Abstract
The authors outline the influence of the British reception of Nordic Noir as a basis supporting the increased transnational production model of Danish crime dramas. Besides the important German influence on the international distribution of especially The Killing, the BBC played a decisive role in broadcasting this and other subtitled series. The culmination of the transnationalisation of Danish drama production appears with the pan-European series The Team, illustrating how knowhow, creative personnel and expertise from the Danish television drama industry contributed to the production, and furthermore how the ‘local colour of Europe’ constituted the spatial concept of the series. The increased commodification of locations in screen productions is closely linked to transnational conditions in the funding of drama and in reaching international markets and audiences.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Abel, Tasja. 2014. Skype interview with Tasja Abel, ZDF Enterprise, June 20. 2014, conducted by Pia Majbritt Jensen, Susanne Eichner and Anne Marit Waade.
Agger, Gunhild. 2016a. Nordic Noir – Location Identity and Emotion. In Emotions in Contemporary TV Series, ed. Alberto Garcia, 134–152. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Agger, Gunhild. 2016b. The Development of Transnationality in Danish Noir - from Unit One to The Team. Northern Lights 14 (1): 83–101.
Bernth, Piv. 2015. The Secret to the Success of Danish Broadcaster DR: Home of The Killing, Borgen and The Bridge. RadioTimes, September 7, 2015. Accessed 17 Feb, 2017. http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-09-07/the-secret-to-the-success-of-danish-broadcaster-dr-home-of-the-killing-borgen-and-the-bridge.
Bondebjerg, Ib. 2016. Transnational Europe: TV-drama, Co-production Networks and Mediated Cultural Encounters. Palgrave Communications 2: 1–13.
Christensen, Anne Sofie. 2016. DR indleder optagelserne til ny stor dramaserie. DR, May 31. Accessed 17 Feb, 2017. http://www.dr.dk/om-dr/nyheder/dr-indleder-optagelserne-til-ny-stor-dramaserie.
Creeber, Glen. 2015. Killing us Softly: Investigating the Aesthetics, Philosophy and Influence of Nordic Noir Television. Journal of Popular Television 3 (1): 21–35.
Cunningham, Stuart, and Jon Silver. 2013. Screen Distribution and the New King Kongs of the Online World. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Davies, Lyell. 2016. Netflix and the Coalition for an Open Internet. In The Netflix Effect. Technology and Entertainment in the 21st Century, ed. Kevin McDonald and Daniel Smith-Rowsey, 185–202. New York: Bloomsbury Academic.
Deeks, Sue. 2016. Interview with Sue Deeks, Head of Programme Acquisitions, Films & Series, July 18, 2016, conducted by Anne Marit Waade and Andrea Esser.
DeWerth-Pallmeyer, Dwight. 2016. Assessing the Role Audiences Plays in Digital Broadcasting Today and Tomorrow. In Digital Technology and the Future of Broadcasting. Global Perspectives, ed. John V. Pavlik, 143–156. New York: Routledge.
Dhoest, Alexander. 2014. It’s Not HBO, It’s TV: The View of Critics and Producers on Flemish “Quality TV”. Critical Studies in Television 9 (1): 1–22.
Durie, John. 2015. Séries Mania Organiser: Scandinavia has Reached a Quality Level Comparable to the UK. Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Accessed 4 Jan, 2017. http://www.nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/news/stories/series-mania-organiser-scandinavia-has-reached-quality-level-comparable-uk.
Engelstad, Audun. 2016. Sensation in Serial Form: High-end Television Drama and Trigger Plots. Kosmorama 263. Accessed 19 Jan, 2017. http://www.kosmorama.org/Artikler/Sensation-in-Serial-Form.aspx.
Esser, Andrea. 2016. Challenging U.S. Leadership in Entertainment Television? The Rise and Sale of Europe’s International TV Production Groups. International Journal of Communication 10: 1–29.
Esser, Andrea. 2017. Danish TV drama series in the UK: Report Part I. Unpublished. Presented on Sanbjerg writing seminar, Denmark, January 12, 2017, Including Quotes from Focus Groups Conducted in the UK 2015–16.
