betty boop Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, bones28643 said: Series 2 of the excellent French series THE CRIMSON RIVERS starts on SBS free to air next Tuesday night. ive been watching it via their catchup whcih is a bit strange as their series 2 has a few series one episodes there ... i might set the fta version to record .... so thanks for the headsup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 spent last few week bingeing through firstly Fauda and then Caliphate on netflix... quite a segway... but wow they were amazing series ! but anyways back onto the crime drama - nordic noir train.... Not sure why i have missed The Fall. with Gillian Anderson... she does an amazing performance in this. as a senior investigating officer from the met, working in Belfast northern ireland on hunting down a serial killer. excellent acting. i am amazed how well gillian does an english accent. apparently she has been living in london the last 20 years ! (post Xfiles ?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLAH BLAH Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Rubicon...US TV Spy Series...only S1... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyr Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 5 hours ago, betty boop said: Not sure why i have missed The Fall. with Gillian Anderson... she does an amazing performance in this. as a senior investigating officer from the met, working in Belfast northern ireland on hunting down a serial killer. excellent acting. i am amazed how well gillian does an english accent. apparently she has been living in london the last 20 years ! (post Xfiles ?) Yes, she does a great 'Counties' (Pommie) accent in "Sex Education". Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray H Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Agree above, Furia is quite a good watch. The Lawyer is also on SBS on demand and quite good also. Not Nordic nor Noir, but Red Election is also quite interesting, it’s based on MI5 and some international election interference and general terrorism. Lastly, Bordertown on Netflix is a slow burner but quite good. About a Finnish Detective with very interesting techniques to solve crimes using “mind rooms” to store info, almost Sherlock Holmes like, but flawed in other areas. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyr Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 15 minutes ago, Nine T. said: Not Nordic nor Noir, but Red Election is also quite interesting, it’s based on MI5 and some international election interference and general terrorism. Yes - love Red Election! Full of twists and turns. Andy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted December 21, 2021 Volunteer Share Posted December 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, andyr said: Yes - love Red Election! Full of twists and turns. Andy Just started watching it Andy, really enjoying it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JukKluk2 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 On 20/12/2021 at 4:14 PM, betty boop said: Not sure why i have missed The Fall. with Gillian Anderson... she does an amazing performance in this. as a senior investigating officer from the met, working in Belfast northern ireland on hunting down a serial killer. excellent acting. i am amazed how well gillian does an english accent. apparently she has been living in london the last 20 years ! (post Xfiles ?) She actually spent some years as a child/teenager living in the UK. She and her family lived in Crouch End which is, I believe, a fairly well to do part of London. She can switch from her natural English accent to her natural American one at the drop of the proverbial hat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 On 21/12/21 at 5:26 PM, JukKluk2 said: She actually spent some years as a child/teenager living in the UK. She and her family lived in Crouch End which is, I believe, a fairly well to do part of London. She can switch from her natural English accent to her natural American one at the drop of the proverbial hat. she pulls off the accent amazingly well ! Onto final series of the fall. This is really good ! wife is hooked too… Whee as t is all the more amazing is the story is infact based on a true story/character Russell willians who was killer and the queens trusted pilot https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/1882177/russell-williams-netflix-the-fall-real/amp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones28643 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I have just finished watching series 2 of the Swedish crime drama BEFORE WE DIE, not the English remake. Id recommend it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 hour ago, bones28643 said: I have just finished watching series 2 of the Swedish crime drama BEFORE WE DIE, not the English remake. Id recommend it. where can we find this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, betty boop said: where can we find this ? SBS really a good show much better than the British remake Scroll down to Life Of Crime and then across Skip first Before We Die(British) and onto the second title Edited December 30, 2021 by keyse1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 1 hour ago, keyse1 said: SBS really a good show much better than the British remake Scroll down to Life Of Crime and then across Skip first Before We Die(British) and onto the second title wil do ... in crime drama shows am onto scott and bailey on britbox ... 3 series i think... quite light hearted, some dark cases but lightened with their sense of humour and manchester laughs a lot of interesting characters and most episodes are individual stories with things going on in characters lives... will come back to the nordic noir soon enough .... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLAH BLAH Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 https://www.topic.com/what-is-nordic-noir-we-can-t-get-enough-of-the-genre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian McP Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 The Promise SBS on Demand https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/the-promise < An 11-year-old girl vanishes on Boxing Day 1999 in the Landes region in south-west France. Police captain Pierre Castaing (Olivier Marchal) heads the search for missing Charlotte Meyer, but his inability to find the girl makes him an outcast in the local community and eventually destroys his family. 20 years later, his daughter picks up the investigation in order to clear his name. > First two episodes very good so far 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Ian McP said: The Promise SBS on Demand https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/the-promise < An 11-year-old girl vanishes on Boxing Day 1999 in the Landes region in south-west France. Police captain Pierre Castaing (Olivier Marchal) heads the search for missing Charlotte Meyer, but his inability to find the girl makes him an outcast in the local community and eventually destroys his family. 20 years later, his daughter picks up the investigation in order to clear his name. > First two episodes very good so far Love the sounds of this. Thanks fir the heads up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 getting onto the promise... seems its by same team behind the french series "the spiral".. stopped reading the below.. that was enough for me to get watching ! ... https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2021/12/23/french-crime-series-promise-grapples-ghosts-past 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 ps another interesting link... recognised straight away Olivier Marchall.. ala "crimson rivers" https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0545356/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLAH BLAH Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) Face to Face 0r Forhøret...Danish crime series...pretty intense and the episodes are only half an hour long... Edited January 20, 2022 by BLAH BLAH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, BLAH BLAH said: Face to Face 0r Forhøret...Danish crime series...pretty intense and the episodes are only half an hour long... where you finding this BB ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two fold Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/face-to-face 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 Sandham murders was quite enjoyable. Wife watched quite a few of the episodes as well. Its good in that there is indeed some stores that run through and yet individual cases... set in the lovely archipelago and mostly in summer... with all the murders going on... it really reminded me of midsummer murders... with the tiny 100 person town its set in surrounded with islands...all quite ideal in surrounds and yet with awful goings on and cases to solve.. apparently series 8 has been shot... but yet to air here via sbs ? will keep a look out... so in mean time will check out some of the suggestions folks have posted to get back into the crime dramas / nordic noir.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones28643 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I have just finished the second season of the Swedish series SPRING TIDE on SBS on Demand. Its very enjoyable. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5194410/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Also recently watched the Norwegian series WHITE WALL. You could call it Scandi noir science fiction. Very moody with an enigmatic ending. Also on SBS on Demand. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9648870/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 nordic watch list coming in 2022 .. not sure what on list can check out yet .. https://nordicwatchlist.com/2021/12/22/nordic-tv-series-coming-in-2022/ this thread is about crime dramas overall though, not just Nordic noir, am wondering is there a bit of a lack of mention of Aussie efforts here ? Mistake on my part if the case … any folk watching any decent Aussie crime. Dramas of late ? Do share if the case … we mustn’t forget the top efforts produced in our own back yard … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyr Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 1 hour ago, betty boop said: any folk watching any decent Aussie crime. Dramas of late ? Do share if the case … we mustn’t forget the top efforts produced in our own back yard … I watched "Deep Water" a few months ago. (Can't remember whether it was on Netflix or SBS-OD.) Only 4 episodes but I loved it! There's also "Secret City" - political shenanigans in Canberra. On ABC Iview, I think. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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