Noir Hear This

By: SBS Radio
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  • Summary

  • In a series of conversations with novelists, screen writers, critics and thinkers, Noir Hear This delves deep into the Scandinavian psyche to uncover why Nordic Noir has become a global phenomenon. In each episode, host Johan Gabrielsson visits a different Scandinavian location to reveal what lies beneath this successful crime genre.
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Episodes
  • Episode 8: Stieg Larsson Redux

    Episode 8: Stieg Larsson Redux
    May 16 2018

    Stieg Larsson was one of the biggest selling Nordic Noir writers with his Millennium series -The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest. So what happened when Larson died?
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    21 mins
  • Episode7: Finnish Punk and Bordertown

    Episode7: Finnish Punk and Bordertown
    May 9 2018

    Bordertown is one the most successful Finnish crime TV series to date. It’s set on the sensitive border between Finland and Russia. We meet its creator Miikko Oikkonen. Antti Tuomainen is part of the new wave of Finnish Nordic Noir writers. His dexterity with language and unusual subject matters have brought him an international cult following. Kati Hiekkapelto is a singer in the Finnish punk band Parrakas nainen (The Bearded Woman). She lives on an isolated island in the Baltic Sea. From there she writes about Detective Fekete, an immigrant from the former Yugoslavia.

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    21 mins
  • Episode 6: The Bridge

    Episode 6: The Bridge
    May 2 2018

    Returning to Sweden with Hans Rosenfeldt, the writer and creator of the Nordic Noir classic TV series The Bridge. And best selling author, Christoffer Carlsson discusses how his work as a criminologist has influenced his writing.
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    22 mins

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