We all know that atmospheric Icelandic series, The Valhalla Murders, has been fairly generic in terms of themes, plot and things we’ve seen before a lot in crime dramas, but there’s no denying that it’s nonetheless an enjoyable and very watchable series. Not least because of lead character duo Kata and Arnar. It was revealed…
Category: Icelandic Crime Drama
REVIEW The Valhalla Murders (S1 E5&6/8)
As we edged into the second half of The Valhalla Murders, this atmospheric and engrossing Icelandic crime drama, tensions were running high – not least because Kata is in deep trouble at home. If you remember the end of episode four, her teenage son Kari was implicated in a hideous sexual assault video. While some…
REVIEW The Valhalla Murders (S1 E3&4/8)
Last week, BBC Four made a welcome return to Iceland with The Valhalla Murders, its new eight-part crime drama. Starring Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir as Reykjavik homicide detective Kata, and Björn Thors as profiler Arnar, it started off in very watchable, enjoyable fashion. (Whenever I say ‘enjoyable’ when reviewing a crime drama, I wonder what people…
REVIEW The Valhalla Murders (S1 E&2/8)
Ah, it’s good to have Saturday nights back on BBC Four. It’s been a mixed bag on the channel this year, but recently – thanks to Danish series DNA and now the advent of a trip back to Iceland for The Valhalla Murders – things are looking up. Not least because it’s also good to…
PODCAST Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir – The Valhalla Murders
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The Valhalla Murders: What’s it about and when is it on?
The Valhalla Murders – or Brot in its native Icelandic – is the next big Nordic Noir to hit the UK. But what’s it about and when will it be on? What’s The Valhalla Murders about? Police profiler, Arnar, is out of his depth when he is ordered against his will to travel from Copenhagen…
Trapped “spin-off” Entrapped to return on Netflix in 2021
We got very excited when the news broke that Icelandic favourite, Trapped, was to return for a third series. Now new details have emerged, with this third “spin-off” series now to be known Entrapped. It will also debut on Netflix. The streaming giant announced that the sequel season will still star and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson,…
NORDIC NOIR The Valhalla Murders transmission date confirmed by BBC Four
Icelandic crime drama The Valhalla Murders was trailed by BBC Four last week, and now we know for sure when it’s going to start. The story centres on police profiler Arnar, sent back home from Norway to his native Iceland to investigate the country’s first serial killer case. He teams up with the local senior…
NORDIC NOIR BBC Four acquires The Valhalla Murders
BBC Four has confirmed its next Nordic Noir. Returning to Iceland, The Valhalla Murders was earmarked for Netflix, but the Truenorth and Mystery Productions series is now heading to BBC Four’s 9pm-Saturday-Night slot. The story centres on police profiler Arnar, sent back home from Norway to his native Iceland to investigate the country’s first serial…
NORDIC NOIR Stella Blómkvist recommissioned for a second series; production begins in Iceland
A secnd series of Icelandic crime drama Stella Blómkvist has been recommissioned for a second series. Furthermore, production has already begun production. Series one star Heida Reed will reprise her title role. Smart, ruthless and with a taste for fine whiskey, Reykjavik lawyer Stella prefers one method of justice – her own. But as she…
Ragnar Jónasson’s The Darkness to get the TV treatment
Icelandic writer, Ragnar Jónasson’s book The Darkness is to get the TV treatment. Deadline reports that Stampede Ventures International and CBS Studios have joined forces to adapt the book. The eight-part series will be set in Reykjavik, among the isolated fjords. The story – the first in his Hulda series – follows Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir,…
Series three of Trapped begins filming
In shock news (normally we hear about these things), series three of Trapped has begun filming in iceland. There has been no news out of the island confirming a third series of the Nordic Noir favourite, but star Olafur Darri Olafsson has surprised everyone by sharing a social media post breaking the news. In an…
