When a case defies logic and borders, the Nordic countries turn to the NCu — an elite task force of investigators drawn from every corner of the region, united to solve the unsolvable.

The Nordic nations have long prided themselves on low crime and high levels of social trust - but globalization, rising extremism, and increasingly sophisticated organized crime have exposed new vulnerabilities across the region.

It’s in this environment the series is born.

Nordic Crime Unit (NCU) is a gripping new procedural that plunges viewers into this new world. 

Within the world of the series, the countries operating under the Nordic Council have formed an elite crime-solving task force: the NCU. This diverse team of investigatorss each an expert in their field - can now cross jurisdictions as a team to tackle the region’s most complex and urgent cases. 

This diverse ensemble of investigators from Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland and Greenland bring their unique skills, perspectives and character traits to solve unique crimes all over the nordic region.

The Nordic crime genre has already proven itself with gripping longform storytelling. What sets NCU apart is its fresh spin on the nordic formula: telling compelling Nordic crime stories using the classic procedural “case of the week” structure.

This makes NCU a standout in the Nordic television landscape.

STORY FORMAT AND EPISODE STRUCTURE GUIDE

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STORY FORMAT AND EPISODE STRUCTURE GUIDE //

FORMAT & STRUCTURE RULES

This series is an old school procedural, focusing on episodic storytelling—a simple yet effective approach designed to keep audiences engaged and entertained with a self contained story.

You won’t need to do any homework to watch a single episode.

In a landscape dominated by heavily serialized plots, we believe it’s refreshing to offer something viewers can immerse themselves in for an hour at a time - even if episode five is the first episode you see.

This will be an engaging drama, with characters the audience like (hopefully love) that you can check in with - when convenient.

Of course, for the dedicated viewer, there’s more to discover. Each episode will build on character backstories and relationships, with emotional arcs, that like the case-of-the-week structure, will resolve themselves within each episode.

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