The UK distributors of Nordic Noir are no fools. Following our rapturous devotion to Sarah Lund and sadness at waving her goodbye, they're tirelessly ...

With the wide shots of beautiful highland lochs, bleak but beautiful glens, barren landscapes punctuated perfectly by a little red roof, 'Shetland' co...

"I was reading one of my favourite music magazines, and I suddenly saw my own face. That's how I discovered I'd made it to the UK," explains the Swedi...

A danish police woman, intuitively impressive cop, tough as bricks in a world populated by doubting men, compromised personal life - sound familiar? ...

If you're having trouble saying goodbye to Sarah Lund, who takes her bow and departs the Danish TV stage at the end of this third and final series of ...

So the Zeuthens have lost all faith in the police, the police have lost all faith in Special Branch, and Lund has lost all faith in Borch, as 'The Kil...

I counted, and it was a whole 12 minutes before Sarah Lund's torch came out this week. But there it was, with Lund once again deserted, cut off from h...

"You know full well that when it comes to feelings, you tend to run away." Finally, after two full series and two episodes, we get to the heart of 'Th...

A politician juggling for power, a shipping magnate battling to stay ahead of his board members. If this sounds a bit dry, of course we know it’s no...

'The Killing' star Sofie Grabol has revealed that TV bosses tried to take away her alter ego's trademark woolly jumper and even put the hard-nosed Dan...

'The Killing' star Sofie Grabol says she "broke down" after filming her final scenes in the crime drama - and that it felt like a divorce. The Dani...

'The Killing's Sarah Lund is notable for the fact that, unlike other female TV detectives, she doesn't seem too bothered with her appearance or her su...

We left her a woman destroyed; emotions tattered by cruel betrayals, body intact rather more by luck than judgment, and partner - once more - decidedl...

"It was confusing," is how Casino Royale's scarred villain Le Chiffre, aka Danish star Mads Mikkelsen, remembers the day he was cast to play James Bon...

It’s only been a fortnight, and already this character feels as beautifully familiar in our living rooms as a Billy bookcase. This week saw the ...

It was a battle of the Danes at this year's TV BAFTAs, with Borgen emerging triumphant to steal the International Award out from under the nose of its...

It was a battle of the Danes at this year's TV BAFTAs, with Borgen emerging triumphant to steal the International Award out from under the nose of its...

If things don't come to a head pretty soon, by the time LInden catches Rosie's killer she might be the only one left who still cares.

The Tallest Tower: Building The Shard – Channel 4, 9pm Towering over the capital at over 1,000ft is The Shard. It’s not only the tallest Londoner...

How wonderful – Saturday night, 9pm, BBC4 and another Nordic thriller. We’ve had The Killing, then a burst of coalition politics in Borgen, what c...

Here comes another… like a bus. Slipping seamlessly into the Saturday night slot vacated by The Killing and then Borgen, comes another Nordic thr...

Life continues after The Killing for the TV sensation that put Danish noir on the map and made a star of Sofie Gråbøl and that jumper. After the US spin-off and the Danish sequel comes the novelisation of detective Sarah Lund, written by British author David Hewson.