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W  A  L  L  A  N  D  E  R    Series  4  

   

     

   

A  Left  Bank  Pictures  Production  for  BBC  One      

     

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Series  Synopsis      Kenneth  Branagh  returns  for  a  new  trilogy  in  what  will  be  a  dark,  thrilling  and  emotional  finale  for  our  dedicated  Swedish  detective.    In  The  White  Lioness  Wallander  is  drawn  into  the  case  of  a  missing  Swedish  national  while  attending  a  police  conference  in  South  Africa.  It  is  the  start  of  a  physical  and  emotional  journey  that  leads  him  from  the  aching  beauty  of  rural  Africa  to  the  intense  poverty  of  the  townships.    Back  in  Sweden  for  A  Lesson  in  Love,  Wallander  investigates  the  murder  of  a  middle-­‐aged  woman.  As  the  investigation  unravels,  Wallander  senses  he  is  being  followed  –  targeted  –  but  by  demons  he  cannot  identify…    In  The  Troubled  Man,  Wallander  is  in  a  race  against  time  as  he  embarks  on  his  final  case  –  the  disappearance  of  Linda’s  father-­‐in-­‐law.  Becoming  entangled  in  cold  war  politics  and  fractured  familial  relationships,  Wallander  must  prevail  against  the  odds  if  he  is  to  safeguard  his  daughter’s  future.            

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SIR  KENNETH  BRANAGH  as  WALLANDER    Where  do  we  find  Wallander  at  the  beginning  of  this  series?    He  appears  to  be  sorting  out  his  life.  He  shaves,  he  combs  his  hair  more.    He  seems  to  have  a  potentially  satisfying  relationship  with  a  woman.  His  relationship  with  his  daughter  is  much  better,  too.  He  adores  being  a  grandad.  But  just  at  that  point,  life  intervenes.  There  is  additional  poignancy  in  the  fact  things  start  to  go  wrong  for  Wallander  at  the  very  moment  where  he  seems  to  be  getting  his  life  back  together.    What  else  is  disturbing  him?    He  has  father  issues.  Perhaps  inevitably,  he  is  surrounded  by  images  of  his  father.  Povel  spent  his  lifetime  doing  the  same  thing  –  painting  the  same  image  over  and  over  again.  Wallander  is  trying  to  understand  whether  that’s  a  good  thing.  Writer  Malcolm  Gladwell  says  that  you  need  to  spend  10,000  hours  on  something  before  you  can  become  an  expert  in  it.  Wallander’s  father  spent  10,000  hours  painting  grouse,  and  Wallander  has  spent  10,000  hours  policing.  Maybe  that  has  made  him  a  very  good  policeman.  But,  he  is  now  faced  with  thinking  about  that  and  considering  what  his  life  adds  up  to.    Why  is  “The  Troubled  Man”  such  an  appropriate  title  for  the  final  episode  of  Wallander?    Wallander  always  was  troubled.  Henning  Mankell  enjoys  his  characters  being  ruminative    and  meditative.  He  enjoys  them  being  troubled.  He  enjoys  situation  and  plot,  but  mostly  he  enjoys  what’s  happening  in  people’s  interior  lives,  particularly  Wallander’s.  He  believes  his  audience  is  interested  in  that,  too.    Is  it  his  job  that  makes  him  so  troubled?    Wallander  is  preoccupied  with  the  substance  and  circumstances  of  crimes.  He  can’t  ever  be  indifferent  to  discovering  dead  bodies.  It’s  never  just  his  shock  at  the  violence  –  it’s  everything  else,  too.  He  knows  he’s  going  to  have  to  make  a  phone  call  –  ‘Yes,  she’d  been  dead  a  few  days,  she  lives  locally,  she’s  a  teenager.’      Tell  us  more…    He  immediately  connects  with  the  human  cost  of  crime  –  whose  daughter,  whose  sister  is  it?  In  a  place  the  size  of  Ystad,  people  know  each  other.  They’re  interconnected.  So  he  can’t  help  being  really  driven  to  find  answers  for,  and  about,  people  he  knows.    Does  the  bleak  Swedish  landscape  exacerbate  Wallander’s  sense  of  isolation?    The  landscape  is  like  another  character.  The  size  and  space  gives  time  to  think.  For  good  or  ill,  your  imagination  has  freedom  to  roam.  This  area  provides  that.        

