Renowned Shakespearean actor and director, Kenneth Branagh, stars as Detective Kurt Wallander in a series of shows on PBS
Masterpiece: Mystery! during the month of May.
The series is based on the novels by Henning Mankell and are set in the beautiful Swedish countryside.
The first story,
Sidetracked, appears this Sunday, May 10 at 9 pm EDT in the U.S. The second episode,
Firewall, appears May 17th, and the third,
One Step Behind, is scheduled for May 31st. Each episode runs 90 minutes.
Henning Mankell has announced the final novel in the series will be published in Sweden in August 2009.
You can look for further information about the show at pbs.org/wallander. Wallander's books and DVDs are available on Amazon - here is a link to the DVDs:
Wallander DVDs