Gabold, Ingolf. 2014. Interview with Ingolf Gabold, March 2, 2014, conducted by Anne Marit Waade, Pia Majbritt Jensen and Jakob Isak Nielsen.
Hjort, Mette. 2010. On the Plurality of Cinematic Transnationality. In World Cinemas, Transnational Perspectives, ed. Natasa Durovicova and Kathleen Newman, 12–33. London: Routledge.
Jacobsen, Ushma C. and Pia Majbritt Jensen. 2016. Born European, Born Regional, or Born Global? Language Convergence in The Team. Northern Lights 14 (1): 123–140.
Jensen, Pia Majbritt 2016. Global Impact of Danish Drama Series: A Peripheral, Non-commercial Creative Counter-flow. Kosmorama 263. Accessed 17 Feb, 2017. http://www.kosmorama.org/ServiceMenu/05-English/Articles/Global-Impact-of-Danish-Drama-Series.aspx.
Kjartansson, Sirgurjón. 2016. Interview with Sirgurjón Kjartansson, November 17, conducted by Kim Toft Hansen and Anne Marit Waade.
Klein, Richard. 2016. Interview with Richard Klein, February 2, 2016, conducted by Anne Marit Waade and Andrea Esser.
Larsen, Jonas. 2001. Tourism Mobilities and the Travel Glance: Experiences of Being on the Move. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism 1 (2): 80–98.
Lavik, Erlend. 2015. Forfatterskap i TV-drama. Showrunnermodellen, one vision – og Kampen for tilværelsen. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.
McCabe, Janet. 2015. Appreciating Wallander at the BBC: Producing Culture and Performing the Glocal in the UK and Swedish Wallanders for British public service television. Continuum 29 (5): 755–768.
Pham, Annika. 2013. Peter Nadermann: Scandinavia Remains the Best Place to Look for Quality. Nordic Film & TV Fund, August 23. Accessed 17 Feb, 2017. http://www.nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/news/stories/peter-nadermann-scandinavia-remains-best-place-look-quality.
Roberts, Les. 2016. Landscapes in the Frame: Exploring the Hinterlands of the British Procedural Drama. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 14 (3): 364–385.
Sadler, Jon. 2016. Interview with Jon Sadler, Head of Product Marketing at Arrow Films and host of the Nordic Noir and Beyond website, DATO, conducted by Anne Marit Waade and Andrea Esser.
Sim, Gerald. 2016. Individual Disrupters and Economic Gamechangers: Netflix, New Media, and Neoliberalism. In The Netflix Effect. Technology and Entertainment in the 21st Century, ed. Kevin McDonald and Daniel Smith-Rowsey, 185–202. New York: Bloomsbury Academic.
Solum, O. 2016. What is it about Nordic Noir? In Perspectives on the Nordic, ed. J. Lothe, and B. Larsen. Oslo: Novus Press.
Steemers, Jeanette. 2016. International Sales of U.K. Television Content: Change and Continuity in ‘the space in between’ Production and Consumption. Television & New Media 17 (8): 734–753.
Stougaard-Nielsen, Jakob. 2016a. Nordic Noir in the UK: The Allure of Accessible Difference. Journal of Aesthetics & Culture 8. Accessed 17 Feb, 2017. http://www.aestheticsandculture.net/index.php/jac/article/download/32704/49735.
Weissman, Elke. 2012. Transnational Television Drama Special Relations and Mutual Influence between the US and UK. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Windfeld, Kathrine. 2014. Creating Crime Drama for a European Audience. Presented at the MeCETES Industry conference, Making European Film and Television Drama, Ostend, Belgium, September 18.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Hansen, K.T., Waade, A.M. (2017). The Team, Danish Transnationalism and the Local Colour of Europe. In: Locating Nordic Noir. Palgrave European Film and Media Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59815-4_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59815-4_10
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-59814-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-59815-4
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media StudiesLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)