Monday, July 09, 2012

Murder, a Crime Drama from Birger Larsen, to air in August on BBC2

BBC-2

A new single episode crime drama, titled simply Murder, has been filmed by Birger Larsen, the creator of the Danish series Forbrydelsen, from which the US series The Killing was adapted.

The storyline will follow the aftermath of the brutal killing of Erin, a young woman found dead one night inside the apartment she shares with her sister Colleen (Karla Crome). The chief suspect is quickly identified as a young war veteran, Stefan, who had come back to the apartment to drink and play a game of "spin the bottle" with the girls. But as a succession of characters and witnesses, including Stephen Dillane as the attorney prosecuting the case, give testimony straight to camera, the shocking events surrounding the death are revealed.

"It is important to show this crime for what it often is, a vicious outburst of malicious energy and not the result of some cold-blooded killer who has planned something for years, the way we still see it in a lot of television drama," Larsen tells The Guardian. "Murder is usually just the strike of the moment. And more often than not you can feel sorry for the killer too and understand why he or she had to do it. … I don't think I have made anything where you don't understand the killer too."

Filmed on location in Nottingham, Murder doesn't have a firm air date on BBC2 other than a vague mention of "next month".

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