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Does  the  extreme  weather  shape  people,  too?    The  wind  blows  viciously  across  this  flat  landscape.  You  can’t  get  away  from  it.  It  is  a  landscape  of  extremes.  When  winter  kicks  in,  people  dig  in.    The  Swedish  midsummer  can  be  very  pagan  and  lunatic.  You  see  that  in  August  Strindberg’s  play,  Miss  Julie,  where  the  midsummer  revels  are  an  extreme  contrast  to  the  darkness  and  the  containment  of  winter.  That  can’t  help  but  affect  your  personality.      Why  has  “Nordic  Noir”  become  so  popular?    It’s  partly  the  rich  atmosphere  of  somewhere  completely  different.    In  Britain,  we  tend  to  be  reliant  on  being  quick  with  words.  We  try  always  to  come  up  with  an  answer  and  feel  embarrassed  if  we  can’t  find  anything  to  say.  Scandinavians  don’t  so  much.  They  often  just  look  at  you  in  silence,  unembarrassed.          

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BENJAMIN  CARON  –  DIRECTOR    

What  is  Wallander’s  state  at  the  beginning  of  this  series?    From  when  we  first  met  Wallander  in  the  first  series  eight  years  ago,  the  character  has  changed  significantly.  Though  he  still  finds  it  hard  to  make  relationships  work,  he  is  now  more  open  with  his  feelings  and  slightly  less  angry.  For  instance,  where  previously  there  was  tension  between  Wallander  and  his  daughter  Linda,  since  becoming  a  grandfather  Wallander  has  softened  and  their  relationship  has  become  close.  There  is  a  sense  of  the  generations  moving  on  and  he  is  letting  go  of  some  of  the  heavy  burdens  that  weighed  on  him  in  the  past.    How  does  Wallander  cope  with  the  stresses  of  the  job?    It's  a  question  he  addresses  in  the  first  film,  “The  White  Lioness”.  At  the  end  of  the  conference  in  South  Africa,  he  asks  if  the  police  can  make  a  difference.  He  concludes  that  every  small  action  counts.  He  knows  he  can’t  change  the  world,  but  he  keeps  trying  and  he  does  care.    What  does  Kenneth  Branagh  bring  to  the  role  of  Wallander?    Just  a  spectacular  amount  of  nuance,  control  and  authenticity.    Ken  has  carried  the  weight  of  this  particular  character  through  his  whole  journey,  making  us  feel  completely  connected  to  him  and  his  story.      Ken  has  a  piercing  intellect.  He  throws  himself  into  the  world  of  Wallander.  He  is  constantly  trying  to  seek  the  truth  of  the  character  and  he  also  has  an  incredible  work  ethic.  He  is  always  the  first  to  arrive  on  set  and  the  last  to  leave.  In  the  past,  television  detectives  have  sometimes  been  a  bit  glib  about  the  murders  they  are  investigating.  But  Wallander  feels  everything  very  deeply  and  each  crime  takes  its  toll  on  him.  Ken  wants  that  truth  represented  on  screen  and  delivers  every  time.    What  does  the  austere  Swedish  landscape  add  to  the  drama?    I  love  filming  here  because  these  wonderful  landscapes  directly  express  the  drama.  People  bandy  around  the  word  “cinematic”,  but  that’s  exactly  what  it  is.  It’s  beautiful,  but  bleak.  The  heavy  grey  sky  feels  like  it’s  pressing  down  on  the  characters,  especially  Wallander.  Weather  and  landscapes  add  an  extra  dimension  and  atmosphere  to  the  drama.        Is  Wallander  affected  by  the  fact  that  the  sheen  has  come  off  the  image  of  Sweden’s  once  ideal  society?    Yes.  Wallander  represents  the  general  disillusionment  with  the  perfect  society  that  Sweden  once  appeared  to  be.  Mankell  said  that  people  in  the  UK  were  misguided  in  thinking  Sweden  perfect  and  for  believing  the  mythology  about  Sweden's  ideal,  peaceful,  democratic  society.  Look  at  what’s  happening  in  Sweden  now  with  immigration,  for  instance.  Wallander’s  story  is  entwined  with  the  story  of  Sweden’s  lost  dream.  

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 What  appealed  to  you  about  Peter  Harness’  scripts  for  Wallander?    Peter  is  a  terrific  writer.  He  is  able  to  get  under  the  skin  of  Wallander  and  understand  the  character's  complexity  in  a  way  that  not  many  writers  can.  It’s  very  difficult  to  render  Mankell’s  books  on  screen.  But  Peter  lives  in  Sweden,  and  it’s  in  his  blood.      Why  do  audiences  love  “Nordic  Noir”  so  much?    Scandinavia  has  this  vast  wide  landscape  that  is  tremendously  atmospheric.  It  also  has  these  very  long,  very  dark  winters  which  give  the  country  a  kind  of  melancholia  which  is  visually  striking  and  also  ripe  for  tales  of  dark  deeds.    Tell  us  about  the  final  film,  “The  Troubled  Man”.    Wallander  is  still  pursued  by  psychological  demons  but  this  story  is  his  attempt  to  solve  his  final  case  and  safeguard  his  family’s  future.  It  shows  him  as  a  noble  man.  It’s  a  very  fitting  goodbye.    Finally,  how  did  you  find  it  working  on  Wallander?    It’s  been  the  most  thrilling  experience  I’ve  had  in  my  career  thus  far.      

