TV series
Wallander
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 2008-11-30
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 4 seasons
- Episodes
- 12 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Mystery
- Network
- BBC One, PBS
- Production
- Left Bank Pictures, Yellow Bird, TKBC
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
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
- Rebekah Staton as Kristina Albinsson
- Terrence Hardiman as Hakan von Enke
Creators and crew
- Henning Mankell - Creator
- Matthew Read - Executive Producer
- Rebecca Eaton - Executive Producer
- Francis Hopkinson - Executive Producer
- Andy Harries - Executive Producer
- Daniel Gylling - Executive Producer
Seasons
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