Wallander

Synopsis

This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling books by Henning Mankell.

First Air Date: 2008-11-30

Last Air Date: 2016-05-22

Number of Seasons: 4

Number of Episodes: 12

Created By: Henning Mankell

Networks: BBC One, PBS

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Top Cast

Kenneth Branagh as Kurt Wallander
Richard McCabe as Nyberg
Jeany Spark as Linda Wallander
Sarah Smart as Anne-Britt Hoglund
Sadie Shimmin as Lisa Holgersson
Tom Hiddleston as Magnus Martinsson
David Warner as Povel Wallander
Barnaby Kay as Lennart Mattson
Tom Beard as Svedberg
Mark Hadfield as Stefan Lindeman

Seasons

Specials (2008) - (6 Episodes)

Series 1 (2008) - (3 Episodes)

Series 2 (2010) - (3 Episodes)

Series 3 (2012) - (3 Episodes)

Series 4 (2016) - (3 Episodes)

Specials (2008)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Who is Kurt Wallander (2008-12-06)

Well, he's the hero of BBC1's new crime drama starring Kenneth Branagh (9pm tomorrow BBC1). But what shaped this melancholic Swedish detective, and why have more than 25 million copies of the novels featuring him been sold worldwide? Crime writer John Harvey travels to Sweden to find out, talking to people on the streets, shadowing a cop and tracking down Wallander's reclusive but lucid creator, Henning Mankell. By examining Mankell's anti-hero Wallander, it reveals the hidden angst affecting present-day Sweden, a country with an excellent welfare system yet one which has suffered two shocking recent political assassinations. The film tries to grasp what Mankell's characters say about Sweden and how his books inform the rest of the world about Scandinavia's largest country.
Ep. 2: Branagh's Wallander

No overview for this episode.
Ep. 3: Branagh and Mankell Discuss Wallander

Henning Mankel and Kenneth Branagh discuss Kurt Wallander
Ep. 4: The Wallander Look

No overview for this episode.
Ep. 5: Wallander Country

On location with the BBC team
Ep. 6: Being Kurt Wallander

No overview for this episode.