Media studies – TV
Repetition and difference
Media Language Page 24
Use the article below as a starting point. In pairs, identify what is “old” in terms of genre and what is “special” and gives it a “unique appeal”. Why has the genre changed/developed?
‘One show in particular represents everything we’ve come to love about Scandinavian television. Bron/Broen (The Bridge), a co-production between Sweden’s Sveriges Television and Denmark’s DR, along with the German network ZDF, has given us two superb series and a third that surely ranks amongst the best television ever made. It first aired here in 2012, and quickly acquired a devoted following, just as it had back home. Two adaptations have since appeared: a Franco-British series, The Tunnel, just about to start its second series, and a recently cancelled version of The Bridge set on the US/Mexican border. Interesting though both these twists on the premise are, neither has quite captured the special atmosphere of the Scandinavian original.’
http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-bridge/39851/the-bridge-an-unforgettable-scandinavian-drama