(DVD Annika)
I had heard about this mystery series and decided to sample it on PBS online. Like Shetland, this investigative team attempts to solve unexplained murders in Scotland; but instead of being set in the Shetland Islands, this Marine Homicide Unit focuses on murders that take place in bodies of waters surrounding Scotland and its islands. What is different about this series is the head Investigating Detective is a single mother, Annika, who is placed with a team that includes an old boyfriend of hers. More time is spent giving the viewer background information on each of the members of the team than in providing detail about the murdered victim, but it seems to work well.
The two things that I like best
about this series are its use of a famous literary work as the framing story
for each episode and the technique of having the main character address the
audience with personal thoughts and feelings, such as what one would experience
watching a Shakespeare play with the main character giving you background
information that other characters are not able to hear. The main detective is
humorous, intelligent and complex. You soon discover that parenting is
difficult for her, partly because she did not have a good relationship with her
own parents, who live in Norway. I recommend this series but it is important to
watch Season One before starting on this set.
(If you enjoy this, you may also
wish to try Shetland.)
( Internet Movie Database
entry for this series ) | ( BBC’s official Annika
web page )
Recommended
by Kim J.
Bennett Martin Public Library — Public Service
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