Specials

S0 · E1 · 6 Dec 2008 · 89 min

Who is Kurt Wallander

Well, he's the hero of BBC1's new crime drama starring Kenneth Branagh (9pm tomorrow BBC1). But what shaped this melancholic Swedish detective, and why have more than 25 million copies of the novels featuring him been sold worldwide? Crime writer John Harvey travels to Sweden to find out, talking to people on the streets, shadowing a cop and tracking down Wallander's reclusive but lucid creator, Henning Mankell. By examining Mankell's anti-hero Wallander, it reveals the hidden angst affecting present-day Sweden, a country with an excellent welfare system yet one which has suffered two shocking recent political assassinations. The film tries to grasp what Mankell's characters say about Sweden and how his books inform the rest of the world about Scandinavia's largest country.

S0 · E2 · Date not announced · 16 min

Branagh's Wallander

S0 · E3 · Date not announced · 27 min

Branagh and Mankell Discuss Wallander

Henning Mankel and Kenneth Branagh discuss Kurt Wallander

S0 · E4 · Date not announced · 12 min

The Wallander Look

S0 · E5 · Date not announced · 15 min

Wallander Country

On location with the BBC team

S0 · E6 · Date not announced · 11 min

Being Kurt Wallander