tv Canal+ and Sky Atlantic team up for Bron/Broen remake

[Rappy Veteran]

Canal+, the French pay-cable channel, and Sky Atlantic, the British pay-cable channel, are working together on a remake of the Scandinavian series Bron/Broen, a Swedish/Danish production.

In Sweden and Denmark, the 10-episode first season aired from Wednesday, September 21 to November 23, 2011. A second season has been commissioned and will air in late 2013. In the UK, Bron/Broen is known as The Bridge, and season 1 aired from Saturday, April 21 to May 19, 2012 on BBC Four. In France, it's not known as anything yet (but if it's an exact translation, the title would be Le Pont), no channel has picked up the show so far, but I'm confident Arte will buy the rights of Bron/Broen and air it at some point.

In the original series, the upper half of a female Swedish politician and the lower half of a Danish prostitute are discovered sewn together on the border of the two countries, on the ?resund Bridge (?resundsbron in Svenska, ?resundsbroen in Dansk) linking Malm? (Sweden) to Copenhagen (Denmark). The lead homicide detective of these two cities, Saga Nor?n (Swedish policewoman) and Martin Rohde (Danish policeman), work together on the case.

In this French/British remake, the scene of the crime would be set in the English Channel (or as we call it, "la Manche", meaning "the Sleeve"), in the Channel Tunnel (or as we call it, "le tunnel sous la Manche"). This remake could take place in Coquelles (France) and Cheriton (Britain), the two small towns connected by the Tunnel, 50 kilometers (31 miles) apart from one another, but the show will most likely feature police officers of two bigger towns near the Tunnel : Calais (France) and Folkestone (England).

http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/05/canal-and-sky-atlantic-team-up-for.html