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63. Yes, love Wallander.

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I don't have cable here in the woods in Western Michigan. But my antenna picks up WGVU from Grand Rapids which broadcasts MHz Worldview 24 hours on one of their sub channels. MHz broadcasts international news during the day from all over the globe. At night they broadcast international mystery. One of my favorites last year was the Swedish Wallender series with Krister Henriksson as Kurt Wallander. I confess that I never saw the PBS version with Kenneth Branaugh because MHz was broadcasting the Swedish series with Henriksson at the same time.

What's amazing is that the same production company did both the Swedish and English Wallander series, and both the Swedish and English Larsson Millenium trilogy, although the English version will likely not ever be complete.

Later this year Branaugh returns as Wallander on PBS and I am looking forward to it. It is still filmed on location in Ystad, on the south coast of Sweden by the same production company. I am going to order the Henning Mankell novels from my local bookseller in order. The Swedish films were so damned good that the novels just have to be top drawer. (mixing cultural metaphors)

Happy to hear from another fan.