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PETER  HARNESS  –  WRITER    What’s  the  secret  to  Wallander’s  success?    I  think  it’s  been  successful  for  a  number  of  reasons.  The  reflective,  slightly  philosophical  nature  of  it,  it’s  a  detective  show  which  is  less  about  the  crimes  and  more  about  the  detective  himself.  Usually  the  crimes  somehow  mirror  what’s  going  on  in  his  personal  life,  what’s  going  on  in  his  brain  at  the  time.  There’s  more  time  to  go  on  those  personal  journeys  with  him.  Another  element  in  its  success  is  the  landscape.  Scandinavia  is  very  close  to  us  but  it’s  also  very  different  and  we’ve  always  made  full  use  of  the  Scandinavian  landscape.  I  think  Wallander  really  kicked  the  door  open  for  Nordic  noir.  All  of  the  Swedish  series,  The  Bridge  and  The  Killing,  all  came  in  the  wake  of  the  success  of  the  BBC’s  Wallander.    What’s  new  for  Wallander?    I  think  a  big  change  for  him  is  that  he’s  become  a  grandfather  and  that’s  made  him  very  happy.  I  think  it’s  mended  a  lot  of  things  in  his  relationship  with  his  daughter  as  well.  He  has  the  same  kind  of  relationship  with  his  granddaughter  that  his  dad  had  with  Linda.  He  feels  a  lot  calmer  and  he  feels  as  though  he’s  let  go  of  a  lot  of  the  stuff  we  saw  him  deal  with  in  the  first  couple  of  series.  He’s  moved  on  to  a  calmer  and  more  peaceful  place  in  his  life  I  think.    How  is  the  new  series  different?    This  series  does  feel  different.  It  looks  different  actually  because  we  shot  it  at  a  different  time  and  it’s  been  such  a  grey,  sunless,  rainy  autumn  here.  It  looks  very  different  to  the  cornfields  in  the  sun  of  the  first  couple  of  series.  We  wouldn’t  usually  say  that  we  were  fortunate  to  be  rained  out  but  it’s  brought  a  very  lost,  melancholy,  cloudy  quality  to  it,  which  mirrors  what  he’s  going  through.  The  last  two  films  certainly  are  the  most  personal  films,  you  follow  him  very  closely  seeing  more  into  his  personal  life  than  ever  before.  They  feel  a  lot  more  emotional,  compared  to  other  series.    How  Sweden  is  represented?    I  think  Wallander  is  a  very  clear  distillation  of  the  Scandinavian  mindset.  It’s  very  philosophical  and  it  doesn’t  mind  getting  quite  dark  and  serious.  It’s  really  about  the  disjunction  between  this  supposedly  perfect  set  of  societies,  which  are  well-­‐functioned,  well-­‐running,  peaceful  societies  and  the  considerable  darkness  that  lurks  underneath.    I  lived  in  Sweden  for  about  seven  years,  prior  to  working  on  Wallander.  I’ve  fallen  in  love  with  it  I  think  after  time.  It’s  quite  a  reserved  country.  The  people  are  quite  reserved  and  they  take  some  time  to  get  to  know  but  once  you  have  it’s  a  very  easy  place  to  live.  It’s  a  great  place  to  bring  children  up  but  slightly  bi-­‐polar  in  the  sense  that,  the  winters  are  miserable  and  the  people  are  miserable  during  this  time  but  as  soon  as  there’s  a  ray  of  sunshine,  everything  just  blossoms.        

