Before We Die on Channel 4 is getting a bit of a pummelling from the critics.
Based on a Swedish series of the same name, there were high hopes for the drama.
But despite a brilliant cast and an intriguing story, reviewers have slated it and viewing figures have hardly been through the roof.
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So the questions: why are so many Scandinavian dramas remade into something inferior to their originals, and is it time to stop?
Why hasn’t Before We Die on Channel 4 worked?
Like many of you out there, I love Scandinavian dramas, especially crime dramas.
Over the past decade, we’ve had some brilliant, edge-of-your-seat series from Sweden, Denmark and Norway, as well as Nordic countries such as Finland and Iceland.
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