BBC 4 - Beck 16 July

Zelda247

Does anyone know if this is a new series staring on this coming Saturday?

Alun

The list of episodes shown here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06chqn8/episodes/guide are a bit of a mixture. The first, Japanese Painting is from Season 3 (2007), and the last, Buried Alive is from Season 4 (2010) and all the others in between are from Season 5 (2015). No idea if any of them have been shown before on BBC Four, but I'll watch them anyway.

It's a real nuisance them showing them out of order like that, as you lose continuity with the back stories.

Zelda247

Alun wrote: »

The list of episodes shown here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06chqn8/episodes/guide are a bit of a mixture. The first, Japanese Painting is from Season 3 (2007), and the last, Buried Alive is from Season 4 (2010) and all the others in between are from Season 5 (2015). No idea if any of them have been shown before on BBC Four, but I'll watch them anyway.

It's a real nuisance them showing them out of order like that, as you lose continuity with the back stories.

oh No, what a nightmare, I love the series, only saw it for the first time earlier in the year... but again I have no idea if these ones coming up are repeats!

brian_t

Alun wrote: »

The list of episodes shown here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06chqn8/episodes/guide are a bit of a mixture. The first, Japanese Painting is from Season 3 (2007), and the last, Buried Alive is from Season 4 (2010) and all the others in between are from Season 5 (2015). No idea if any of them have been shown before on BBC Four, but I'll watch them anyway.

It's a real nuisance them showing them out of order like that, as you lose continuity with the back stories.

You have them in the wrong order. Buried Alive is the first episode that BBC4 showed last September. The Hospital Murders is the last episode shown last October.

The Japanese Painting is the episode that will be shown this Saturday and has never been on BBC4 before.

I don't know why BBC4 are showing them out of order but I suppose they some rationale. This is one bloggers opinion -

Episode one doesn’t really show a good relationship between Martin and Gunvald – rather two secular characters with not much of a relationship. The presumption that the BBC has taken is that the audience hasn’t seen series 1-4, meaning that the whole series is new and all the characters are being met for the first time. Unfortunately this means that the order of the episodes is wrong in reference to the transmission date of the original airing in Sweden. I think, in the long run, this is a good idea as episode two ‘room 302’ shows a much more positive working and personal relationship between the two characters.

https://tomstvblog.com/2015/10/10/beck-swedens-oldest-and-strongest-detective-series/

Zelda247

brian_t wrote: »

You have them in the wrong order. Buried Alive is the first episode that BBC4 showed last September. The Hospital Murders is the last episode shown last October.

The Japanese Painting is the episode that will be shown this Saturday and has never been on BBC4 before.

I don't know why BBC4 are showing them out of order but I suppose they some rationale. This is one bloggers opinion -


https://tomstvblog.com/2015/10/10/beck-swedens-oldest-and-strongest-detective-series/

So the first episode has not been on BBC4 yet but the rest are repeats.... what on earth are they up to......ahhhhhh!

brian_t

Zelda247 wrote: »

So the first episode has not been on BBC4 yet but the rest are repeats.... what on earth are they up to......ahhhhhh!

To clarify

The first episode of Beck that BBC4 showed (Sat 12 Sep 2015) was "Buried Alive" which was the second and last episode of Series 4.

They then went on to show all 4 episodes of Series 5 in order.

This Saturday they will show "The Japanese Painting" which is the fifth episode of series 3,

The following Saturday they will show "The Weak Link" which is the sixth episode of series 3.

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By the way - series 5 first aired on Swedish TV in 2015. Series 3 first aired on Swedish TV seven years earlier in 2007.

Zelda247

brian_t wrote: »

To clarify

The first episode of Beck that BBC4 showed (Sat 12 Sep 2015) was "Buried Alive" which was the second and last episode of Series 4.

They then went on to show all 4 episodes of Series 5 in order.

This Saturday they will show "The Japanese Painting" which is the fifth episode of series 3,

The following Saturday they will show "The Weak Link" which is the sixth episode of series 3.

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By the way - series 5 first aired on Swedish TV in 2015. Series 3 first aired on


Swedish TV seven years earlier in 2007.

So the Weak Link has not been shown before on BB4? (well not shown last year anyway?)

brian_t

Zelda247 wrote: »

So the Weak Link has not been shown before on BB4? (well not shown last year anyway?)

