Beck (Swedish TV series) explained

Genre:Crime drama
Based On:Martin Beck – The Story of a Crime by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Developer:Rolf Börjlind
Composer:Adam Nordén
Country:Sweden
Language:Swedish
Num Seasons:9
Num Episodes:50
List Episodes:
  1. Episodes
Executive Producer:Lars Blomgren
Producer:Tomas Michaelsson
Cinematography:Olof Johnson
Editor:Tomas Täng
Runtime:90 minutes (approx.)
Company:Filmlance International AB
Channel:Egmont Film
Last Aired:present

Beck is a Swedish crime drama movie series, based on characters featured in the Martin Beck novels of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, starring Peter Haber as the titular character. The first three series and two specials were released direct-to-video, with a small number of episodes also concurrently released theatrically. To date, fifty episodes have been filmed, with all episodes from the fourth series onwards broadcast on C More.[1] [2]

The first series was written entirely by Rolf Börjlind, while several episodes in series two and three, and the two specials, were co-written by Rolf and Cilla Börjlind. From the books, the character of Kollberg is entirely omitted from the TV series. Mikael Persbrandt announced in 2015 that he would be leaving the series to focus on other projects, although he did return to film Gunvald, the first episode of series six. In 2015, the series was acquired by the BBC as part of their international crime drama slate. The first episode to be broadcast was Buried Alive, on BBC Four.[3]

Cast

Episodes

Series 9 (2022–2024)

In February 2022, the shooting of four Beck films began in Stockholm. (Beck 47–50)[4]

Home Video

MHZ Choice DVD released Beck on DVD in the U.S.A.

MHZ Choice Network streams seasons 1 through 8 in the U.S.A. Season 9 will begin streaming on May 21, 2024.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Unik urpremiär på C More för åtta nya Beck-filmer med Peter Haber . Unique premiere at C More for four new Beck movies with Peter Haber . 7 November 2014 . . Swedish . 8 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141110172948/http://press.cmore.se/pressrelease/show/66841 . 10 November 2014 . dead .
  2. Web site: Beck: Världspremiär för 4 nya filmer . Beck: World premiere for 4 new films . C More Entertainment . Swedish . 18 December 2015 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222104454/http://www2.cmore.se/beck/ . 22 December 2015 . dmy-all .
  3. News: The week in TV: Doctor Foster; Beck; Ballers; Hunted; The Queen's Longest Reign: Elizabeth and Victoria . Ferguson . Euan . 13 September 2015 . . 13 September 2015.
  4. https://www.filmtopp.se/nyhet/cmore-inspelningen-av-fyra-nya-beck-filmer-har-paborjats Filmtopp.se: Inspelningen av fyra nya Beck-filmer har påbörjats