The Bridge - BBC4, Saturday 21 April
A grisly discovery on the Oresund Bridge, which links Denmark and Sweden, brings together cops Martin Rohde (Kim Bodnia) and Saga Noren (Sofia Helin) - one from each country - in pursuit of a politically driven serial killer.
Radio TimesReview by:Alison Graham
Nibble tonight’s first two episodes of The Bridge and you will imediately want to devour the whole series. Just be careful not to break your teeth, because this is hard: a tough kernel of a gripping story wrapped in layers of rock. It makes The Killing seem cuddly.
But The Bridge is immensely rewarding: a proper, grown-up thriller dense with characters who aren’t instantly likeable or likeable at all, even after due consideration. Nordic noir fans will love it, and they will fall for its odd, brittle “heroine”, twitchy Swedish detective Saga Noren (Sofia Helin).
Saga isn’t a gimmicky maverick cop; neither is her Danish sidekick, Martin Rohde (Kim Bodnia), a hairy, shambling dad to many children, a mere jokey foil. The pair are thrown together when a body is found in the middle of the Oresund bridge linking Denmark and Sweden. As the joint investigation begins, prepare to enter the murky netherworlds of the dispossessed and the damaged as a determined serial killer decides to right society’s many wrongs.
ABOUT THIS PROGRAMME
Detectives from Denmark and Sweden are forced to work together when a body is found on a bridge between the two countries. However, further investigation reveals the corpse has a gruesome secret - and investigators Saga Noren and Martin Rohde realise the criminal they are chasing will stop at nothing to get his message across. Scandinavian crime drama, in Danish and Swedish, starring Sofia Helin and Kim Bodnia.
Might be worth a look starts tomorrow night BBC4 from 9pm