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It’s been 25 years since Beck first aired on Swedish television, making this one of the most enduring crime shows in European television and Scandinavia’s longest-running crime drama export. The ninth season is four episodes in extent, and began airing on BBC Four in the 9pm subtitled crime slot on Saturday 7 May. It’s also available on iPlayer.

The big news is that Martin Beck (Peter Haber) is back – because when season eight ended the ageing detective was out of commission with a suspected brain tumour. We thought it could be the end for the series.

However, in the rather elastic timeline of the show, he’s had three months off and is now raring to go, brushing aside the paperwork and heading out to solve crimes. Still, Beck’s tentative health has become an ongoing issue in the series.

If you’ve watched Beck before you’ll know that comings and goings are fairly frequent in the murder squad. Beck’s number two, Alex Beijer (Jennie Silfverhjelm) arrived a few seasons ago and competition with her is one of the reasons Steinar Hovland (Kristofer Hivju) returned to Norway. That, and the fiery Norseman came into conflict with former undercover cop Josef Eriksson (Martin Wallstöm). In many ways, Steinar and