Wallander

Name: Wallander
Director: Philip Martin
Released: 2008-11-30

British television series

TV seriestelevision seriesQ1041885

Started: November 30, 2008
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Ended: June 5, 2016
Creator: Henning Mankell
Network: BBC One(since 2008)
, BBC HD(2008–2010)
, British Broadcasting Corporation
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 12
Cast: Kenneth Branagh
, Tom Hiddleston
, Jeany Spark
, David Warner
+7 more
Genre: drama television series
, crime television series

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Wallander is a British television series broadcast from 2008 to 2016. It was adapted from a Swedish series based on the Swedish novelist Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Kenneth Branagh as the eponymous police inspector. It was the first time the Wallander novels had been adapted into an English-language production. Yellow Bird, a production company formed by Mankell, began negotiations with British companies to produce the adaptations in 2006. In 2007 Branagh met Mankell to discuss playing the role. Contracts were signed and work began on the films, adapted from the novels Sidetracked, Firewall and One Step Behind, in January 2008. Philip Martin was hired as lead director. Martin worked with cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle to establish a visual style for the series.

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Director: Philip Martin
Niall MacCormick
Aspect ratio (W:H): 16:9
Nominations: Satellite Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film(2012)
British Academy Television Award for Best Actor(2010)
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series(2009)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special(2009)
Satellite Award for Best Miniseries(2009)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie(2009)
Awards: British Academy Television Award for Best Actor(2010) winner: Kenneth Branagh
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series(2009) winner: Kenneth Branagh, Philip Martin
Composer: Martin Phipps
Title: Wallander
Based on: Wallander novels
After a work by: Henning Mankell
Characters: Kurt Wallander
Screenwriter: Henning Mankell
Website: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00g4g0p language: English
Distribution format: video on demand
Distributor: Netflix
Has characteristic: television series based on a novel

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