BBC Picks Up Danish Crime Thriller DNA

DNA, the new crime thriller series created by Danish writer Torleif Hoppe (co-creator of The Killing), will be airing in the U.K. later this year on the BBC.

Newen Distribution licensed the 8×45-minute series, which is produced by Nordisk Film Production in collaboration with France’s Frenchkiss Pictures and co-produced by TV 2 Denmark and ARTE France. The drama follows Rolf Larsen, a respected detective on the Copenhagen police force who has his life upended when his baby daughter goes missing. Five years after the tragedy, a new lead emerges when a serious flaw is discovered in the Danish police’s DNA database.

Sue Deeks, head of program acquisition for the BBC, said: “Beginning with a shocking event, DNA is an intriguing and unexpected crime series which will keep BBC viewers absorbed to the very end.”

Malika Abdellaoui, managing director of Newen Distribution, said: “We are extremely proud to bring this very unique crime series to the U.K. audience and to work with our longtime partners at the BBC.”