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Luther creator Neil Cross is back with a new series for Sky. Gorgeous, stunning (well, imho) Niamh Algar and Tom Hollander are set to star in Iris, a sun-drenched chase thriller about a rootless and enigmatic genius. Iris Nixon (Agar) is equal parts rootless genius and puzzle addict. By day...

The Veil. Steven Knight created, Elisabeth Moss starring. It follows the relationship between two women playing a deadly game of truth and lies. One woman has a secret, and the other has a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. 2 eps in, pretty good.

Sat 13 April (y)

One crime I'm really looking forward to is Under The Bridge, the US crime drama based on a real case. Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone stars in the eight-parter. Under The Bridge is based on acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey’s book about the 1997 true story of 14-year-old Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta)...

Norwegian series Wisting is returning to Viaplay in the Nordic regions in March. The new season returns to Larvik on a seemingly idyllic summer evening at the Greenwood family. But the following morning, a hotel employee is found murdered, and a six-year-old British boy, Clifford Greenwood, has...

SkyShowtime Sweden has released the first trailer for Veronika, starring Alexandra Rapaport. Set in a small town, police officer Veronika Gren (Rapaport), a mother of two, struggles with her complicated family life and a secret pill addiction.” When strange things start to happen and a...

Monsieur Spade on AMC. Twenty years after the events of the novel "The Maltese Falcon," Sam Spade has retired in the small town of Bozouls in southern France; it's 1963, the war has ended, and in a very short time, so, too, will Spade's tranquility. Clive Owen as Sam Spade, S1 was pretty good...

There was much excitement when it was announced that best-selling Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson’s The Darkness series of novels had been picked up for adaptation. Back then it was announced that Lena Olin would play lead character, Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir, with renowned...

For me you can add Spiral, Braquo and The Bridge to that esteemed list.

I think they're great...very moody. The 'young' version was good too, watch them in chronological order, see how the character develops!

Excellent news, Series 2 on the way!

Lakeside Murders....rather enjoyable if not 'hardcore' Scandi-Noir from Finland in 90 minute chunks. I liked it.

Good news, Mystery Road - Origin appears on BBC Four Jan 7th. Bonza.

Swedish channel SVT has released a trailer for Händelser vid vatten (Blackwater) and has revealed the transmission date. The crime drama, based on Kerstin Ekman’s novel of the same name, takes us back to midsummer eve, 1973. Annie and daughter Mia find two murdered tourists at the river’s edge...

First thing I checked was how the Great Educator of a Newspaper viewed it.

I've mentioned these before but they really are superb. Dark, moody, beautifully shot and very 'US westerny'. A bit like Star Wars, release dates are all over the show chronologically, so try to watch them in the correct order (below). Magnificent TV.

Best news of the year, on Netflix end of October. Sod the World Cup.

Yes indeed, it's very good indeed. Series 3, creatively titled Entrapped, appears on Netflix Sept 8th.

Black Sands, another gem from Iceland. Really good. https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2022/04/04/black-sands-reveals-icelands-gothic-beauty-mother-daughter-drama

Slow and steady Norwegian thriller, rather enjoyable. Catch & Release. Who hunts the hunter?