The Investigation review – Kim Wall drama offers a new kind of true crime
Tobias Lindholm’s virtuoso telling of the ‘submarine case’ eschewed gruesome shocks for patient, humane drama
January 2021
TV tonight
TV tonight: Russell T Davies's new drama examines the 80s Aids crisis
Olly Alexander heads the cast in It’s a Sin. Plus: Jimmy and Jamie serve up another Friday Night Feast. Here’s what to watch this evening
The Investigation: why my drama about Kim Wall doesn't name her killer
Tobias Lindholm disliked the media circus that followed the murder of the journalist onboard a submarine in Denmark. Instead, his new series tells the story of the police, the divers and her family
Sound and vision
This week's home entertainment: from Back to It's a Sin
Mitchell and Webb return for the second series of their pub sitcom, while Russel T Davies’s miniseries gets under way
October 2020
Submarine killer Peter Madsen recaptured after taking hostage in Denmark jail escape
Police surround and capture submarine murderer Peter Madsen after he escaped jail – video
September 2020
Danish killer confesses to murder of Kim Wall for first time
Peter Madsen, handed life sentence in 2018 for murder of Swedish journalist, makes confession in TV documentary
July 2020
‘We don’t want her to be remembered as the victim’: Kim Wall’s parents on telling her story
In 2017, journalist Kim Wall became the story when she was murdered after boarding a submarine. Now, Kim’s parents are sharing her life and tragedy in a new book
March 2020
Kim Wall: Netflix distances itself from documentary after participants claim they didn't consent
The documentary, which aired at Sundance, featured Peter Madsen and his staff in the lead-up to and aftermath of the high profile murder
October 2018
Kim Wall: Swedish journalist's murder to be made into TV series
Tobias Lindholm, one of Borgen’s writers, announces The Investigation and vows her killer will not feature
April 2018
Peter Madsen sentenced to life for murdering journalist Kim Wall
Kim Wall murder trial: prosecutor demands life sentence
‘Everyone is following it’: millions gripped by Kim Wall murder trial as verdict nears
Danish inventor accused of Kim Wall murder 'psychopathic', court hears
March 2018
Danish inventor denies murder of Kim Wall as trial opens
Danish inventor pleads not guilty to murder of journalist Kim Wall
January 2018
Peter Madsen formally charged with murder of Kim Wall on submarine
A Copenhagen killing: the story behind the submarine murder
October 2017
Danish inventor admits dismembering body of Swedish journalist
Kim Wall was born to tell stories. I miss my friend's light, and her love
