Thin Blue Line (Swedish TV series)
Thin Blue Line (Swedish: Tunna blå linjen) is a Swedish police procedural drama television series created by Anagram Sweden which premiered in Sweden on 17 January 2021.
Synopsis[edit]
The first season of the series consists of 10 episodes, and follows the private and professional struggles of six police officers working in the multicultural southern Swedish city of Malmö,[1][2] with more emphasis on their personal drama than crime-driven plot.[3]
In the words of the writer, the series asks the questions "How do you remain a whole human being seeing so much hardship, so many horrid things?... How can I be a hopeful person in this world we live in, with the problems we have?", and shows how the four main characters cope in different ways.[3]
Cast and characters[edit]
The main characters are:[4]
- Sara – Amanda Jansson
- Magnus – Oscar Töringe
- Leah – Gizem Erdogan
- Jesse – Per Lasson
- Danijela – Sandra Stojiljkovic
- Faye – Anna Sise
Production[edit]
Mikael Hansson and Anders Hazelius directed six episodes each, across two seasons. Four episodes were directed by Sanna Lenken[4] (who directed My Skinny Sister). Cilla Jackert, lead writer on the series, started writing it in 2014.[3]
The series was made by Anagram Sweden, with Polish company Fixafilm providing digital imaging technician services.[2]
Filming of the season 1 took place between June 2019 and January 2020.[2] A second series was released in 2022.[4]
Release[edit]
The first season of the series premiered in Sweden's SVT on 17 January 2021, followed by the other Scandinavian state broadcasters:[3] Finland's YLE and Norway's NRK later in the month; Iceland's RUV in February; and Denmark's public broadcaster DR in March.[2]
Thin Blue Line is distributed internationally by ITV Studios.[1][3] It was released on SBS on Demand in Australia on 1 October 2021,[5] and premiered on SBS Television on 5 April 2022.[6] In Germany it is broadcast by ZDF in July 2022.[7]
A second season[8] aired in 2022.[4] A third season was announced in April 2023, slated for release in the autumn of 2024.[9]
Awards[edit]
The series was entered for the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize at the Göteborg Film Festival in 2021.[3]
The series won "Best TV Drama and Best Programme of the year" at the annual Swedish television awards, the Kristallen TV Awards, on 27 August 2021.[8][10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lawes, Ruth (29 January 2021). "Crossing the Line". Drama Quarterly. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Police drama "Thin Blue Line" premiers on Swedish TV". Fixafilm. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Granada, Emiliano (29 January 2021). "ITV Studios Swedish Drama 'Thin Blue Line' Delivers a Distinctive Cop Drama". Variety. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Tunna blå linjen (TV Series 2021– )". IMDb. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Knox, David (30 September 2021). "SBS on Demand: The Writer, Thin Blue Line, Back to Life". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Travis (4 April 2022). "New police drama 'Thin Blue Line' puts us on patrol with Malmö's finest". Guide. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Thin Blue Line". ZDF. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b Pham, Annika (28 August 2021). "SVT's Thin Blue Line triumphs at Swedish Kristallen TV Awards". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Bergqvist, Mattias (14 April 2023). ""Tunna blå linjen" får säsong 3 i SVT – premiär 2024". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Chris, Doctor (28 August 2021). "Thin Blue Line Named Best Drama At Kristallen". Nordic Drama. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
