Episode 1
Faceless Killers
1h 29m7.0 / 10
Wallander investigates the brutal slaying of an elderly couple at an isolated farmhouse.
Episode credits
Directed by Hettie Macdonald
TV series
Wallander
20084 seasons7.4 / 10
This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling books by Henning Mankell.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling books by Henning Mankell.
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Episode 2
The Man Who Smiled
1h 29m7.2 / 10
Wallander decides to resign from the police after killing a man in the line of duty. A solicitor-friend asks Wallander to investigate the suspicious death of his father in an apparent car accident.
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Directed by Andy WilsonGuest stars Benedict Taylor, Sandra Voe, Vincent Regan, Rupert Graves, Angela Thorne, Emma Griffiths Malin, Roland Hedlund
Episode 3
The Fifth Woman
1h 29m7.2 / 10finale
Wallander investigates the murder of an elderly bird-watcher, found impaled on sharpened bamboo poles. When another man is reported missing, Wallander realise he is looking for a serial killer.
Where to watch WallanderEpisode information updated Jul 24, 2026
More about Wallander
Cast
Kenneth BranaghKurt Wallander
Richard McCabeNyberg
Jeany SparkLinda Wallander
Sarah SmartAnne-Britt Hoglund
Sadie ShimminLisa Holgersson
Tom HiddlestonMagnus Martinsson
Barnaby KayLennart Mattson
David WarnerPovel WallanderCredits
- Created by
- Henning Mankell
- Written by
- Henning Mankell, Richard Cottan, Peter Harness, Richard McBrien
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 12
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
BBC OneUnited Kingdom
PBSUnited States
Left Bank PicturesUnited Kingdom
Yellow BirdSweden- TKBCUnited Kingdom
Themes
based on novel or bookmurder investigationpolicepolice detectivescandinaviasweden
