WaveCrest
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Thought I'd start a thread for foreign language TV series. Never watched any until Forbrydelsen (aka The Killing, the original Danish series which there is a US version of). Highly recommend it. The Arrow Films DVD set of the first series has been out for a while, with the second series (due to start soon on BBC Four in the UK) set being released in December.
Below is the DVD Talk review of the Arrow Films release of the first series (beware, it contains major spoilers):
Forbrydelsen (aka The Killing): Complete Series One - DVD Talk review
A couple of other series which I've not seen but heard great things about, are Wallander (not the Kenneth Branagh series) and Spiral. The first three series of Spiral are available on Region 2 from 2 Entertain. So far three Wallander boxsets have been released on Region 2 from Arrow Films:
Wallander Collected Films 1-7
Wallander Collected Films 8-13
Wallander Collected Films 14-20
with Wallander Collected Films 21-26 being released on Monday 7th November (source: Amazon UK).
Below is the DVD Talk review of the Arrow Films release of the first series (beware, it contains major spoilers):
Forbrydelsen (aka The Killing): Complete Series One - DVD Talk review
A couple of other series which I've not seen but heard great things about, are Wallander (not the Kenneth Branagh series) and Spiral. The first three series of Spiral are available on Region 2 from 2 Entertain. So far three Wallander boxsets have been released on Region 2 from Arrow Films:
Wallander Collected Films 1-7
Wallander Collected Films 8-13
Wallander Collected Films 14-20
with Wallander Collected Films 21-26 being released on Monday 7th November (source: Amazon UK).