These are fun, whimsical mysteries - Criminal Games is like Mad Men with absolutely none of the brooding.ĭetective Swan Laurence (Samuel Labarthe) and reporter Alice Avril (Blandine Bellavoir). It also carried a message for fans of period dramas, suggesting that the rose-coloured glasses through which we view the past can be enjoyable, it would be a mistake to assume they show us the world as it truly was.īut don't expect any of that here. Last year Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express captured the whimsy and decadence of the period. With an infamous (albeit half-hearted) rivalry between France and England, a French adaptation of one of England’s most famous writer’s collected works seems like an odd pairing, but it works marvelously. There's absolutely nothing better than spending a lazy weekend afternoon watching murder mystery shows and this show is perfect for your Sunday afternoon needs. It’s familiar and safe, while leaning heavily on the twists and turns, red-herrings, and riddles of Mrs Christie’s original stories. Like the first season, this joyfully playful adaptation is great comfort television.
This delightful 50’s set series based on some of the lesser known Agatha Christie stories returns for a second run of slick hair, suits, and cigarettes. ZDF Enterprises is responsible for worldwide distribution outside of Scandinavia.The only thing better than a series of French-relocated-Agatha-Christie-adaptations is a second series of French-relocated-Agatha-Christie-adaptations. It was directed by Lisa James Larsson and Lisa Farzaneh.
The series was produced with support from Nordisk Film & TV fond. F for TV4/C More, in co-production with ZDF, Nadcon and the Government of Åland, and in close collaboration with ZDF Enterprises and Agatha Christie Ltd.In addition to Johan Rheborg and Hanna Alström in the leading roles, the cast also includes a starring lineup of other actors who appear in various roles throughout the series, including David Fukamachi Regnfors, Alida Moberg, Peter Kanerva, Björn Andrésen, Evelyn Mok, Roshi Hoss, Peter Eggers, Livia Millhagen, Niklas Engdahl, Bengt Braskered, Sanna Sundqvist, Jonas Malmsjö, Shiham Surafa and Joel Spira.Īgatha Christie’s Hjerson was produced by Patrik Andersson and Ulf Synnerholm at BR The role of Klara Sandberg is played by Hanna Alström, acclaimed for her roles in numerous films and television series, including Sameblod, Kingsman: The Secret Service, and Ted – In the Name of Love. There’s just one snag – she’s never actually met Sven Hjerson. Her career has stagnated and she is looking for something new – is this really all that life has to offer? When she manages to successfully pitch the idea for a new TV show starring Hjerson, it could just be the solution to all of her problems. Klara Sandberg is a reality TV producer living with her partner Niklas and their daughter Olivia. Now retired from the limelight, living on the fringes of society, his life mainly consists of daily routines, a vegan diet, vinyl record collecting and an unhealthy appetite for gossip. The former investigator Sven Hjerson has solved some of the toughest cases in Swedish crime history. Sven Hjerson and Klara Sandberg © Johan Paulin, TV4 & C More Johan Rheborg stars in the leading role as detective Sven Hjerson, and his sidekick Klara Sandberg is played by Hanna Alström. This character is brought to life, and taken to modern-day Sweden to explore new crimes and cases. Ariadne, in turn, has her own master detective: Scandinavian sleuth Sven Hjerson, who loves crudités and cold winter swims and solving murder mysteries. Agatha Christie created Ariadne Oliver, a mystery crime writer who Christie herself admitted to sharing certain similarities with. Never before has a spin-off character from Agatha Christie’s literary universe been adapted into a television series, until now. It airs on streaming platform C More from Monday 16th August, and will be broadcast on TV4 from Tuesday 24th August. The eight-part-show is a thrilling meta whodunnit set in contemporary Sweden, and the Finnish island of Åland. The new TV series Agatha Christie's Hjerson arrives in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland in August.