![]() They’ve given us, to name only a few, the legendary Forbrydelsen ( The Killing), Borgen, Bedrag ( Follow The Money) – all Danish – and two distinctly different versions of the Swedish Wallander, a character we liked so much that the BBC’s made its own excellent version with Kenneth Branagh. Much of our gratitude for this revolution in our viewing habits should go to our neighbours in the north. We haven’t strayed very far outside Europe yet, but it’s a start. Our initial resistance to subtitles has faded, and a whole world of often beautifully acted, compellingly plotted drama has opened up. What began as a fad, accompanied by much reductive talk of ‘Scandi noir’ and a mildly disturbing national obsession with Sarah Lund’s knitwear, has culminated in a golden age for telly addicts. Okay, so some of the series are less impressive than others, and one or two are in English (remember Australia’s The Code?) but these are exceptions to the rule. For the few of us who still, on occasion, watch television when it’s actually broadcast, that timeslot means only one thing: high-quality drama from outside the anglophone world. ![]()
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