Yes. Both "The Japanese Painting" and "The Weak Link" have never been on BBC4 before.

Zelda247

brian_t wrote: »

Yes. Both "The Japanese Painting" and "The Weak Link" have never been on BBC4 before.

Thank so much, love the series so don't want to miss one i have not seen.

Zelda247

The episode on this coming Sat on BBC4 "In the Name of God".... has this been on before please?

brian_t

Zelda247 wrote: »

The episode on this coming Sat on BBC4 "In the Name of God".... has this been on before please?

No.

The episode on the following Saturday "The Eye Of the Storm" has not been on before either.

Zelda247

brian_t wrote: »

No.

The episode on the following Saturday "The Eye Of the Storm" has not been on before either.

Thanks so much Brian.

Poochie05

From the title in the Sky planner, Gunvald, It looks like next week's episode is the first of Season 6 that aired in Sweden earlier this year.

Zelda247

Poochie05 wrote: »

From the title in the Sky planner, Gunvald, It looks like next week's episode is the first of Season 6 that aired in Sweden earlier this year.

Oh thank you so much, I always need to check if it has been on before so that confirms it has not, excellent another one to look forward to. I love Beck.

I was really disappointed with the last series of Arne Dahl, they changed the team and it was not the same, could not get into it at all:(

brian_t

Poochie05 wrote: »

It looks like next week's episode is the first of Season 6 that aired in Sweden earlier this year.

Kristofer Hivju who played Tormund Giantsbane in Game of Thrones joined the cast this season.



He debuts in the second episode "Steinar" which is on Sat 17th Sept.

Zelda247

Sorry me again.... just to clarify the rest of the Beck series coming up on BBC4 is new? Its just I am away Sat 17 Sept and want to record in advance if this is the case?

brian_t

Zelda247 wrote: »

Sorry me again.... just to clarify the rest of the Beck series coming up on BBC4 is new? Its just I am away Sat 17 Sept and want to record in advance if this is the case?

Yes - both the next 2 episodes are new to BBC4.

(There are 4 episodes in total in season 6 of Beck so you might be enjoying new episodes for the next 4 Saturdays)

brian_t

brian_t wrote: »

(so you might be enjoying new episodes for the next 4 Saturdays)

Beck takes a break on Saturday 24th.

BBC4 is allowing Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) to choose all the programmes that weekend and he doesn't seem to a fan of Beck.

Beck is however back on Saturday 1st October.

Poochie05

brian_t wrote: »

Beck takes a break on Saturday 24th.

BBC4 is allowing Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) to choose all the programmes that weekend and he doesn't seem to a fan of Beck.

Beck is however back on Saturday 1st October.

Boo to Keith Richards!!!

brian_t

I like Steinar. He's a good addition to the team.

Zelda247

Thanks so much for letting us know, really helpful. Duh to Keith Richards though!

brian_t

Saturdays episode is "The Last Day".

It first aired on Swedish TV in April this year and is the last in the current series.

One of the corrupt cops from last Saturdays episode was Claes Ljungmark who was also in "Follow the Money" (Bedrag) a 10 part Danish crime thriller which starts on TG4 on Thursday 20th October.

Zelda247

brian_t wrote: »

Saturdays episode is "The Last Day".

It first aired on Swedish TV in April this year and is the last in the current series.

One of the corrupt cops from last Saturdays episode was Claes Ljungmark who was also in "Follow the Money" (Bedrag) a 10 part Danish crime thriller which starts on TG4 on Thursday 20th October.

Thank you so much for letting us know, was Follow the Money good?

brian_t

Another four Beck films are being made it seems.

Transmission is pencilled in for streaming service C-More (home of Missing and Gåsmamman) in 2018, with a premiere to follow on linear channel TV4 later that year. It remains to be seen if it will be picked up again by BBC4, and when.

https://thekillingtimestv.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/confirmed-four-new-beck-films-in-the-pipeline/

brian_t

Series 7 debuted on Swedish TV on the first of January this year and now BBC4 are showing all four episodes starting tomorrow.

Although Beck retired at the end of the last series he decides to return to help the national Security Police investigate a suspected terrorist.

"Beck - Your Own Blood" starts at 9 pm.

brian_t

Maj Sjöwall died on 29th April aged 84 after a long illness. She co-wrote the Beck novels with her writing partner Per Wahlöö who died in 1975.