Nordic Noir
Lars Mikkelsen (The Killing, House of Cards. Ride Upon the Storm) and Vera Vitali (star of the mega-hit, Bonus Family) immerse you in the crime, magic and music of Scandi Noir.
The actors Lars Mikkelsen (House of Cards, The Killing, Borgen and Ride Upon the Storm) and Vera Vitali (star of the mega-hit series Bonus Family) read from the misdemeanour, magic and poetry of Scandinivian gloom and Nordic Noir - the term given to a genre of crime writing established in the Martin Beck series of novels by Maj Sj枚wall and Per Wahl枚枚 . Other crime writing featured in the programme includes Jo Nesbo, Stieg Larsson and Camilla Lackberg, along with the philosophising of Soren Kierkegaard and prose by William Heinesen that straddles the spirit-world and imagination. As ever, music shapes and charges the atmosphere even further. Sibelius, Nielsen, Hildur Guonnodottir, Bjork, Lars Erik Larsson and Nick Cave all feature.
Producer: Paul Frankl
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