Nordic Noir: The Documentary – The Rise of Scandi-Drama examines the popular fascination of Nordic crime fiction, TV drama and feature films. The dark and complex Scandinavian crime stories that have collectively created the genre known as 'Nordic Noir' have transfixed UK audiences, both in book form and on the small and large screen, in a major way since Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy books were translated and Wallander first aired in its native Swedish language on BBC FOUR. Given a serious boost by the 2011 transmission of Forbrydelsen (The Killing), which became a huge cult TV hit, spawning a national knitwear revival and the rapid rise through the ranks of popular police characters, such as the socially-challenged Sarah Lund and Saga Noren it seems that Nordic Noir is forever here to stay.