The Bridge BBC4 tonight at 9. The Ultimate scandi noir

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The original and the best. If you like crime thrillers and/or scandi noir and you haven't seen it, then you are one lucky viewer!

If, like you've seen it and love, join me and Saga at 9!

Season 1, Episode 1

Looks like another Scandi Noir? Mystery Road?

On the plus side, it looks as though the Saga actor Sofia Helin is in it!

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Looks like another Scandi Noir? Mystery Road?

On the plus side, it looks as though the Saga actor Sofia Helin is in it!

Not Scandinavia but and Aussie one, but she does play a Professor in it. I may watch, just to see what she's like in another role.

Does anybody else find the females massively irritating? Charlotte.....what was the point of her and the icy boss lady and the 2 sisters in series 2.
Quite like Pernille, although slightly drippy and the female cop.

ooh thanks for the tthread - I didn't know this was on iplayer.
I watched season one a few months ago on Prime (i am always years late with stuff) and loved it, so will give season 2 a go.

Sorry confused with my Scandies....Mette is a bit drippy. Pernille is cool. Think there was a Pernille in The Killing?

I don't take much notice of the characters - I have enough trouble getting my head around the story.

I also find that the female characters tend to look alike. I didn't realise Gertrud and Bodil's sister were actually different people (until the end).

They tend to interweave strands and I never know which strand is important, even more so when I miss a bit.

Was there a Munchausen strand involving Msrtin's children or did I imagine that?

@aging disgracefully - yes, the nanny was making Nicolaj ill by putting blood pressure medication in his juice so that she could be the devoted carer the family couldn't manage without..

What a pity they're not putting Series 3 on atm. Hopefully not too long before it comes back.
I'd love to watch Borgen again as well. Who'd have ever thought a story about Danish politicians could be so gripping

@Missingthesea - All three series of Borgen have just appeared on Netflix.
I read that they (Netflix) are producing a new, fourth series sometime next year.

Somehow I missed out on Borgen but have caught up in a matter of days. It is fabulous!

Hurriedly, thanks for the link posted upthread. Just started it. So that's my evening sorted

I like the older female cop ( Hunky's boss) with her weird scarf and earring thing going in!

Is that Lilian, @randomer? I like her too. Loved her short hair in S1.

rosegoldwatcher I'm watching Borgen on Netflix for the first time - just started season 2. Really enjoyable, mild crush on Philip despite his questionable behaviour.

@TheTurn0fTheScrew - yes, Philip is far more appealing than the character that the same actor played in The Killing (2) - Strange the renegade cop.

There are so many actors in Borgen who have been in subsequent series - Torben was in Killing 1, Katrine was in Greyzone, Kasper was Euron Greyjoy in GoT! and my favourite Soren (Lars Mikkelsen) played Troels Hartmann in the Killing, Johannes in Ride Upon the Storm and he was the psychotic media entrepreneur with his mind palace in Sherlock.

@ageingdisgracefully, Yes thats her. Nice look and icy, efficient but human too. The boss guy who had a much needed hair cut in series 2, I love his voice.

Hunky is a mystery to me. He's kinda full figured and bald and wears brown coats but there is something so damned attraactive about him. Oh and he's an unfaithful sleeze too .

@rosegoldwatcher Unfortunately we don't have Netflix, only Freesat. Thanks for the heads up, though

I need Series 3 now!

So glad i found this thread! Desperately trying to find the bridge series with phillip from borgen in it. Big big crush on him

It says series 3 is "coming soon" on iplayer Bridge Fans!

10th October on bbc4

Back on tonight

I'm not watching series 4. Rewatching the others, I am struck by how disturbing some of it is, how the writers dial up Saga's autism for effect and how the mysterious John in the dark glasses is underrated!

Series one and two the bond between Hunky and Saga was so well done. Henrick just didn't do it for me.

I’ve seen the tunnel, it seems exactly the same.

The tunnel is a remake of the Bridge Dusty

@randomer: I've often wondered about the mysterious bespectacled John too.

Is Tunnel worth watching?