The Bridge

2011 • BBC Four

4.8

181 reviews

Eligible

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Season 4 episodes (8)

1 Episode 1

5/11/18

Season-only

A woman is brutally murdered on Pepparholm island at the base of the bridge. It turns out that the murdered woman is Margrethe Thormod, General Director of the Migration Agency in Copenhagen, and there may have found a motive in the scandal around a deportation decision that has gotten a lot of attention, and recently affected Margrethe personally. Henrik Sabroe starts to investigate the macabre murder with his Danish colleague, Jonas Mandrup.

2 Episode 2

5/18/18

Season-only

Henrik and his new colleague, Jonas, continue to investigate Margrethe Thormod's murder. Their two main leads are the radical leftist group, Red October, and the missing refugee, Taariq, who has gone underground after having his asylum application rejected.

3 Episode 3

5/25/18

Season-only

Henrik and Saga suspect that Taariq and the disappeared expert on radical leftist groups are hiding something, and they cooperate when it comes to revealing this, but they are not on the same page in regards to how they should handle the homeless girls, who are still refusing to tell anyone their true identity.

4 Episode 4

6/1/18

Season-only

Taariq recognises a car related to the case. He wants to push the owner for money but is himself accused of robbery. Saga fears that will be more murders and Henrik's efforts for the homeless girls end up in disappointment.

5 Episode 5

6/8/18

Season-only

Saga and Hendrik keep searching for a link between the murder victims. Lilian is reprimanded by her superiors. The relationship between Saga and Hendrik is tested to the limit and may have hit its breaking point.

6 Episode 6

6/15/18

Season-only

Henrik believes he found the connection between all victims and an unexpected finding ends up on the investigation board. At the same time, the crack between him and Saga is greater than ever.

7 Episode 7

6/22/18

Season-only

The inquiry into Tommy continues and Solveig still refuses to cooperate. She talks neither with Saga nor Jonas. The question is how long they can keep her in holding if they do not obtain any evidence. Lillian is still under pressure from the management to find the culprit, and now it seems that there is a leak in the department. In the meantime, Saga makes a breakthrough in the search for Henrick's family.

8 Episode 8

6/29/18

Season-only

Henrik and Astrid are trying to get used to being father and daughter again. Meanwhile Saga gets a breakthrough and the murderer is revealed and arrested under dramatic circumstances.

About this show

The story starts with when a famous Danish gender activist and owner of Copenhagen's first gender-neutral children's nursery is found murdered on a building site in Malmö. Saga is forced to work with a new Danish colleague, who has difficulties in accepting Saga for who she is. They quickly come to the conclusion that the murderer has been very particular about the aesthetics and wanted them to find the body. This marks the beginning of a line of spectacular murders that eventually become personal for Saga and her career looks to be at risk and the questions is raised, can she actually continue working on this case?

Ratings and reviews

4.8

181 reviews

Peter Marsden

January 11, 2016

The series (series 3) is excellent. After two series with the same two lead characters I wasn't expecting to like this series as much, but it is gripping. Google is the reason it only gets one star. Although the series finished its airing on BBC Four on 19th December, Google is still withholding the final episode (episode 10) for some reason. Its like buying a tense thriller only to find the final chapter has been ripped out.

Colin Wilson

May 31, 2016

The main character has aspergers, and to see the story bob and weave, and the action unfold is brilliant, with the little influences of autism always visible in her mannerisms. I actually felt bereft when I came to the end, wanting to know how she worked through what was happening.

PHILSAM49 “COOKY”

February 16, 2016

I came across this series by accident one day while browsing my TV listings for anything good to watch. Well,simply must the very best accident I've ever had.The quality of drama/comedy mixed is pure genius,especially the way Sofia carries herself in this role,its flawless. !! Its almost a crime making us wait a week for the next episode, but I pulled through !! For the second series I did not make the same mistake,Once it was announced when series 2 was airing,I just set my box to record all episodes. Then after watched them all over 2 days,it was just as good as the first. I now have all series 3 recorded now but as yet not watched yet. If your unfortunate enough not to have seen this amazing cop drama,where all 12 episodes are the same story as it progresses,you would be foolish not to see this,on of my all time favourites.