Nordic noir

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16 May 2018 - 10:51am

Episode 8: Stieg Larsson Redux

Stieg Larsson was one of the biggest selling Nordic Noir writers with his Millennium series -The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire,...

11 May 2018 - 10:39am

Episode7: Finnish Punk and Bordertown

Bordertown is one the most successful Finnish crime TV series to date. It’s set on the sensitive border between Finland and Russia. We meet its creator Miikko...

2 May 2018 - 12:18pm

Episode 6: The Bridge

Returning to Sweden with Hans Rosenfeldt, the writer and creator of the Nordic Noir classic TV series The Bridge. And best selling author, Christoffer...

24 Apr 2018 - 6:01pm

Episode 5: The King and his successors

Bestselling Danish novelist, Jussi Adler-Olsen reveals his formula for creating a book impossible to put down. His unusual childhood, growing up with his...

19 Apr 2018 - 8:45am

Episode 4: Iceland and Finland join the fray

We take the temperature on Finland and Iceland. Why does Scandinavia’s smallest country, Iceland, contain the most crime writers per capita in the world? And why...

11 Apr 2018 - 8:51am

Episode 3: Norway - beyond the picture postcard

We travel beyong the fjords and ice capped mountains to meet Gunnar Staalesen, part of the first wave of Norwegian crime writers; Jermund Eriksen, writer of...

10 Apr 2018 - 5:50pm

Episode 2: Danish Twist

We travel to Denmark and investigate the success behind Danish Nordic Noir Television. We meet Jeppe Gjervig Gram, co-creator of Borgen. Sara Blaedel,...

Noir Hear This

Episode 1: Sweden and the Beginnings of Nordic Noir

We begin in Sweden with the writers Sjöwall Wahloo, the duo considered to be the inventors of the Nordic Noir genre.We meet crime writer, criminologist and expert...