Hunting high and low

Don’t expect more Nordic Noir from Dicte, the Scandi drama featuring a fearless reporter chasing stories, tracking killers and trying to find her lost son. Crime Scene discusses the Danish export with the star and creators.

BYANDRE PAINE

Just because it’s Nordic, it doesn’t have to be Noir. That’s the lesson to take from the hit Danish series Dicte – Crime Reporter, featuring a rule-breaking female reporter who muscles in on police cases, much to the chagrin of the lead detective. Amid the investigations there are family crises, comical moments and a strong sense of sisterhood between the recently divorced Dicte Svendsen (Iben Hjejle) and her female friends. Dicte, which has a second series airing in the UK, may well be the antidote to the bleak Nordic Noir of the Copenhagen-based The Killing. It’s even set in a different part of the country – Aarhus, the second-largest city, located on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula. So if you need a break from relentlessly moody Scandinavian TV…

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