Wallander

It's always a double edged sword when a favourite fictional character gets transfered from book to TV. Strangely the BBC started the series with the book I read first even though it's not Wallanders first outing.

Let's start with what I didn't like. I know this is going to sound a bit nerdy but they didn't get the car right.. Wallander always drives a Peugeot. It's mentioned several times. In fact in one novel he considers trading it in for a newer Peugeot and it's specifically mentioned that he always buys Peugeots at the same dealer. Now I know Volvos are swedish. Presumably not every Swede drives a Volvo in the same way that every Brit doesn't drive a Rover.. Or something that was British if we still had a car industry.

Every thing else was pretty spot on. The story and investigation stuck very closely to the novel. Kenneth Branagh perfectly captured the character of Inspector Wallander. The relationship between him and his daughter and his father was very accurately portrayed. The novels always portray the hard boiled procedural nature of police work and this too was captured to a tee.

Overall a good TV show.