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| Sofie Gråbøl | ... | ||
| Sienna Guillory | ... | ||
| Mia Jexen | ... | ||
| Luke Treadaway | ... | ||
| Verónica Echegui | ... | ||
| Alexandra Moen | ... | ||
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Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips | ... |
Carrie Morgan
11 episodes, 2015
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| Ramon Tikaram | ... |
Tavrani
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11 episodes, 2015-2017
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| Ken Stott | ... |
Erling Munk
10 episodes, 2017
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| Edvin Endre | ... | ||
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Ronnie Morgan
10 episodes, 2015
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| Michelle Fairley | ... |
Freya Lennox
10 episodes, 2017
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| Jessica Raine | ... |
Jules Sutter
10 episodes, 2015
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| Dennis Quaid | ... | ||
| Michael Gambon | ... | ||
| Jessica Gunning | ... |
Shirley Allerdyce
10 episodes, 2015
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Vladek Klimov
10 episodes, 2017
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| Parminder Nagra | ... |
Dr. Sarinda Khatri
9 episodes, 2017
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Darwin Brokenbro | ... |
Liam Sutter
9 episodes, 2015
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Eloise Smyth | ... | |
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Doctor Allerdyce
9 episodes, 2015
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Fortitude is a place like nowhere else on Earth. Surrounded by the savage beauty of the polar landscape, its future sparkling with the promise of Arctic opportunity, wealth and discovery, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now. Written by Tiger Aspect Productions
This is a high class, high production value series. Well-written, well-acted with important and also unsettling themes. The start does make demands of the viewer but it is worth sticking with as all will, eventually, become clear. Far, far better than the dross that is so often served up on TV. Not everyone will have enjoyed this series because it is intricate, has a number of story lines running throughout and has a slow burning Scandinavian-style pace. There are surprises and real, genuine shocks combined with genuinely scary parts. The mirroring of characters' actions and movements is used a lot and works very well. Music is used to very good effect and is of high quality. There is humour and horror (some truly eye-shutting moments). I loved the development of characters and their links. The cinematography is wonderful, as is some of the visual imagery: favourites, apart from landscapes, were blood on snow and the 'Viking' burial. Themes of infatuation and obsession, love, protection, violence, greed and that all actions have consequences. We have just watched it a second time to pick up all the little things we missed the first time around e.g. The foreshadowing. Not a show that can be easily pigeon-holed as a specific genre. Very, very happy that there will be a second series. Unreservedly recommended.