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Wallander: Series 1

3 episodes Premiered Nov 30, 2008 Updated Jul 22, 2026

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Sidetracked

Nov 30, 2008 · 89 min

What connects the shocking suicide of a young woman and the vicious murder of a government minister? Inspector Kurt Wallander's investigation uncovers wrongdoing and corruption tha

S1·E2 Mytharc

Firewall

Dec 7, 2008 · 89 min

A body is found at a cash point, the apparent victim of a heart attack. Two teenage girls are arrested for the brutal murder of a cab driver. The girls confess to the crime, showin

S1·E3 Mytharc

One Step Behind

Dec 14, 2008 · 89 min

Three youngsters are shot dead whilst having a woodland picnic in fancy dress. The corpses are found, and a friend of the victims is also slain, having told Wallander that his work