Tag Archives: The Killing

“I Used To Think You Were The Cleverest Man Alive.”

Back in the day, I would have been chomping-at-the-bit to bash out a feverish blog post about the latest season of Game of Thrones… but this time around, ehhh, not so much. According to the notes I made after each … Continue reading

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Helter Skelter 4

Weirdly, I don’t have much interest in watching English-language crime dramas, but ever since I got hooked on The Killing, subtitled detective stories have become an essential part of my Sunday routine. The latest show to scratch that itch for me was … Continue reading

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Bonus Gråbøl

Once again, there seems to be a scandalous scarcity of Sofie Gråbøl photos coming out of this year’s BAFTA Awards… and while it was flattering to find that my blog was the top hit when I ran a Google Images … Continue reading

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BAFTA TV 5/12

Last night the annual BAFTA TV Awards were held at London’s Royal Festival Hall, and broadcast on BBC1… I didn’t have many horses in this particular race, but I’m certainly not going to let that stop me from writing a … Continue reading

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Blogginlägg | Blog Indlæg

Last night saw the BBC4 premiere of The Bridge (aka “Bron/Broen”), a shiny new Nordic crime thriller, conceived and cast as a Swedish and Danish co-production. Without wishing to give away too many spoilers, the first episode opens with a dead … Continue reading

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The Camilling

As an armchair socialist I’ve never been a big fan of the British Royal Family, but I accept that they’re a big tourist attraction, and that tourism equals jobs/money, so fair enough. Despite their luxurious and glamorous lifestyles, I’ve never … Continue reading

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AbFab: Taler Du Dansk?

[Contains clear, logical SPOILERS!] I wasn’t sure if I was going to write about the three new Absolutely Fabulous specials individually, or just wait until I’d seen them all and then summarise… but last night’s episode featured such an exciting … Continue reading

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Lund Ho!

Tonight the second series of The Killing (aka Forbrydelsen) will kick-off on BBC4, with the first two episodes airing from 9pm onwards. Hurrah! Set two years after the events of the previous series, and consisting of just ten episodes, S02 … Continue reading

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The Nanna-Sagen

I came to The Killing (aka Forbrydelsen) in a rather ass-backwards way… getting drawn in by the story surrounding its BAFTA win, without ever having seen a single second of the series itself! But for the past four weeks the … Continue reading

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Forbrydelsen FTW

It seemed odd to me that there weren’t any photos of Sofie Gråbøl with her BAFTA anywhere online (even on the Academy’s own site), considering that The Killing was apparently popular enough to be nominated for two awards, one of … Continue reading

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