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SBS picks up Blackport drama

Upcoming Icelandic drama is set in in a small fishing village in the 1980s.

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SBS has picked up Icelandic drama Blackport.

Set in in a small Icelandic fishing village in the 1980s the 8 x 52 drama, follows a married couple, Harpa and Grimur, who along with their friends build a small fishing empire thanks to the introduction of the fishing quota system in the country. But the struggle for power deeply corrupts the couple, resulting in a feud of jealousy, greed and betrayal.

Created by Gísli Örn Garðarsson (Ragnarok), Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (Trapped,Fortitude) and Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir (Prisoners & The Valhalla Murders) it is produced by Vesturport and Turbine Studios for Arte (France) and RÚV (Iceland).

Laurent Boissel and Emmanuelle Guilbart, joint-CEOs and co-founders at About Premium Content , said: “The talented creative team behind Blackport have produced a thrilling multi-layered series, not only transporting the audience through the dramatic twisting narrative weaving relationships, business and politics but also exploring the humour and absurdity of greed.”

It has also been sold to the US, Canada, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Ireland. Denmark, Norway, and Finland.

An airdate is yet to be announced.

Source: TBI Vision

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  1. I would have thought the Icelandic banking bubble and collapse of the 2000s would have been more relevant to a wider audience-the Cod Wars makes me think of the Goodies!

  2. Icelandic dramas can be amusingly quirky, there is usually some underlying parochial humour and understatement in their screenplays too, I guess if you live in a remote and mostly cold environment it may help to pass the day. Those who have watched more than one Icelandic show will recognize the actor clique in the main roles, but this is not unusual for Nordic or European productions.

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