Tag: foreign tv series
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The New Force, pioneering women police
The New Force comes from Sweden and is based on true events. In 1958 an “experiment” letting women into the police force took place in the Klara police district in Stockholm, the most crime-ridden part of the city. The women quickly proved they were capable of the work, and more women were hired after their…
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The Asset, Danish crime drama
The Asset (Legenden) tells a dark story about a woman who wanted to be a police officer but gets pushed into an undercover role with the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET).
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Graveyard, a Turkish crime series, season 1 review
Graveyard (Mezarlik) is a police procedural from Türkiye. It’s a series about a woman who is assigned to head a special investigations unit working only on the cases of murdered women.
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High Country, a tense mystery series
High Country is an Australian police/mystery series. Leah Purcell stars as a cop who moves her family to a small town in the mountains of Victoria. It isn’t as peaceful and serene as she hoped. She uncovers a complex web of crimes and murders that involve many people.
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When No One Sees Us, mystery series from Spain
When No One Sees Us (Cuando nadie nos ve) comes from Spain. It’s a series about two women investigating several crimes in a small town near a U.S. Air Base in southern Spain.
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Midnight Family, Mexican series about a family of paramedics
Midnight Family, originally titled Familia de medianoche, is based on a documentary of the same name. It tells the story of private ambulances in Mexico City and the part the paramedics riding in them play in life-saving health care. The review is spoiler free. There are many surprises I won’t reveal here.
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Secrets We Keep (Reservatet), Danish crime drama
Secrets We Keep was originally titled Reservatet which translates to “The Reserve,” a wealthy neighborhood north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It’s a dark drama of wealth, power, exploitation, and murder. There are no spoilers in this review.
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Families Like Ours, dystopian drama from Denmark
Families Like Ours looks at a climate future when Denmark is shut down and abandoned because of rising oceans. The story isn’t about climate change, but about how individual characters respond to the nationwide climate-driven crisis.
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The Light in the Hall, a Welsh mystery series
The Light in the Hall is a six part Welsh series. Reporter Cat (Alexandra Roach) returns to her small town when the convicted murdered of her childhood friend is released from prison. Her efforts to write a story about that long ago disappearance bring up all kinds of secrets.