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Tuned In: Kenneth Branagh as Wallander

May 9, 2009 9:52 PM

Excerpt Since PBS's "Masterpiece Theatre" split itself in three last year -- creating "Masterpiece Classic," "Masterpiece Mystery!" and "Masterpiece Contemporary" -- the series as a whole has b...

Kenneth Branagh continues PBS tradition of brooding detective in 'Wallander'

May 9, 2009 8:57 PM

Excerpt A convention of the better detective fictions makes the central character not only an astute crime solver but a flash point for human existential angst.In the BBC/PBS “Mystery!&...

Branagh inhabits role of rumpled detective

May 8, 2009 10:53 PM

Excerpt Chris Pizzello/The Associated Press British actor/director Kenneth Branagh stars in "Wallander," which will air on PBS' "Masterpiece Mystery" beginning Sunday.AP Kurt Wallander might lo...

Kenneth Branagh on 'Wallander'

May 8, 2009 4:37 PM

Excerpt ...Branagh has come full circle. In 1988, PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre" audience watched the fresh-faced young talent from Northern Ireland in the World War II drama "The Fortunes of War,"...

Kenneth Branagh stars as Swedish detective on 3-part 'Masterpiece Mystery'

May 8, 2009 2:37 PM

Excerpt particular, which occurs in a dazzlingly yellow rapeseed field, as well as the subsequent scalpings. Yes, scalpings. But the pieces don't tend to add up to much; the suspects and victim...

Kenneth Branagh gives life to a dogged cop

May 8, 2009 10:49 AM

Excerpt It airs on Sundays and it concerns a detective in a foreign land, but don't look to "Wallander" (8 p.m. Central Sunday, WTTW-Ch. 11; three stars) to supply the kind of cozy, comfy crime...

Kenneth Branagh On Playing A ‘Thriving Cripple’ In The PBS Mini-Series ‘Wallander’

May 8, 2009 10:15 AM

Excerpt Kurt Wallander is not your typical police detective. At least not in the way American television audiences have come to know most of those crime-fighting professionals. His flaws are mo...

A Swedish Cop, Not a Danish Prince, but Still Melancholy

May 7, 2009 4:44 PM

Excerpt FOR his first recurring role in a television series Kenneth Branagh will play a detective on “Masterpiece Mystery!” But as the title character of “Wallander,” Mr. Branagh, the Irish-bor...

Ellen Gray: 'Mystery!' gets a new crime solver

May 6, 2009 12:18 AM

Excerpt IF KURT WALLANDER weren't Swedish, he'd be the obvious "Mystery!" man. A divorced police detective, he's diabetic and at least mildly depressed. He loves his daughter, but neglects her....

Second series of Wallander confirmed

May 5, 2009 7:15 AM

Excerpt BBC commissions three more feature-length instalments of Kenneth Branagh detective drama Wallander The BBC has confirmed that the Kenneth Branagh detective drama Wallander will return w...

Kenneth Branagh casts doubt on Shakespeare

May 5, 2009 12:16 AM

Excerpt Kenneth Branagh, who has been Oscar nominated three times for his work on Shakespearian films, has cast doubt on true identity of the author of the plays to which the star has devoted h...

Kenneth Branagh Says ‘Thor’ Filming To Begin In January," & Hints at a Potential Lead

May 4, 2009 2:38 PM

Excerpt You are not currently logged in. Login Even though Marvel’s thunder-bearing deity is years away from making his big-screen debut in “Thor,” director Kenneth Branagh is bringing the m...

Kenneth Branagh Talks Thor

May 3, 2009 10:53 AM

Excerpt Well, I'm working currently on Thor for Marvel and we're planning that one. We're having a great time at the moment. We're in intense pre-production. I shoot Thor in January of next yea...

Kenneth Branagh Set for May 7 TimesTalk

May 3, 2009 7:14 AM

Excerpt Be the first to comment! Award-winning actor and director Kenneth Branagh will participate in a TimesTalk with New York Times at TheTimesCenter (242 West 41th Street) at 6:30pm o...

Kenneth Branagh casts doubt on Shakespeare

May 3, 2009 2:32 AM

Excerpt London, May 03 (ANI): Kenneth Branagh, who has been Oscar nominated three times for his work on Shakespearian films, has cast doubt on true identity of the author of the plays to which ...