10.01.10

We've total to expect TV detectives to suffer for their art, but did anyone have a less agreeable work-existence balance than Wallander (BBC1)? Kenneth Branagh returned to the r with some familiar distractions as he tried to juggle the demands of his wittering daughter and wrap his nut round a double murder while his mentally deteriorating forebear (the excellent David Warner) went flapping tragically down a mountains lane in his pyjamas and raincoat.

Examining humanity at its worst is no job for a man eaten up with existential issues, and I attention that whereas the original Swedish Wallander (Krister Henriksson, seen all over BBC4 these good old days months) is required merely to exude a dour mould of calm, Branagh has been landed with what you might call the full Shakespearean – feloniousness, fear, self-doubt, regret and stress-interrelated stubble. After only four outings in the part (each producing at least one heinous death he felt somehow at fault for), it's getting hard to imagine him having a good day at the responsibility. But if you want someone who can disintegrate on screen, Kenneth Branagh has at least had the training.

Source: The Guardian

by Al Carter

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