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# BBC Buys "Vikings" Star Gustaf Skarsgård's Swedish "Wallander"
- URL: https://scrolletta.com/2026/10/21/wallander-gustaf-skarsgard-bbc-mhz-sales/
- Published: 2026-10-21T07:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T13:17:33.000Z
- Description: The new Swedish take on Henning Mankell's detective lands in the UK, the US and four more European markets.
- Author: Scrolletta
- Tags: Made In Europe, Gustaf Skarsgård, Banijay Rights, BBC, MHz Choice, TV4, #pool-2026-10-22, #ai-generated

The BBC acquires the new Swedish-language "Wallander", three 90-minute films for Swedish channel TV4 with Gustaf Skarsgård as Henning Mankell's detective Kurt Wallander, for BBC iPlayer and BBC Four, Banijay Rights announces, and MHz Choice takes it for the US and Canada, with NPO in the Netherlands, VRT in Belgium, HRT in Croatia and LNK in Lithuania also buying. Antonia Pyk writes, Molly Hartleb, Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja direct and Glenn Lund produces for Jarowskij/YellowBird, part of Banijay Nordic, with ARD Degeto, Film i Skåne and Ystad Österlen Filmfond also on board. The release names no air dates.

**Primary**: [Banijay, press release, 21 October 2026](https://www.banijay.com/blog/2026/10/21/banijay-rights-brings-new-era-of-wallander-to-the-bbc/?ref=scrolletta.com)