Swedish Wallander Series 2

I watched it:D:D
Guess Jussi the dog was named after Jussi Bjoling Swedish Tenor (I think)(bet I spelt that wrong) and a favourite of Papa's according to Linda:D
 
They sure do get a lot of action in that small Swedish town don't they?

Sunglasses, gum, a walnut tint for his hair, a shiny new Saab AND a potential new love interest, Kurt's doing all right these days.
 
Let's face it, some of the plotting in our favourite programme is ludicrous and yet it still has an authenticity and veracity that not many other programmes come close to.

How the production company achieves that is the magic of SW.

Looking forward to seeing series 1.
 
Whilst trying to find out what had happened to Henning Mankell I went to the Radio Sweden web site to listen to their news in English. Which is how I discovered that the Swedish for "Listen Again" is... lyssna igen.
 
RT raving about the last episode:

'as a police procedural, this isn't without cracks, yet it stirs up a thick and powerful brew involving fraility, morality and the pursuit of happiness. it's a stonking finale'

:D:D
 
Strange comment in next week's RT in the iPlayer catch-up pages - I quote: "The Swedish detective has become a BBC4 fixture, yet still many remain unconvinced that the original (sic) Kurt has the chops of Kenneth Branagh (who stars in the British adaptation)."
Now I'm a native English speaker and I can't work out what this means (except that I'm fairly sure that it's not a compliment),- anyone any ideas??:confused:
 
Yes I thought that too. Jussi Bjorling is mentioned quite a bit in the books and one of his recorRAB was the first one that Wallander bought in his youth. The neighbour upstairs is always banging when Kurt plays the record too loud.
 
I partly agree with you, but I would say that the main difference between the two shows is that the Swedish Wallander is a decent crime show, like Taggart or Frost, with the added novelty of a Swedish setting, while the Branagh version is an attempt at something more "arty".

How well they succeed in their aims is a matter of opinion. I preferred the first series of SW, but still find the second series watchable.

Some people will always prefer a good cop show like Swedish Wallander to the arty, you could say pretentious, sort of stuff that Kenneth Branagh comes up with.
 
Well speaking a little bit of English. He seemed quite moved by the award and his lovely pals were equally happy too.

I'm glad to see GB TV recognising and awarding a quality foreign drama.
 
The usual thing would have been to put up a picture and dates at the end of the closing credits............but maybe that's not the thing in Sweden:cry:
 
Quick reply to my post: yes, Don Giovanni, the woman in the aria is saying she must leave the hero but one day they will be together, then the hero comes on stage alone and says he will follow her anywhere -

- so quite fitting to have that playing in the background.
 
Twister's Twin said:
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yes that's right, Krister has stated in many interviews he won't play Wallander again and series 2 was only made as he was very disappointed with some of the S1 films.

However a few years ago Mankell said he would never write about Linda again...then another Wallander book  'Den Orolige Mannen' came out and Linda features heavily in that.
(Kris did the audio version for this book in Sweden).

So I guess never say never. No chance of it being in near future though as Kris is concentrating on the theatre for this year at least. :)
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There was that episode in Season 2 where Svartman was sent off to interview two kiRAB who had found a body just as he was about to take his wife and kiRAB to a meal with the mother in law so he had to drive to the scene with them in the family car :)

I thought that it was very amusing and added something to his character
 
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