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Sweden - Inspector Martin Beck

Foreign Bodies Series 1
Episode 5 of 15

Mark Lawson investigates the husband-and-wife team behind Swedish sleuth Martin Beck. With Jo Nesbo and Henning Mankell.

In 1965 husband and wife Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö published the first of their series of 10 police procedurals featuring Inspector Martin Beck and his team. Written during a time when Stockholm saw demonstrations against the Vietnam War, the arming and re-organisation of the police force and stresses on the welfare state, the Beck novels deliberately used the crime genre to depict changes in Swedish society.

Current crime best sellers Jo NesbΓΈ, Henning Mankell, Γ…sa Larsson, Camilla Lackberg, Jens Lapidus, Val McDermid and Gunnar Staalesen are amongst those discussing the influence of the Martin Beck series with Mark Lawson as part of his series looking at European history through crime fiction.

Producer: Robyn Read

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 2012.

15 minutes

Last on

Sat 4 May 2019 02:15
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  • Fri 26 Oct 2012 13:45
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  • Wed 24 Jul 2013 14:15
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  • Fri 7 Oct 2016 14:15
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  • Sat 8 Oct 2016 02:15
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  • Fri 3 May 2019 14:15
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  • Sat 4 May 2019 02:15
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