Adapted from a radio play, “Annika” stars Nicola Walker, beloved for her role in “Unforgotten,” as the new DI at Scotland Police’s Maritime Homicide Unit.
Adapted from a radio play, “Annika” stars Nicola Walker, beloved for her role in “Unforgotten,” as the new DI at Scotland Police’s Maritime Homicide Unit. Her Norwegian background is shown by her predilection for salted licorice, though the setting has moved from the radio version’s Oslo to seaside Scotland. It’s apparently a chaotic place, since bodies keep turning up in boats elsewhere, and Annika has her hands full parenting a teenaged daughter on her own while keeping the Homicide Unit in shape. Though Annika often breaks the fourth wall by speaking directly to the camera, it’s a fairly straightforward episodic procedural that’s livened up by Walker’s emotional range and stunning Scottish scenery. A second season is in the works.