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Finnish crime show All the Sins comes to Channel 4

19 January, 2021

For legions of crime fiction lovers, there’s nothing quite like discovering a new crime show. It’s even better if that show opens a window on an unusual setting, and better still if that setting is remote and unsettling. UK crime aficionados will be able to…

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PBS puts Agatha Christie in the spotlight

By DeathBecomesHer

9 January, 2021

She’s the undisputed queen of crime, the most successful fiction writer of all time and her books have sold over a billion copies in English and a billion in translation – but what made Agatha Christie tick? Two new documentaries about to premiere on US-based PBS may…

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Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders season 2 comes to More4

By crimefictionlover

5 January, 2021

On Friday 8 January at 9pm, the second series of the Swedish crime drama Rebecka Martinsson will begin airing on More4 in the UK, with episodes available to stream from Channel 4’s online service Walter Presents. Set in the far north of Sweden, the programme…

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The final series of French crime drama Spiral comes to BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

23 December, 2020

Lovers of French crime fiction will be screaming, “Oui, oui, OUI” in ecstasy come Saturday 2 January, when BBC Four begins airing the final series of Spiral, the outstanding French crime drama. Hailed as the king of crime shows in France, Spiral began in 2005…

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Monster: Norwegian crime show brings bleak perfection to Channel 4

By crimefictionlover

10 December, 2020

Ominous mists roll across a treeless wasteland. The unnerving growl of an untrustworthy dog. A young woman’s bare feet on the tarmac. A meth head stands in his underwear, flipping the bird to a police helicopter. And Norwegian dialogue subbed into English. If it’s a…

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French crime drama The Red Shadows arriving on Channel 4

By crimefictionlover

4 December, 2020

Ah, the Côte d’Azure. Beautiful aqua seas, lovely beaches, dramatic hillsides and warm weather. It’s a region where people go to relax and to party, with big hotels, bars and nightclubs to entertain them. Unfortunately, it’s also a hotbed of drug trafficking and organised crime….

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The Sommerdahl Murders on DVD

By crimefictionlover

1 December, 2020

US-based fans of Nordic noir might be celebrating Christmas early this year. That’s because on 8 December, Acorn TV is releasing The Sommerdahl Murders on DVD, and on the company’s streaming channel. This popular Danish crime drama centres on Dan Sommerdahl, played by Peter Mygind….

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The Nordic Murders: The latest German crime drama on Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

29 November, 2020

On Friday 4 December at 9pm, More4 will begin airing The Nordic Murders, the German crime drama set on the island of Usedom on the Baltic Sea, in the northeast corner of Germany. With a big lagoon and estuary, it is often surrounded by ice…

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Finnish crime show All the Sins comes to Channel 4

PBS puts Agatha Christie in the spotlight

Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders season 2 comes to More4

The final series of French crime drama Spiral comes to BBC Four

Monster: Norwegian crime show brings bleak perfection to Channel 4

French crime drama The Red Shadows arriving on Channel 4

The Sommerdahl Murders on DVD

The Nordic Murders: The latest German crime drama on Walter Presents

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