abuzz with Oscars® fever. While much focus is on the feature films and their actors and directors, including Norwegian Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game), here
Jóhann Jóhannsson: 2015 Golden Globes Award Winner for The Theory of Everything [UPDATED]
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Congratulations to all of the 2015 Golden Globes nominees and winners, including Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, whose winning score for the film, The Theory of Everything, you can hear here.
Spiral: Series 5: French Crime Drama Debuts on BBC Four
Canal+ debuted the fifth thrilling season of the mega-hit French crime drama, Spiral (Engrenages) in November, and this weekend BBC Four brings it to viewers in the UK.
Enemy’s Enemy: Swedish Spy Thriller Begins Tonight
Peter Haber returned to telly in an oldie-but-goody episode of Beck this past Sunday, and starting tonight, viewers in the US can see him in the spy thriller, Enemy’s Enemy.
Sofie Gråbøl Returns to TV in British Thriller Fortitude
The long-awaited return of Sofie Gråbøl to television is about to end, as Fortitude, the British thriller set in Arctic climes, is slated to debut later this month in the UK and US.
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.
The Bridge: Season 2 Coming to Hulu in 2015
Technically, that should be returning to Hulu, since Season 2 of The Bridge had screened earlier this year for a limited time on Hulu Plus. But both subscribers and non-subscribers alike will soon be able to see the next riveting story of the
The Eagle: The Crime Odyssey Continues in Season 2
The Eagle has landed, again, as criminal inspector Hallgrim Hallgrimsson and the rest of the RSA team tackle four new cases of cross-border crimes in Denmark, in the thrilling second season of The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey.
The Inspector and the Sea: Blockbuster German Crime Drama Set in Sweden Now on DVD
The Inspector and the Sea reminds me of the old Certs Mints commercial: the crime drama is like two, two, two series in one. Swedish in setting, German in dialogue.