Great Danes

ONLY VIP fans are allowed on the set of The Killing 3. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, was presented with a “Sarah Lund sweater” by actress Sofie Grabol when she went on location in Denmark earlier this year, but commoners — especially journalistic ones — are barred from entry.

“The crew find it distracting,” explains the press officer for DR, the Danish state broadcaster responsible for The Killing, the political drama Borgen, and now, our latest imported Saturday night treat, The Bridge.

But then, as much as I would like to hang out with Lund (and loved the way in which Grabol had a holstered revolver insouciantly slung round her waist as she chatted to Camilla), I am actually in Copenhagen to meet the creative brains behind the hit shows that have put Danish TV drama on the map.