"There's some really undiscovered crime writers who already sell well abroad but haven't reached the UK yet, such as the Danish Jussi Adler-Olsen."Īs ratings and praise for The Killing grow, Sarah Lund, the slightly scruffy and decidedly uncommunicative detective at the centre of the Emmy-nominated drama, has quickly become a cult figure. "I'm not one of those who believe that it will remain this popular but I do think it will still grow for a few years yet," said Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen, a lecturer in Scandinavian literature at UCL. The show, which has been a hit across Europe, underscores the growing popularity of the Scandinavian crime genre, led by the late author Stieg Larsson and the Swedish drama Wallander. "It is a diamond of a series – complex, dramatic, thoroughly gripping," said BBC4 controller Richard Klein. The BBC has confirmed that it has bought the second series and will show it later this year. The show has been getting higher viewing figures than Mad Men did when it was shown on the channel. The actors wear chunky, patterned jumpers, it is filmed largely in the dark and rain and it has a less than inviting title.īut BBC4's The Killing, a subtitled Danish thriller that slowly unfolds over 20 hours as police hunt for the murderer of a 19-year-old girl, has proved a perhaps unlikely hit.
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