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What  was  your  working  relationship  like  with  Henning?    I  had  a  very  enjoyable  working  relationship  with  Henning,  and  I  feel  very  privileged  that  I  did.  He  was  kind  and  supportive,  and  the  last  time  I  saw  him  he  was  in  good  spirits  and  full  of  fight  and  bravery.  A  remarkable  man,  a  fantastic  author  and  a  real  champion  of  justice  in  the  world.  He’s  sadly  missed.      What  is  the  background  behind  ‘A  Troubled  Man’?    The  series  reveals,  there  were  many  submarine  incursions  into  Swedish  waters  in  the  1980s,  with  the  first  one  definitely  Russian.  It  ran  aground,  as  the  captain  was  drunk.  A  number  of  other  cases  were  never  brought  to  the  surface  causing  a  political  scandal.  Many  thought  they  were  let  go  so  the  government  didn’t  provoke  a  diplomatic  confrontation  with  Russia.  There  was  also  a  lot  of  doubt  surrounding  each  submarine’s  origin  –  were  they  Russian,  from  another  country  or  even  NATO?  The  truth  of  it  has  never  really  been  discovered.  We  find  out  Linda’s  father-­‐in-­‐law  (Håkon)  was  a  commander  on  one  of  the  boats  charged  to  discover  these  submarines  and  was  not  allowed  to  do  so.    Remarkably,  in  the  past  month  or  two  there  have  actually  been  incursions  by  unknown  submarines  in  Swedish  waters!  The  same  kind  of  questions  have  arisen,  whether  they  were  purposely  let  go  because  they  don’t  want  to  provoke  a  confrontational  conversation  with  Putin,  or  whoever  it  might  be.  It’s  been  fantastically  topical,  so  thanks  to  Putin  or  whoever  sent  them  for  making  our  films  seem  a  lot  more  up  to  date  than  perhaps  they  might  have  done.    Does  Wallander  provoke  empathy?    He  provokes  empathy  in  the  audience  because  he  doesn’t  disguise  his  feelings,  perhaps  he  tries  to,  but  he  isn’t  very  good  at  it.  A  lot  of  awful  stuff  does  happen  to  him;  you  want  things  to  go  well  but  seemingly  it  never  does.  For  that  reason,  he’s  always  got  the  audience’s  sympathy  and  the  fact  that  he  will  always  do  the  right  thing,  no  matter  what  the  cost.    Has  Wallander  paved  the  way  for  Scandinavian  drama?    I  think  Wallander  did  pave  the  way  for  the  craze  of  Nordic  noir.  It  was  a  very  rich  field  waiting  to  be  explored  because  there  are  so  many  good  crime  novelists  and  they  all  have  this  trick  of  exposing  the  difference  between  the  social  exterior,  and  what  goes  on  underneath.  All  of  them  are  also  quite  political;  they’re  about  something  with  quite  a  big  underlying  theme  which  people  can  really  get  to  grips  with.  They  are  also  very  good  at  telling  stories  over  ten  or  twelve  episodes,  which  we’ve  started  to  do  more  in  the  UK.  Before  imported  series  came  in  we  were  not  doing  that  so  much,  using  two,  three,  six  episodes  max  to  tell  the  story.  Now  it  seems  we  are  more  open  to  that  novelistic,  deeper  storytelling.        

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What  are  your  thoughts  on  the  series  ending?    I  hope  with  this  final  series  we’ve  given  him  the  send  off  that  he  deserves.  I  hope  I’ve  given  him  something  to  be  cheerful  about  and  of  course  there  is  going  to  be  a  lot  of  misery,  angst  and  soul  searching  along  the  way.  As  I  got  to  the  end  of  it,  in  a  very  perverse  way  it’s  a  happy  ending.  Wallander  is  in  a  much  better  place  as  a  man  than  we’ve  seen  him.      

