The Danes behind the latest noir Euro crime drama

Feb 25, 2015, 05:25 AM

It seems that Britain has an insatiable appetite for continental criminal investigations captured in, for example, Danish offerings called the Killing and the Bridge. Never mind the subtitles. As long as its foreign and noir. Television executives on the continent have taken this experience to the next level and have commissioned a crime series that is jointly made by six European networks. They claim it’s something of a TV milestone. It’s called The Team. It’s about the Europol agency and human trafficking. And the first episode aired across the continent this weekend. Malcolm Brabant in Copenhagen has been to meet some of the key players.