Without The Killing, there would have been no Broadchurch, The Missing or River: British shows that learned how to explore a storyline and a landscape in a way that was daringly slow by local standards. The impact of The Killing on UK crime drama has been so notable that it seems hard to believe that the Danish series was first screened only six years ago. Midnight Sun ought to deliver the best of two worlds.

When an Air France boarding pass becomes a clue, the Swedish police are joined by a detective who flies in from Paris to help.Īs Scandinavia and France have become two of the most successful exporters of TV to the UK in recent years, Midnight Sun ought to deliver the best of two worlds. It starts with a highly original homicide: a man is killed by being strapped to the rotor blades of a flying helicopter, which is found landed, minus the victim’s head and the pilot, in an Arctic Circle town that has permanent sunshine for six months of the year. Belgium, Denmark and Germany collaborated on The Team, and tonight Sky Atlantic premieres a Swedish-French co-production called Midnight Sun. Since Denmark and Sweden worked together in The Bridge – and France and the UK in The Tunnel – harder borders have been crossed. At a time when the continent is riven politically, countries appear ever keener to imagine joint police operations. E uropean broadcasters seem to have invoked a sort of Article Thrifty, creating a single market for crime dramas.

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