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Synopses    

The  White  Lioness    

Wallander  is  attending  a  police  conference  in  Cape  Town  when  he’s  asked  by  the  South  African  police  to  help  with  the  case  of  Inga  Hedeman,  a  Swedish  voluntary  worker  in  the  townships  who’s  been  missing  for  ten  days.  Of  course  Wallander  finds  himself  unable  to  confine  himself  to  talking  to  the  husband  as  requested  and  instead  becomes  deeply  involved  in  the  search  for  the  missing  woman  –  at  times  alongside  local  detective  Sergeant  Grace  Thembu  and  at  times  on  his  own.  A  combination  of  gut  instinct  and  inspired  police  work  lead  Wallander  first  to  a  deserted  farmhouse  where  he  finds  evidence  of  Inga’s  presence  and  a  severed  black  finger;  then  to  a  drinking  den  in  one  of  the  townships  where  he  comes  face  to  face  with  the  finger’s  owner  –  a  low-­‐life  criminal  in  his  early  twenties  –  Mabasha.  But  even  as  Wallander  tries  to  get  Mabasha  to  open  up  to  him  about  Inga’s  fate,  an  armed  man  tries  to  attack  the  young  black  man.  Wallander  saves  Mabasha  but  he  subsequently  escapes.      After  a  dressing  down  by  elderly  black  Tourism  Minister  and  one-­‐time  ANC  freedom  fighter,  Max  Khulu,  Grace  invites  Wallander  back  to  a  family  braai.  Here  Wallander  discovers  that  this  dedicated  detective  is  a  single  mother  with  a  tragic  past.  As  they  talk  he  is  deeply  impressed  that  despite  the  immense  problems  facing  her  country  she  has  a  deep-­‐rooted  sense  of  hope.    On  returning  to  his  hotel  Wallander  finds  Mabasha  waiting  for  him.  Desperate  for  help  and  badly  wounded  the  young  man  forces  Wallander  to  drive  him  out  to  the  now  almost  deserted  rural  village  that  was  once  his  home  –  like  so  many  his  family  moved  to  the  city  in  the  hope  of  making  their  lives  better  only  to  find  this  dream  crushed.  Slowly  Wallander  earns  Mabasha’s  trust.  The  boy  reveals  he  was  recruited  and  trained  as  an  assassin  by  a  white  man  (Meyer)  –  that  he  tried  to  save  Inga  Hedeman  when  she  stumbled  upon  them.  Mabasha  tried  to  help  her  but  Meyer  cut  off  his  finger  and  he  fled.    With  Mabasha’s  health  deteriorating  fast  Wallander  has  to  go  for  medical  supplies  but  when  he  returns  he  finds  Meyer  has  been,  with  devastating  consequences.    Wallander  and  Grace  deduce  that  Mabasha  was  being  trained  to  kill  Bernie  Meyiwa,  a  young  radical  ANC  politician,  and  protégé  of  Max  Khulu,  running  for  local  office  on  the  promise  of  rooting  out  corruption.  A  huge  manhunt  for  Meyer  commences  but  Wallander  pursues  his  own  leads,  finally  finding  Inga’s  body  at  a  deserted  military  base.  When  Meyer  falls  to  his  death  here  it  seems  there  is  nothing  more  to  be  done  until  Wallander  answers  the  dead  man’s  phone  and  hears  Max  Khulu’s  voice  on  the  other  end.      Wallander  meets  with  Grace  and  together  they  put  the  missing  pieces  together.  The  once  idealistic  ANC  leader  was  behind  the  assassination;  as  he  is  deeply  involved  with  a  corrupt  property  deal  that  his  friend  and  protégé  Bernie  Meyiwa  has  promised  to  prevent  if  elected.  A  confrontation  with  Khulu  leads  nowhere  though  as  there  is  no  hard  proof.  Troubled  by  Khulu’s  icy  calm  Wallander  realises  at  Bernie’s  rally,  that  Meyer  trained  more  than  one  assassin.    

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With  only  minutes  to  spare  Wallander  and  Grace  race  to  save  Bernie.  Finding  the  assassin,  another  desperate  young  man  like  Mabasha  –  Wallander  talks  him  down  and  lets  him  walk  away.  The  case  comes  to  a  devastating  end  when  they  confront  Khulu…      Despite  the  tragedy  and  challenges  Wallander  has  faced  in  Cape  Town,  our  hero  leaves  South  Africa  with  a  renewed  sense  of  hope  that  he  can  make  a  difference.      

A  Lesson  in  Love    In  our  opening  scene  Wallander  is  mugged.  The  next  morning,  bruised  and  embarrassed,  Wallander  lies  about  the  incident  to  his  family.  We  meet  Wallander’s  granddaughter,  Klara,  and  we  realise  that,  for  once,  Wallander  is  putting  his  personal  relationships  ahead  of  his  work.    Arriving  late  to  the  police  station,  Wallander  joins  the  search  for  an  elderly  woman  who  has  recently  gone  missing  from  an  old  people’s  home.  As  anticipated,  they  find  the  elderly  woman  wandering  in  the  nearby  forest  but,  completely  unanticipated,  they  also  stumble  across  the  body  of  a  middle-­‐aged  woman,  half  buried  in  the  forest  swamps.  She  has  been  stabbed…    Wallander  searches  the  murdered  woman’s  (Erika)  house.  There  has  clearly  been  a  struggle  and  there  is  no  sign  of  Erika’s  daughter,  Hanna  (16),  although  they  do  find  her  blood  leading  the  police  to  fear  the  daughter  has  been  kidnapped.    Through  his  investigation,  Wallander  learns  that  Erika  had  been  embroiled  in  an  ongoing  feud  with  some  local  bikers,  whom  she  was  campaigning  to  get  evicted.  When  Wallander  approaches  the  bikers  at  their  nearby  residence,  he  can’t  help  but  feel  threatened  by  one  of  the  bikers  –  Gustav.  Wallander  returns  home  surprisingly  shaken  –  it  appears  the  mugging  has  unsettled  him  more  than  he  realised…    Meanwhile,  journalists  are  beginning  to  sniff  around,  desperate  to  learn  more  about  the  missing  16-­‐year-­‐old.  Wallander  returns  to  the  bikers’  residence,  but  this  time  with  a  colleague  and  to  carry  out  a  search.  It’s  not  long  before  they  find  the  murder  weapon  –  a  bloodied  knife  –  but  the  bikers  are  adamant  that  the  weapon  has  been  planted.  A  brawl  breaks  out,  resulting  in  the  whole  of  the  biker  gang  being  arrested.    Wallander  leaves  the  case  to  attend  Linda’s  father-­‐in-­‐law’s  (Håkon)  birthday  party.  Out  of  his  comfort  zone  in  their  imposing  abode,  Wallander  is  taken  aside  by  Håkon  who  talks  about  his  career  in  the  navy  and  the  challenges  he  faced.  Wallander  is  left  slightly  bemused  by  Håkon’s  conversation  but  this  is  long  forgotten  when  he  returns  to  Ystad  to  find  a  long  lost  love,  Baiba,  waiting  for  him.    Back  at  the  station,  the  case  takes  an  unexpected  turn  when  it’s  revealed  that  the  prints  on  the  knife  belong  to  Gustav’s  young  son.  Wallander  questions  why  a  boy  would  murder  two  people  in  order  to  impress  his  father  but,  with  Gustav’s  son  too  scared  to  communicate,  Wallander  has  no  choice  but  to  keep  him  in  custody.  

