Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter (2012)

Name: Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter
Rating: 8.0

Rating: 8.0

Synopsis

Annika Bengtzon is a journalist and working mother of two struggling to keep her marriage alive. Fearless in her search for the truth, she won't take no for an answer from anyone: not from prestigious academicians, or drug dealers or from colleagues inside her own profession. Her passion for getting the story may bring her into dangerous situations, but it ultimately allows her to peer into the heart of every crime. Annika's not afraid to square off with hardened criminals, but her toughest challenge seems to be trying to balance the job with her sometimes tumultuous private life.

First Air Date: 2012-06-20

Last Air Date: 2012-08-29

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Created By: Liza Marklund

Top Cast

Malin Crépin as Annika Bengtzon
Björn Kjellman as Anders Schyman
Leif Andrée as Spiken
Erik Johansson as Patrik Nilsson
Kajsa Ernst as Berit Hamrin
Christopher Wagelin as Andersson
Antje Traue as Kitten

Seasons

None (2012)

Crime reporter Annika Bengtzon works for the fictional Stockholm newspaper Kvällspressen. Through her investigations, she is drawn into a series of high-profile murder cases where journalism, politics, power and personal danger collide. The series consists of six films based on Liza Marklund’s novels about Annika Bengtzon.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Nobels Last Will (2012-06-20)

Annika Bengtzon is at the Nobelfeast in Stadshuset in Stockholm. An uninvited guest shoots one of the nobelpricewinners and the Nobel Committée spokeswoman Caroline von Behring, and then disappears. Annika Bengtzon is drawn in to the drama - as a witness.
Ep. 2: Prime Time (2012-07-04)

A tv-crew is shooting a tv-series on an isolated castle. After a farewell-party on the castle, the programhost Michelle Carlsson is found shot. Annika Bengtzon get the assignment to watch and write about the murder, when she finds out that one of her best friends was in the castle on the night of the murder, and that she is the main suspect. Bengtzon now has to solve the mystery, and rid her friend of the accusation.
Ep. 3: Studio Sex (2012-07-18)

A young woman is found dead in a park. It turns out, that the dead woman worked at the stripclub Studio Sex and that a high-up politician visited the club on the night of her murder. Annika Bengtzon gets to write about the murder, and that stirs up memories from her own past ... something she would rather have forgotten.
Ep. 4: The Red Wolf (2012-08-01)

A murder of a journalist/reporter in the north of Sweden, is connected to an act of terrorism committed many years earlier. Annika Bengtzon starts a hunt, that leads her into a spiral of terrorism and the remains of a sixties leftwing activistgroup, with connections to the government.
Ep. 5: Lifetime (2012-08-15)

A young woman is the suspect in the murder of her husband, who was a policeman. Annika Bengtzon suspect that corruption is behind the murder, and sets out on a hunt for the real murderer, and puts her own life in danger at the same time.
Ep. 6: A Place in the Sun (2012-08-29)

A swedish family gets killed while on holiday on the sunny coast of Spain. Annika Bengtzon travels to Spain, to report about the case, and discovers that the oldest daughter is missing. Annika discovers a connection to a drug-route between Marocco and Sweden.