Wallander
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20086 episodes
Episode 1
Who is Kurt Wallander
Dec 6, 20081h 29m
TMDB rating 3.0TMDB
Well, he's the hero of BBC1's new crime drama starring Kenneth Branagh (9pm tomorrow BBC1). But what shaped this melancholic Swedish detective, and why have more than 25 million copies of the novels featuring him been sold worldwide? Crime writer John Harvey travels to Sweden to find out, talking to people on the streets, shadowing a cop and tracking down Wallander's reclusive but lucid creator, Henning Mankell. By examining Mankell's anti-hero Wallander, it reveals the hidden angst affecting present-day Sweden, a country with an excellent welfare system yet one which has suffered two shocking recent political assassinations. The film tries to grasp what Mankell's characters say about Sweden and how his books inform the rest of the world about Scandinavia's largest country.
Episode 2
Branagh's Wallander
Air date not announced16m
Episode 3
Branagh and Mankell Discuss Wallander
Air date not announced27m
Henning Mankel and Kenneth Branagh discuss Kurt Wallander
Episode 4
The Wallander Look
Air date not announced12m
Episode 5
Wallander Country
Air date not announced15m
On location with the BBC team
Episode 6
Being Kurt Wallander
Air date not announced11m