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 When  Wallander  returns  home  from  a  blissful  night  out  with  Baiba  to  find  firefighters  attending  to  his  house,  Wallander  becomes  convinced  that  Gustav  is  targeting  him,  attempting  to  intimidate  him  into  releasing  his  son.  But  just  as  Wallander  confronts  him,  it  appears  Gustav  has  come  forward  with  some  unexpected  evidence…    The  investigation  shifts  gear  and,  with  the  new  information  in  hand,  Wallander  knows  he  will  soon  come  face-­‐to-­‐face  with  the  killer.  However,  in  doing  so,  he  encounters  unforeseen  complications  which  lead  to  some  uncomfortable  truths.  In  a  staggering  climax,  Wallander  is  left  emotionally  reeling.    We  leave  the  episode  with  the  case  solved  but  with  Wallander,  our  hero,  looking  towards  an  uncertain  future.  He  is  about  to  be  confronted  with  his  most  troublesome  adversary  yet:  himself.  

   

The  Troubled  Man    Håkon  von  Enke,  a  retired  high-­‐ranking  Swedish  naval  officer,  vanishes  during  his  daily  walk  in  a  forest  one  morning.  Håkon  is  Linda’s  father-­‐in-­‐law  so  when  Wallander,  temporarily  suspended  from  Ystad  police,  is  approached  by  his  distressed  daughter,  he  can’t  help  but  investigate  further.      Wallander  stays  with  Hakon’s  wife,  Louise,  in  order  to  carry  out  his  investigation  but  feels  increasingly  awkward  in  her  presence.  From  talking  to  Håkon’s  old  friend,  Norlander,  Wallander  learns  about  a  submarine  incident  in  1980  where  there  were  rumours  of  Russian  submarines  trespassing  in  Swedish  waters  that  were  never  exposed.  Håkon  had  become  fixated  on  this  cover-­‐up.  Had  he  ruffled  the  wrong  feathers?  Is  there  a  chance  he  was  murdered  for  speaking  out?    Wallander  meets  another  of  Håkon’s  friend,  an  American  called  Steve  Wilson,  who  has  come  over  to  Sweden  having  heard  the  news  of  Håkon’s  disappearance.  In  their  discussion,  Wilson  lets  slip  that  Håkon  and  Louise  had  a  daughter  (Signe).    It  transpires  that  she  is  a  few  years  older  than  Hans,  born  severely  mentally  and  physically  handicapped,  and  has  lived  in  various  different  hospitals  since  a  few  days  after  she  was  born.    It  appears  that  Håkon  and  Louise  von  Enke  had  some  substantial  secrets  lurking  beneath  the  surface.    Wallander  visits  Signe  in  the  nursing  home.  It  emerges  that  she  only  ever  had  one  visitor  –  her  father.    He  came  regularly,  the  nurses  say,  and  sat  beside  her  bed,  talking  to  her  for  hours.    Looking  through  Signe’s  story  books,  Wallander  locates  a  notebook  with  Håkon’s  handwriting.    Inside  the  notebook  he  finds  hidden  camera  photographs  of  Louise…    When  Wallander  returns  to  confront  Louise  about  his  recent  discoveries,  she  cannot  be  found.  Wallander  instinctively  fears  the  worst  and  as  he  searches  the  surrounding  woods,  he  comes  across  Louise’s  body…  Is  this  a  second  suicide,  or  is  the  case  delving  into  darker  territory?  Wallander  fears  the  latter.    

