Beck (Swedish TV series)

Beck is a Swedish crime drama movie series, based on characters featured in the Martin Beck novels of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, starring Peter Haber as the titular character. The first three series and two specials were released direct-to-video, with a small number of episodes also concurrently released theatrically. To date, fifty episodes have been filmed, with all episodes from the fourth series onwards broadcast on C More.^[1][2]

Beck
Genre	Crime drama
Based on	Martin Beck – The Story of a Crime by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Developed by	Rolf Börjlind
Written by	Rolf Börjlind Cilla Börjlind
Starring	Peter Haber Mikael Persbrandt Malin Birgerson Ingvar Hirdwall Rebecka Hemse Måns Nathanaelson Peter Hüttner Stina Rautelin Marie Göranzon Anna Asp Elmira Arikan Jonas Karlsson Åsa Karlin Bo Höglund Kristofer Hivju Jennie Silfverhjelm Martin Wallström
Composer	Adam Nordén
Country of origin	Sweden
Original language	Swedish
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	50 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Lars Blomgren
Producer	Tomas Michaelsson
Cinematography	Olof Johnson
Editor	Tomas Täng
Running time	90 minutes (approx.)
Production company	Filmlance International AB
Original release
Network	Egmont Film
Release	27 June 1997 – present

The first series was written entirely by Rolf Börjlind, while several episodes in series two and three, and the two specials, were co-written by Rolf and Cilla Börjlind. From the books, the character of Kollberg is entirely omitted from the TV series. Mikael Persbrandt announced in 2015 that he would be leaving the series to focus on other projects, although he did return to film Gunvald, the first episode of series six. In 2015, the series was acquired by the BBC as part of their international crime drama slate. The first episode to be broadcast was Buried Alive, on BBC Four.^[3]

• Peter Haber as Martin Beck
• Mikael Persbrandt as Gunvald Larsson (Series 1–5)
• Rebecka Hemse as Inger Beck
• Ingvar Hirdwall as Valdemar Grannen
• Peter Hüttner as Oljelund (Series 1–Specials)
• Stina Rautelin as Lena Klingström (Series 1–Specials)
• Malin Birgerson as Alice Levander (Series 2)
• Bo Höglund as Kypare Mats (Series 1–Specials)
• Marie Göranzon as Margareta Oberg (Series 2–3)
• Måns Nathanaelson as Oskar Bergman (Series 3–)
• Anna Asp as Jenny Bodén (Series 4–)
• Elmira Arikan as Ayda Çetin (Series 4–)
• Jonas Karlsson as Klas Fredén (Series 4–9)
• Åsa Karlin as Andrea Bergström (Series 4–8)
• Kristofer Hivju as Steinar Hovland (Series 5–)
• Jennie Silfverhjelm as Alexandra 'Alex' Beijer (Series 6–)
• Martin Wallström as Josef Eriksson (Series 7–)
• Valter Skarsgård as Vilhelm Beck (Series 8–)

In February 2022, the shooting of four Beck films began in Stockholm. (Beck 47–50)^[8]

MHZ Choice DVD released Beck on DVD in the U.S.A.

• Volume 01 = episodes # 1,2,3
• Volume 02 = episodes # 4,5,6
• Volume 03 = episodes # 7,8,9
• Volume 04 = episodes # 10,11,12
• Volume 05 = episodes # 13,14,15
• Volume 06 = episodes # 16,17,18
• Volume 07 = episodes # 19,20,21
• Volume 08 = episodes # 22,23,24
• Volume 09 = episodes # 25,26,27
• Volume 10 = episodes # 28,29,30,31
• Volume 11 = episodes # 32,33,34
• Volume 12 = episodes # 35,36,37,38

MHZ Choice Network streams seasons 1 through 8 in the U.S.A. Season 9 will begin streaming on May 21, 2024.

• Beck at IMDb