BBC4 has acquired the new second series of Swedish Wallander, the captivating detective drama based on new original stories by best-selling author Henning Mankell. Currently in production, the 13 x 90’ series has also been sold to France (M6 Group), Canada (Télé Québec), Russia (Teleseriya TV), Belgium (Lumière), Poland (Canal +), Bosnia and Serbia (Kip).

Created by renowned author Henning Mankell, Wallander has already won the hearts of millions of viewers through an acclaimed first season in Sweden and a gripping 6 x 90’ series for the BBC starring Kenneth Branagh.

The Swedish Wallander is distributed worldwide by Zodiak Entertainment Distribution and produced by Swedish production company Yellow Bird, owned by Zodiak Entertainment. Yellow Bird is internationally renowned for turning best-selling Scandinavian thriller books into TV and theatre blockbusters, the finest example being the hugely successful recent adaptation of the famous Millennium trilogy.

Emmanuelle Bouilhaguet, Scripted Sales Director at Zodiak Entertainment said, “This new Swedish film series is Scandinavian crime at its best – realistic, gripping and illuminating the dark corners of modern society. We’re delighted with these sales, as the series was only launched at MIPCOM in October. We will be announcing further sales to major territories in the coming months”.

For more information, please contact:
Press contacts:
Laura Saldanha – The Lippin Group on behalf of Zodiak Entertainment
T: 0044 203 008 5407
laura@lippingroup.com

Commercial contact
Emmanuelle Bouilhaguet – Scripted Sales Director, Zodiak Entertainment
T: 0033 153 10 91 31
emmanuelle.bouilhaguet@zodiakentertainment.com

Notes to editors

Yellow Bird was founded in 2003 and is currently one of Scandinavia’s biggest companies in the development and production of drama for TV and cinema. A German subsidiary has also been established in Munich.
Yellow Bird focuses primarily on international co-productions based on successful books or characters from such books. Apart from the Swedish and English Wallander series, Yellow Bird is also behind the smash hit Millennium trilogy, adapted from the 26 million copies bestselling thriller saga by Stieg Larsson.
www.yellowbird.se

Zodiak Entertainment is a leading creator, producer and distributor of multi-genre content for TV, cinema, internet and mobile.  Part of the De Agostini Group, Zodiak Entertainment is comprised of more than 30 highly successful production companies including Diverse, Mastiff, Marathon, Jarowskij, Magnolia, Sol, RM 5to Elemento and Yellow Bird.   Operating in over 18 countries around the world, Zodiak Entertainment companies produce hit programmes such as Fort Boyard,  Peking Express, Stars on Stage, Wallander, St Tropez, Totally Spies!, Gormiti and international feature film sensation, Millennium.   Zodiak Entertainment boasts a global sales distribution network based in London and Paris.
www.zodiakentertainment.com