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With  Hans  (Håkon  and  Louise’s  son)  and  Linda  reeling  from  the  news,  the  case  unravels  in  an  increasingly  sinister  and  threatening  way.  It  comes  to  light  that  Louise  had  Russian  microfilm  in  her  purse.  There  is  increasing  evidence  that  Louise  was  a  Russian  spy  (did  she  use  her  husband’s  position  to  find  out  information  for  the  Russians?  Was  she  responsible  for  the  cover  up  of  the  Russian  submarines?),  the  theory  being  that  Håkon  had  discovered  this  and  left  her.  Could  it  be  that  Louise,  ashamed  of  her  past  and  devastated  by  her  husband’s  abandonment,  could  no  longer  live  with  the  guilt?    Wallander  can’t  quite  believe  that  Louise  was  a  spy  and,  when  he  receives  a  call  from  the  local  police  Sergeant,  Ytterberg,  to  say  that  Hans  had  been  receiving  large  amounts  of  money  from  his  parents,  Wallander  starts  to  panic  that  in  fact  the  answer  is  much  closer  to  home.    In  a  spin,  Wallander  confronts  Hans  at  his  office.  Hans  has  remained  alarmingly  quiet  throughout  the  process  –  what  does  he  have  to  hide?  Wallander’s  fear  for  his  daughter  makes  him  particularly  bullish  and  it’s  not  long  before  he  has  his  son-­‐in-­‐law  in  tears.  Hans  had  been  trying  to  stay  strong  for  Linda  but  underneath  he  is  heartbroken.    Wallander,  reeling  from  his  misjudgement  of  his  son-­‐in-­‐law,  exits  Hans’  office  dazed  and  confused…    In  the  final  stretch  of  this  perplexing  case,  Wallander  tracks  down  Fanny  Klaestrom,  an  old  waitress  who  used  to  serve  Håkon  and  his  colleagues.  She  points  Wallander  towards  a  man  called  Ola  Vikander  –  he  had  recently  approached  both  herself  and  Håkon  about  a  new  book  he  was  writing  about  espionage  in  Sweden  during  the  Cold  War.  Through  Vikander’s  information,  Wallander  learns  that  Håkon  had  once  paid  off  some  fishermen  with  a  large  sum  of  money…    Wallander  approaches  the  fishermen  and  learns  that  Håkon  had  paid  for  the  fishermen’s  silence  over  the  unlawful  submarine  incident  that  occurred  in  the  Swedish  waters  in  1980.  They  break  their  silence  for  Wallander  by  giving  him  a  listening  device  they  had  fished  out  of  the  water  that  year.  The  revelation  that  comes  next  shocks  Wallander  to  the  core…    In  the  final  showdown  Wallander  locates  the  hidden  Håkon  and,  through  guile  and  persuasion,  finally  gets  to  the  bottom  of  the  conspiracy.  But,  once  he  knows  the  awful  truth,  will  Wallander  be  able  to  break  this  news  to  the  family  he  holds  so  dear,  particularly  when  his  future  is  looking  less  certain  than  ever…  

   

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Cast  and  Productions  Credits        

The  White  Lioness    

Cast  in  order  of  appearance  

     Inga  Hedeman     TESSA  JUBBER  

Mabasha     LEMOGANG  TSIPA  Kurt  Wallander     KENNETH  BRANAGH  Linda  Wallander       JEANY  SPARK  

Conference  Delegate     CLINT  WILKENSON  Axel  Hedeman     ALEX  FERNS  

Colonel  Julian  van  Heerden     DEON  LOTZ  Max  Khulu     JOHN  KANI  

Grace  Mthembu     BONNIE  MBULI  Bernie  Mewiya     TUMISHO  MASHA  

Detective     CLAYTON  EVERTSON  Detective     GAVIN  WERNER  Concierge     PATRICK  MADISE  Local  Man     CHRIS  APRIL  

Meyer     JULIAN  KOBERMAN  Township  Boy     NKCUBEKO  TUTU  Miranda  Khulu     THOKOZILE  NTSHINGA  Female  Guest     QUANITA    ADAMS  Male  Guest     ERNIE  ST  CLAIRE  

Nomalanga  Mthembu     LATITA  NDZWAYIBA  Elderly  Woman     MARY  TWALA  Second  Assassin     SIYA  MAYOLA  

