PBS Masterpiece Mystery! is featuring Faceless Killers, the first episode of Wallander, Season 2 online. Click here to see the video until November 2, 2010. Click here to read my review for the season.
Kenneth Branagh is Wallander
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The Life and Legacy of Enslaved Virginian Emily Winfree: A Review by Vic
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By Jan Meck and Virginia Refo, The History Press, Released Nov 1, 2021 -
In the past year, this blog has posted a number of articles and book reviews on Black History and Slave History in Georgian England. This book, written by Jan Meck and Virginia Refo, continues in America from the 19th to early 20th century. Find Vic's review on the Jane Austen's World History page at this link. Order the book at U.S. Amazon.
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Highly Recommended a New Book! Bath -An Adumbration in Rhyme, edited by Ben Wiebracht
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In Sri Lanka lies the grave of Rear Admiral Charles Austen CB, Jane Austen’s Brother
The neglected tombstone found in an overgrown burial ground said:
“Sacred to the memory of His Excellency C.J. Austen, Esq.,
Champion of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath,
Rear Admiral of the Red and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty’s Naval Forces on the East India and China Station,
Rear Admiral Charles Austen CB
Died off Prome, the 7th October 1852, while in command of the Naval Expedition on the river Irrawady against the Burmese Forces, aged 73 years.”
The grave after restoration
Read the full article in The Sunday Times. June 27, 2021.
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Episodes of the second Swedish Wallander series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallander_(Swedish_TV_series)
are shown on MHZ Worldview
http://www.mhznetworks.org/mhzworldview/
Kenny B. is way too emotive, if you’ve read any of Mankell’s Wallander. And why the heck can’t the Brits say “Vallander”? Is it that hard?
I caught the last half of the last episode in series 1 and was intrigued. We wathed this episode last night. We enjoyed it, but it was too British. I did not really get a sense of Sweden. This is the only real flaw in the show.
Interestingly, the MHZ network is showing the Swedish version of Wallander at various times in Oct.
The actor, Fredrik Gunnarson, plays the neo-nazi with the shotgun in the Branagh ver. also plays the all around good guy Svensk uniformed cop Svartmann in the Wallander we see on MHZ.
Tatort (Fredy und Max) & the Maigret MHZ shows are great, too.
Thank you all for the MHZ advice. I do not get this channel, but hope others will benefit from your suggestion! As for the British accents, I found them off putting too. This would have been a perfect opportunity to showcase Swedish actors, but perhaps Branagh does not feel comfortable mimicking an accent. If the star cannot attempt a Swedish accent, then they are “stuck” using only British actors.
Vic
BTW, Yellow Bird, Mankell’s production company, also produced The films in THE GIRL WITH DRAGON WHATEVER.. which are actually called something like *Men Who Hate Women* in Svensk.
I think he has a finger in the pie of english versions of these films..
Character of Mankell is a classroom study in fleshing out a character with dimensional bad luck or quirks. Check appropriate box to prop up a cardboard character
The MELANCHOLY DANE syndrome. He’s INTENSE. SILENT, BROODING –qualifying as VERRY Swedish, check.
Diabetic. Check
His own father weird and dysfunctional but lucky enuf to have a cottage and a housekeeper.
Divorced against his will –check.
wife remarried and quite happy –double check.
daughter alienated from Wallender. Check.
wants a beer can’t have one — check.
I tell you the right assortment of checked boxes of assorted sad histories, quirks and you can make a stone walk.