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ISSUE 2 SPECIAL EDITION COLLECTIBLE COVERS 1 OF 2
SHERLOCK:
Luther
THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE
Idris Elba speaks
On set of the Christmas Special
FARGO On Set of season 2
New Series
Nordic Noir Special Plus T h e B r i d g e /// B o rg e n /// B e c k /// T r a p p e d///a n d m o r e . . .
Henning Mankell River NCIS Serial S2 Endeavour Martina Cole
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hich is Swedish for ‘welcome’, in honour of issue 2, our Scandinavian special. Icy brutality, dysfunctional detectives and blacker than black humour has helped make Nordic Noir some of the ‘hottest’ crime shows around. We’re lucky enough this issue to have ventured on set of WALLANDER series 4, hung out Rosie Fletcher with the gorgeous Sofia Helin from THE BRIDGE series 3 and nabbed an exclusive chat with the writer of new Icelandic drama TRAPPED, while BORGEN producer Camilla Hammerich has written for Crime Scene exclusively on the power of Birgitte Nyborg. We also visited the sets of SHERLOCK: THE ABONIMABLE BRIDE and FARGO, got gritty with LUTHER and investigated the protoype of the modern detective story – this plus all the usual news, previews and reviews. I hope you like the pics of the team and me looking chilly and tortured in our tribute to Scandi drama. I could have opted to just change my top in the middle of the office instead but sadly I’m just not as uninhibited as Saga. Enjoy the issue!
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Luther, it’s been too long man – you left the screen when my son was born, so I had to name him after you! Catch up with Mr Elba on page 80.
Glad to see ‘The Murders In The Rue Morgue’ get some love on page 64, plus there’s a great interview with Wallander creator Henning Mankell on 46.
I love a Nordic drama so I was thrilled to find out that somebody in my family is writing one! Meet my screenwriting cousin Clive over on page 54.
Bruce Mytton
Will Salmon
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CONTENTS
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Houdini & Doyle: they really were pals, you know.
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In the Navy: Gary Glasberg talks the enduring appeal of NCIS.
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Bestseller David Baldacci tells us about his influences.
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Running man: James Nesbitt in Stan Lee’s Lucky Man.
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Introducing New Blood, by the creator of Foyle’s War.
CASE NOTES 10 houdini & Doyle
18 celebrity cameos
The real life escapologist and fiction writer become a fictional crime-fighting duo.
A-listers’ early appearances in crime TV shows.
12 every episode ever
First word on Anthony Horowitz’s latest show.
The formula for Murder, She Wrote unpicked in our new regular feature.
22 Watch your drink
14 stan Lee’s lucky man
The Poison Artist author on the appeal of deadly drafts.
Superhero show meets police procedural in this new drama starring James Nesbitt.
26 Bye bye csi
16 i do this for a living Brooke Magnanti (aka Belle de Jour) on what it’s really like to do an autopsy.
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20 new Blood
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William Petersen bids a fond farewell to the show.
28 ncis Showrunner Gary Glasberg on the secrets of success.
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Sofia Helin on the complicated attraction of Saga in The Bridge.
FEATURES
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So long, Kurt. On set for the final Wallander...
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Back, for good? Idris Elba returns as the unpredictable John Luther.
POST MORTEM
36 sofia helin
60 sherlock
98 better call saul
106 River
The Bridge’s Saga Noren on sex, Scandinavia and Series 3.
It’s back to the Victorian era as we venture on set of The Abominable Bride.
Back in time to when Saul Goodman was just Jimmy McGill – Season 1 reviewed.
Does Abi Morgan’s London-set drama float our boat? Find out in our review!
68 fargo
100 Beck
108 The unforgotten
On set for Season 2 of the Coen brothers spin-off.
More Scandi goodness with volume one of the influential Swedish show.
More Nicola Walker, more cold cases in this slow-burn mystery puzzle.
