The New Crime Drama That’s Taking Italy By Storm: The Bastards Of Pizzofalcone

I always bang on about it, but this site likes to keep an eye out on the big new shows from Europe and beyond, if only because in this international, multi-platform world it’s likely that any hits from overseas will make it to the UK (and other territories) sooner or later. We’ve got our eyes on a drama from Italy. Set in Naples, The Bastards Of Pizzofalcone (I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone) has taken the country by storm and looks like the kind of series that would do well here, too.

Walter Presents announces transmission date for Lars Mikkelsen crime drama, The Team; acquires more shows

Ever since he appeared as Troels Hartmann in the first, groundbreaking series of The Killing, Lars Mikkelsen has claimed a special place in the heart of crime drama fans. Now he’s popping up in The Team, a six-part, multilingual (English, French, Flemish, German, Danish, Swedish), pan-European crime drama featuring a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) of cross-border European police officers – all experts in forensics, legal, and IT, plus profilers and psychologists. Blimey. Read on for more.