wallander bbc4

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I really am addicted, they are so gloomy and fascinating.
Anyone watched yesterdays episode?
was a bit like CSI Miami, wasnt it?

They're good, aren't they. Looking at the Swedish Wallander, I could understand better why they cast Kenneth Branagh for the british version-swedish one Much better.

I agree that the Swedish one is heaps better. Loved it. V sad story about the actress who played Linda though - apparently she was involved in the Tsunami and saved her tiny child, but never really recovered, and killed herself a couple of years later.

Oohh .... can any of you lot help?

Does anyone know if the programme has explained why/where Linda has gone? I know about the actress (really sad), and have seen a few scenes of Wallander looking sadly at a picture, but wasn;t sure if/how the writers had written Linda out.

Anyway, any help appreciated.

I don´t think there was an explanation.

I think the author was still writing about the character when the actress who played her died & it was just left-he didn´t finish the book.

the new wallander films are not any more directly based on the henning mankel books afaik.
I still like them, they have the same gloomy athmosphere. love it.

I wasn't sure how they were going to work without Linda and Stefan, but I too have really enjoyed this latest series. There are some really strong characters and the acting is excellent.

I have a soft spot for Svartman, especially in the early episodes - something awful seemed to happen to him every week .

Yes, that's right they've run out of books. Stefan and Linda were great. I love Svartman and Nyberg too, though Isabelle and Pontus are starting to get on my nerves (every week they go into a situation without back-up and the same thing happens ....).

Sorry I meant to add that diddl is right - the author has publicly said he will never write about the character of Linda again because he was devastated by what happened to JS in real life.

Yes, Pontus & Isabel def. annoying.

I miss Stefan

last episode last night.
oh I will miss it.

Repeated on Thursday night usually.