102 lewis Series 9
110 book reviews Latest reads from Robert Galbraith, Jo Nesbo, Patricia Cornwell, David Baldacci, Michael Connolly and more.
42 Wallander Crime Scene ventures on the chilly set of the final episode.
46 henning mankell In an unpublished interview, the Wallander author bids farewell to his troubled ’tec.
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54 trapped
80 luther
A final farewell to the comforting Morse spin-off starring Kevin Whately.
Iceland’s newest noir show.
We chat to the man behind the tough TV cop – Idris Elba.
104 New Tricks
88 The interrogation
Season 12 – the final outing for the show about retired cops and cold cases.
56 Stellan Skarsgård The star of River explores his grief stricken alter-ego.
The director on how to adapt an unfilmable bestseller.
Crime queen Martina Cole.
130 last words Celebrating LA Confidential’s seering sign-off.
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CONTributors
Camilla Hammerich
Camilla Hammerich has held overall artistic and financial responsibility as Executive Producer of the internationally acclaimed drama series Borgen. Trained as producer at DR, The Danish Broadcasting Corporation, she has worked in nearly all areas of production in the Danish TV industry for more than 25 years, including as Head of Drama at TV2 Denmark. Currently she works as producer at DR Fiction.
Jonathan Moore
Jonathan Moore and his wife live in Hawaii. When he’s not writing, or fixing his boat, Jonathan is an attorney. Before completing law school in New Orleans, he was an English teacher, a whitewater raft guide on the Rio Grande, a counsellor at a Texas wilderness camp for juvenile delinquents, and an investigator for a criminal defence attorney in Washington, D.C. The Poison Artist by Jonathan Moore is published by Orion on 11 February 2016.
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Barry Forshaw
Sarah Dobbs
Jane Mulkerrins
James Rampton
Barry Forshaw is one of the UK’s leading experts on crime fiction and film, and a familiar face on the UK and international scene. His many books include Brit Noir, Euro Noir, Nordic Noir, Sex And Film, The Rough Guide To Crime Fiction and the hefty Keating Awardwinning British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia. He writes for various newspapers, broadcasts and chairs many events.
Jane Mulkerrins is a British writer, based in Brooklyn, New York, from where she conducts interviews and writes reviews and features for a range of UK newspapers and magazines. She began her career as a news reporter at The Sunday Times, before moving into features, and now interviews Hollywood A-list actors, as well as writers, directors and other creative sorts, on both US coasts. This issue she can be found investigating the set of Fargo Season 2.
Sarah is a freelance writer and editor. Apart from crime on telly, she’s written about horror, 3D printing, reality TV, and Harry Styles and contributes regularly to Total Film and SFX. She once dreamed she promised Benedict Cumberbatch that she’d start watching Sherlock, but still hasn’t got round to it. She likes black and white movies and cosy mysteries, and spends far too much time on Twitter.
James Rampton was a staff arts writer on The Independent for a decade. For the past few years, he has been a freelance feature writer, specialising in television. He has contributed to The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, The Times and The Independent On Sunday. Over the last 15 years, he has also been a TV reviewer on BBC Radio London and a regular newspaper reviewer. This issue he can be found on set of Wallander Series 4.
