The Bridge (2011 TV series)

The Bridge
Season one DVD for the United Kingdom release
SwedishBron
DanishBroen
Genre
Created byHans Rosenfeldt
Written by
  • Hans Rosenfeldt
  • Camilla Ahlgren
Starring
Opening theme"Hollow Talk" by Choir of Young Believers
Composers
Country of origin
  • Sweden
  • Denmark
Original languages
  • Swedish
  • Danish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes38
Production
Executive producers
  • Stefan Baron
  • Klaus Bassiner
  • Tomas Eskilsson
  • Wolfgang Feindt
  • Tone Rønning
Producers
Production locations
Editors
  • Sofia Lindgren
  • Kristofer Nordin
  • Margareta Lagerqvist
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release21 September 2011 (2011-09-21) –
18 February 2018 (2018-02-18)
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The Bridge (Swedish: Bron, Swedish pronunciation: [bruːn]; Danish: Broen, Danish pronunciation: [pʁoːn]) is a Nordic noir crime television series created and written by Hans Rosenfeldt. A joint production between Sweden's SVT and Denmark's DR, it has been shown in more than 100 countries.[1]

The first season begins with the discovery of a dead body at the centre of the Øresund Bridge, which links the Swedish city of Malmö with the Danish capital Copenhagen, necessitating a joint investigation. Sofia Helin, as the Swedish police detective Saga Norén, stars in all four seasons. In the first and second seasons her Danish counterpart, Martin Rohde, is played by Kim Bodnia; in the third and fourth, the Danish police officer is Henrik Sabroe, played by Thure Lindhardt.

The first season was broadcast on SVT1 and DR1 during the autumn of 2011, and on the United Kingdom's BBC Four the following spring. The second season was aired in the Nordic countries during the autumn of 2013,[2][3][4] and in the UK in early 2014.[5][6][7][8] The third season was broadcast in Denmark, Sweden and Finland during the autumn of 2015 and in the UK in November 2015.[9][10] The fourth season premiered on 1 January 2018 in the Nordic countries,[11][12][13] and was broadcast weekly on BBC Two in the UK from 11 May 2018.[14]

  1. ^ Parkinson, Justin (5 January 2016). "The real story of the Bridge". BBC News Magazine. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Broen – DR". Dr.dk. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Broen – mest populær i Norge – NRK – Kultur og underholdning". Nrk.no. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Silta teki Sofia Helinistä kansainvälisen tähden – Yle Uutiset – yle.fi". Yle.fi. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  5. ^ "The Bridge: episode by episode". The Guardian. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  6. ^ "The Bridge UK – Timeline Photos – Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Bron - Broen – Timeline Photos – Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Silta". Yle (in Finnish). 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  9. ^ "The Bridge returns: Saga welcomed back in series 3". The Week. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  10. ^ Burman, Cecilia (13 July 2016). "Först Marcella – sedan skräckserie". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). p. 21.
  11. ^ Plunkett, John (5 April 2016). "The Bridge creator says fourth series will be show's last". the Guardian.
  12. ^ "Bron säsong 4 Blair seriens sista". Expressen.
  13. ^ Sahlin, John Alexander (1 June 2017). "Slutet nära för succéserien Bron" [Popular show The Bridge near completion]. Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). p. 22.
  14. ^ "The final series of The Bridge will move to BBC2 in 2018". Radio Times.