Trapped - latest BBC4 foreign language drama

[strummerville]

Did anyone catch 'Trapped' last night? It's the latest show to fill the 9:00pm BBC4 foreign language slot. This one's set in Iceland with plenty of their trademark big tyred 4x4s rumbling around. http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=Trapped&sa_f=sea...

[iandc]

Yes watched first 2 episodes last night. You wouldn't want to go there for your holidays would you? Good market for 4x4s and winter coats though! Looks like this could be quite interesting as lots of potential plot twists. I do love the foreign dramas on BBC4 on a Saturday night as it makes you concentrate more as no point in just listening to it in the background.

[Bring on the clowns]

Yes, I did. Really like it as it's quite different in some aspects from most crime dramas including most the Scandi-noir ones. Quite a few layers and unexplained lines running beneath the surface (like those evil girls!) and that oppressive feeling of menace. Trapped indeed! Reminds me a bit of a cross between The Killing series 1 and Fortitude. Hopefully it won't go bat st mad like Fortitude did!

[bingybongy]

Hopefully it won't be anything like Fortitude.

[kev b]

I don't trust the ferry captain, I think we will see a lot more of him, didn't the actor play the murdered Birk Larsen girls father in The Killing?

I enjoy these Scandi Noir dramas especially as they leave out all the posturing and bravado of English speaking crime programmes.

Edited by kev b on Sunday 14th February 19:30

[Beati Dogu]

I saw some of it before switching over to MOTD, looked bloody cold. Love the way they jump in and out of English when talking to foreigners. Must be nice to be able to do that.

kev b said:

I don't trust the ferry captain, I think we will see a lot more of him, didn't the actor play the murdered Birk Larsen girls father in The Killing?

Yes, Theis Birk Larsen.

He was also in Borgen if you watched that.

[TX1]

Watched the first episode and looks good so far, am a sucker for the scandinavian stuff they put on bbc4.

[Rostfritt]

Beati Dogu said:

Love the way they jump in and out of English when talking to foreigners. Must be nice to be able to do that.

I think they were jumping from Danish to English with the Captain, it didn't sound like Icelandic to me and I doubt the Danish captain would be able to speak it.

It is set in Seyðisfjörður which is the only passenger ferry port in the country. With a population of 665 this is a relatively large town by Iceland standards.

[Beati Dogu]

I think you're right. Apparently Danish & English are taught as compulsory subjects in Iceland's schools. They were a Danish dependency until 1918.

[SAB888]

Reminded me of Fortitude because of the setting, and the brilliant The Killing. Lots of mystery and some great scenery. A good start to the current BBC4 Saturday evening drama that has shown some gems over recent years.

[Grandad Gaz]

Heads up! On again tonight.

It's the best thing I have seen on TV since "The Bridge"

Love all the cold wintry scenery and the huge winter tyres they have on their trucks. Makes it all the more enjoyable when I am toasting in front of the fire

[iandc]

Grandad Gaz said:

Heads up! On again tonight.

It's the best thing I have seen on TV since "The Bridge"

Love all the cold wintry scenery and the huge winter tyres they have on their trucks. Makes it all the more enjoyable when I am toasting in front of the fire

+1. Great with a cold beer in front of a roaring fire watching all the icy weather. I bet their beer stays nice and cold though!!

[Jonesy23]

I keep think of '30 days of night'!

Nice and slow burning so far.

[FlossyThePig]

SAB888 said:

Reminded me of Fortitude because of the setting

Trapped was mainly filmed in Seyðisfjörður, Fortitude in Reyðarfjörður. Don't ask me how to pronounce them but they are near each other in Iceland.

I do like the quote from The Guardian - "May be the best of the shivery, subtitled imports."

Even my wife is hooked.

[swisstoni]

I like it. But I'm not buying the business plan for the new mega port though. 'We are exactly half-way between China and America'. Er - so what? Container ships seem to manage just fine at the moment.

And Thorhildur - great name for a motherinlaw !

[silverthorn2151]

Really loving this. I have developed an unsettling crush on the lady policewoman. Unsettling because I don't think we have seen her without a parka, big boots a hat and scarf. I'm normally falling for people in skimpier attire.

I have no idea who did various things to various people but I'm pretty sure the locals are going to solve it, not the bigwigs from Reykjavik.

I am watching it during my commute having downloaded it from iPlayer. makes the journey fly by.

[The Don of Croy]

Another vote in favour.

Interesting to hear everyone - the kids in the pool, the cops etc - swear in English too. Or sad?

Like the driving too - not too much caution shown, just plow on and trust the tyres.

[bluey1905]

Caught this on Saturday for the first time, so went back to the iPlayer to catch up. An excellent series, enjoying it as much as The Bridge.
Still missing Saga though.

[Bring on the clowns]

Me too. I'm enjoying it more than Fortitude - which I did really like until the last episode or two - and all but The Killing #1. It has that slow build up of menace, the undercurrents and intrigue of things unsaid, twists and turns in the plot, good acting and a great atmosphere. Hope they'll be able to keep or add enough for a second series, maybe related to the background historical case in Reykjavik?

I've noticed the shared us of English swear words in various dramas from abroad, mostly Scandinavian and find it interesting how many words look and sound so like ours, with shared roots, even the pattern, sometimes I'm not paying attention to the subtitles and yet hear a 2 or 3 word phrase that can instantly be worked out.

[silverthorn2151]

Just got up to date with episode 8.

O.......M........G

Oh, by the way, my crush has dissolved after seeing her in her nightie; which closely resembled a parka!