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The Killing - BBC4 Saturday evenings
KennyT
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New Danish cop show (for those who like Spiral (French), Wallander(Swedish) etc. and who aren't put off by subtitles!)
Looks like double episodes for 10 weeks.
Thought it deserved its own thread, rather than cluttering up the Spiral/Wallander ones!
Must be good as it's being remade for the US!
K
Looks like double episodes for 10 weeks.
Thought it deserved its own thread, rather than cluttering up the Spiral/Wallander ones!
Must be good as it's being remade for the US!
K
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The Killing (Danish = Forbrydelsen = The Crime) has got very good critical reviews and it's even been nominated for an Emmy award so that's another indication of approval.
It's relatively recent and it was first broadcast in 2007 in Denmark when it was shown on 20 successive Sundays. From what I've read so far, it seems like the nearest equivalent is something like 24.
At last, I now have some drama to look forward to and I hope that the series lives up to expectations.
K
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/21/the-killing-bbc-police-drama-women
K
Danish drama is of a high standard usually - I did watch the whole of Kroniken and many episodes of Anna Pihl.
A taster (in Danish) below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uio7scRL_pM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing_%28U.S._TV_series%29
K
But I have to ask again as I did about The Spiral and both the Swedish versions of Wallander: Why haven't the BBC bothered to advertise 'The Killing' on any of their tv channels or radio stations?! Why buy foreign language imports and then not bother promoting them?!
If they advertised them more then certain sections of the media would kick up a fuss along the lines of "Why is the BBC waisting our licence fee on buying this European rubbish" or in the case of Spiral "Why is the BBC waisting out licence fee helping a French channel to make programmes"
I don’t understand why you think this would be the case for BBC4 - Their raison d’etre is to provide an outlet for arts, culture and documentary from all over the world so no-one would attack them for doing just that and it stands to reason that such a tiny channel does not have the financial resources to make all it’s own programming year round. Quality, bought-in programming and co-produced shows like Spiral satisfy both camps bieng relatively cost-effective and culturally enriching for the viewing audience.
The public and media expectation of BBC4 is that they will continue to provide this type of programming and to attack them for it would be akin to slagging off Sky Arts for showing...err....Arts programming. Yes, I realise one is public money and the other is funded by subscribers and advertisers but the point stands - BBC4 is doing what it should be and long may it continue.
That's very true but certain newpapers will take any excuse to attack the BBC whether or not the attack is justified
BBC4 is one of my favourite channels and I always enjoy their bought in non English language shows
I know Beeb-bashing is a full-time sport for some of our shitty papers but even rags like The Daily Heil would balk at attacking BBC4 for it’s content. They like their targets soft and obvious and it’s stuff like the Brand/Ross Sachsgate affair that they go to town on rather than things like the tiny sum involved in, say, co-producing Spiral which I daresay many of their readership have watched and enjoyed. It’s middle-England that is Swedish Wallander country in the UK so for those same people and the paper they read to turn against Kurt’s telly home would be somewhat self-defeating.
I live on the east coast, does that mean I'm not allowed to watch Swedish Wallander??
I hope Spiral is repeated one day as cant find it online with subtitles.
http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=20&channelId=47&programmeName=The%20Killing&startTime=22/01/2011%2021:00&jspLocation=/jsp/prog_details_fullpage.jsp&jspError=/jsp/error.jsp
K
Completely agree.
It's quite sad that in this country, BBC Four is really the only channel that shows foreign language TV shows. It amazes me that some people and politicians want to close the channel down.
I'd love it if BBC Four broadcast at least 1 foreign language drama every night.
...a decent, hard-working, not-at-all-maverick (hooray!) senior detective...
Well done to BBC 4 for snapping it up. We have to keep BBC 4 at all costs. BBC 3 however I want to see destroyed!!!
No, all 20 episodes together tell a single story. It is a serial.