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Exclusive First look 10 HOUDINI & DOYLE
ITV’s new period drama tackles the big questions
20 New Blood
The brand new crime series from Foyle’s War creator Anthony Horowitz previewed
22 JONATHAN MOORE
The new talent in crime writing on why poisoning is making a comeback
26 WILLIAM PETERSEN
The CSI star looks back on 15 years of investigation and being Grissom
28 NCIS
The secrets of the naval cop show’s success
30 DAVID BALDACCI
The author of The Target opens up about his influences
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NE WS INTE RVIE WS O P INI O NS NE W B O O KS NE W S HOWS
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Houdini & Doyle A real life double act become a crimefighting duo in a new drama for 2016
Created & Written by: David Hoselton, David Titcher Starring: Stephen Mangan, Michael Weston, Rebecca Liddiard, Emily Carey, Noah Jupe, Marshall Griffin, Tim McInnerny (ITV ENCORE) 2016
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ake two contrasting minds and give them a mystery to solve: it’s a formula that just works. And Houdini & Doyle may just feature the most intriguing team-up of all time: writer Arthur Conan Doyle (Stephen Mangan) and illusionist Harry Houdini (Michael Weston). Set in 1901, the 10-part drama will see the duo pitting their wits against bizarre crimes – and each another. “They had very different views on the afterlife, and on mediums, spiritualism, fairies, and so on,” explains Mangan. “Doyle was a believer in spirits, and he wanted to prove their existence with science.” Houdini, on the other hand? “He’s also a scientist, in his own way,” says Weston. “He’s meticulous in the way he approached all of his tricks, which he was adamant about calling ‘tricks’. He never wanted you to believe it was magic.” It’s one hell of a hook: two of history’s greatest minds duking it out in a quasi-supernatural drama. Executive producer David Shore knows his way around a procedural – his CV includes Law And Order, House MD, and Battle Creek – but what sets Houdini & Doyle apart is its Victorian setting. It’s a time ripe with dramatic potential, when technology and industry were breaking down the rigidity of the long-established social order. As proto-celebrities, Houdini and Doyle are at the forefront of that upheaval, but the show will reflect other changes, too – one of its regular cast members is Rebecca Liddiard as Adelaide Stratton, the first female constable at Scotland Yard. “I love the comparison of where we were then and where we are now,” Weston enthuses. “There’s a part of us that’s stuck on these big thematic things, and you can be naïve about something without being stupid. The audience is a little farther ahead on the argument, but truths are still being revealed.” Thing is, as evolved as we might think we are, we still haven’t answered any of the questions that’ll plague the show’s two amateur sleuths. Is there life on other planets? Do ghosts exist? The show offers two answers to every conundrum. “No-one can say with any real clarity or proof one way or another,” grins Weston. You’ll just have to decide for yourself. By Sa ra h D obb s
Houdini & Doyle airs next Spring on ITV Encore.
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“They had very different views on the afterlife and on mediums and so on”
Houdini & Doyle
The real Houdini & Doyle A crime-solving partnership between one of the most famous writers and the most famous illusionist of the early 20th century sounds like the stuff of TV magic, but the show’s premise is based in fact. Sort of. Arthur Conan Doyle really did have a penchant for police work. He got involved in two cases, taking it upon himself to interview suspects and examine crime scenes. His work led to the exoneration of George Edalji, who was accused of maiming horses in 1903, and also of Oscar Slater, who was convicted of murdering an elderly woman in 1908. His fame probably helped as much as his investigative skills – it was assumed he was as logical and brilliant as his fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes.
And while the timeline of the show has been fudged a bit, the two men really were friends for a while. They met in 1920, when Houdini was on tour in the UK. Doyle, a staunch advocate for Spiritualism, saw his act and became convinced the escapologist had supernatural powers. Houdini knew otherwise, of course. He was a sceptic, having visited mediums in hopes of contacting his mother only to recognise their acts for the parlour tricks they were. He wanted to be convinced, though, and Doyle introduced him to several mediums he trusted. After a séance, during which Doyle’s wife faked a message from Houdini’s mother, the two men fell out. They remained bitter enemies until Houdini’s death in 1926.
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Houdini, meanwhile, was reportedly involved in espionage. Supposedly he worked with both the American Secret Service and with Scotland Yard, gathering intelligence from European and Russian police stations when he performed attentiongrabbing escapes from their holding cells as part of his tours.
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Classic shows, broken down by formula.
EVERY EPISODE EVER This issue: Murder, She Wrote
By Tom Francis
Portent of doom: Jessica Fletcher and friends.
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