   

Writer  Director  

Director  of  Photography    

JAMES  DORMER  BENJAMIN  CARON  LUKAS  STREBEL  

Editor    

Composer    

ÚNA  NÍ  DHONGHAÍLE  MATTHEW  TABERN  NATALIE  HOLT  

Production  Designer     CANDIDA  OTTON  Costume  Designer       DIANA  CILLIERS  Make-­‐  Up  Designer       FRANCESCA  VAN  DER  FEYST  

     

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A  Lesson  In  Love    

Cast  in  order  of  appearance    

Kurt  Wallander     KENNETH  BRANAGH  Klara  von  Enke     KITTY  PETERKIN  

Linda  Wallander     JEANY  SPARK  Hans  von  Enke     HARRY  HADDEN-­‐PATON  

Håkan  von  Enke       TERRENCE  HARDIMAN  Lennart  Mattson     BARNABY  KAY  

Manageress     KAREN  GLEDHILL  Tobias  Eliasson     JOE  CLAFLIN  

Anita     CECILE  ANCKARSVÄRD  Nyberg     RICHARD  McCABE  

Jonna  Malmberg     MARIE  CRITCHLEY  Erik  Malmberg     GLENN  DOHERTY  Gustav  Ericsson     CLIVE  WOOD  Pontus  Ericsson     HUGH  MITCHELL  Stefan  Persson     THOMAS  COOMBES  Street  Sweeper     FELICIA  WOMACK  

Rita  Larsson     MIRANDA  PLEASENCE  Doctor  Öberg     JOHN  LIGHTBODY  

Simona     BOEL  LARSSON  Louise  von  Enke     ANN  BELL  

Baipa  Liepa     INGEBORGA  DAPKUNAITE  Maja  Hahne     MARLENE  SIDAWAY  

Hannah  Hjelmqvist     MIA  GOTH  Fire  Chief     ROBIN  GOTT  

Waiter     THOMAS  CHAAHNING    

Writer  Director  

Director  of  Photography    

PETER  HARNESS  BENJAMIN  CARON  LUKAS  STREBEL  

Editor  Composer    

PETER  CHRISTELIS  NATALIE  HOLT  

Production  Designer     TOMAS  BURTON  Costume  Designer       BARBARA  KIDD  Make-­‐  Up  Designer       CHRISTINE  WALMESLEY-­‐COTHAM  

     

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The  Troubled  Man    

Cast  in  order  of  appearance    

Håkan  von  Enke     TERRENCE  HARDIMAN  Kurt  Wallander     KENNETH  BRANAGH  Doctor  Öberg     JOHN  LIGHTBODY  

Linda  Wallander     JEANY  SPARK  Simona     BOEL  LARSSON  

Louise  von  Enke     ANN  BELL  Nils  Ytterberg     SIMON  CHANDLER  

Sten  Norlander     CHRISTOPHER  FAIRBANK  Lennart  Mattson     BARNABY  KAY  

Nyberg     RICHARD  McCABE  Tobias  Eliasson     JOE  CLAFLIN  Klara  von  Enke     KITTY  PETERKIN  Hans  von  Enke     HARRY  HADDEN-­‐PATON  Steven  Wilson     GARRICK  HAGON  

Nurse     NIMMY  MARCH  Signe  von  Enke     SANDRA  REDLAFF  

Fanny  Klaestrom     COLETTE  O'NEIL  Ola  Vikander     MICHAEL  BYRNE  Fisherman     ANTON  SAUNDERS  

Povel  Wallander     DAVID  WARNER    

Writer  Director  

Director  of  Photography    

PETER  HARNESS  BENJAMIN  CARON  LUKAS  STREBEL  

Editor     ÚNA  NÍ  DHONGHAÍLE  

Composer      MARTIN  PHIPPS  NATALIE  HOLT  

Production  Designer     TOMAS  BURTON  Costume  Designer       BARBARA  KIDD  Make-­‐  Up  Designer       CHRISTINE  WALMESLEY-­‐COTHAM  

     

Production    

Executive  Producer     ANDY  HARRIES  Executive  Producer     DANIEL  GYLLING  Executive  Producer       KENNETH  BRANAGH  

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Director     BENJAMIN  CARON  Head  of  Production     MARIGO  KEHOE  

Producer     SANNE  WOHLENBERG  Executive  Producer     ANNI  FAURBYE  FERNANDEZ  Executive  Producer     PETER  HARNESS  Executive  Producer     REBECCA  EATON  Executive  Producer     MATTHEW  EATON  Executive  Producer     ÅSA  SJÖBERG