{"id":99674,"date":"2025-10-25T01:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T01:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/99674\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T01:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T01:47:09","slug":"this-sharp-nordic-noir-with-one-of-finlands-best-tv-detectives-is-streaming-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/99674\/","title":{"rendered":"This “sharp” Nordic noir with ‘one of Finland’s best TV detectives’ is streaming now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nordic noir series Bordertown is streaming now for UK viewers. The Finnish series, which is described as “sharp”, focuses on a detective who moves to a town on the border with Russia.<\/p>\n

“Detective Kari Sorjonen and his family move to a town on the border with Russia, hoping for a quiet life. But then the bodies start piling up\u2026,” the synopsis reveals.<\/p>\n

Fans wanting to catch the series can now do so via Channel 4 and Walter Presents, with all three seasons streaming in their entirety.<\/p>\n

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Starring the likes of Ville Virtanen, Matleena Kuusniemi, Anu Sinisalo, Lenita Susi and Kristiina Halttu, Bordertown has had a strong reception from fans.<\/p>\n

One on IMDb<\/a> gave “top marks to the Finns for this show”, adding that “the stories are well thought out, the acting is good and the scenery superb”.<\/p>\n

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Another called it “a juggernaut of unfolding story lines, relationships and cinematography”, adding: “Excellent script with a series of independent stories that the main characters develop their ongoing stories and provide their back stories with every subsequent episode.”<\/p>\n

“I really enjoyed this Finnish series,” a third wrote, calling Sorjonen “one of Finland’s best detectives”. “Each story provides a good mystery and the main characters are a lot of fun to watch.”<\/p>\n

Bordertown isn’t the only Walter Presents show that’s worth watching, with Channel 4 recently adding Dutch series Incognito<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Channel 4<\/p>\n

Related: “Chilling” British psychological horror with Downton Abbey’s Allen Leech is now streaming for free<\/a><\/p>\n

The show follows “troubled intelligence agent” Felix Hartman, who looks into the life of seemingly ordinary woman Lize Berg, as he’s “tasked with uncovering whether she is, in fact, a dangerous crime lord cloaked in normality”.<\/p>\n

“He embeds himself in her everyday routines, watching, listening, waiting until the investigation spirals into a deadly dance between truth and betrayal, where one wrong step could cost them both everything,” the synopsis adds.<\/p>\n

Bordertown seasons 1-3 are available to stream now on Channel 4.<\/p>\n

The new edition of Living Legends is here! Buy Ariana & Witches in newsagents or online<\/a>, priced at just \u00a38.99.<\/p>\n

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Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies<\/a>, TV<\/a> and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME<\/a> and Screen International<\/a>. \u00a0Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings<\/a> to Love Is Blind<\/a>, and is equally in his element crossing every ‘t’ and dotting every ‘i’ as a sub-editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nordic noir series Bordertown is streaming now for UK viewers. The Finnish series, which is described as “sharp”,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2115,72966,2117,156,2116,111,139,69,72965,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-99674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-content-type-news","9":"tag-contentid-4d5da632-e1cb-4cab-bae9-8ce5035268c9","10":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-locale-gb","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-shorttitle-top-marks-sharp-nordic-noir-streaming-now","17":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}