Tonight sees the finale of the third series of British Wallander adaptations, this one based on the novel Before the Frost. It was previously filmed seven years ago, as the theatrically-released first episode of the Krister Henriksson-starring Swedish Wallander series, and I reviewed it as part of 100 Films 2009, back when BBC Four aired the Henriksson Wallander, creating the vanguard of our current obsession with Scandinavian crime drama (without this, no The Killing! Guardian readers everywhere gasp at the horror of such an imagining). The broadcast of the English-language re-adaptation seemed like a good time to bring my review over here.

The Henriksson series ran for a total of 26 feature-length episodes. They’re mostly very good and I’d recommend them (they’re available in the UK across four DVD box sets from Arrow). After Before the Frost, three further episodes were treated to a theatrical release, so naturally I reviewed them too. Links to all four follow…