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Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed (Walker) is from the [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction Scotland Police]], who gets transferred to the Greater Glasgow Area in order to lead its Marine Homicide Unit (MHU), where its officers investigate serious cases that involve bodies or serious criminal evidence being found near bodies of water. She immediately clashes with her NumberTwo, Detective Sergeant Michael [=McAndrews=] (Creator/JamieSives), her [[WorkingWithTheEx long-ago ex-boyfriend]] who was [[PassedOverPromotion passed over for the position]]. Annika lives with Morgan (Furneaux), her only daughter as she's the sole person responsible for her custody since her father is not in the picture.
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Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed (Walker) is from the [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction Scotland Police]], who gets transferred to the Greater Glasgow Area in order to lead its Marine Homicide Unit (MHU), where its officers investigate serious cases that involve bodies or serious criminal evidence being found near bodies of water. She immediately clashes with her NumberTwo, Detective Sergeant Michael [=McAndrews=] (Creator/JamieSives), (Sives), her [[WorkingWithTheEx long-ago ex-boyfriend]] who was [[PassedOverPromotion passed over for the position]]. Annika lives with Morgan (Furneaux), her only daughter as she's the sole person responsible for her custody since her whose father is not in the picture.
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''Annika'' is a 2021 crime drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Creator/NicolaWalker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Creator/PaulMcGann. Commissioned for the Alibi channel and later airing on BBC 1, the show has aired two seasons to date.
Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed is from the [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction Scotland Police]], who gets transferred to the Greater Glasgow Area in order to lead its Marine Homicide Unit (MHU), where its officers investigate serious cases that involve bodies or serious criminal evidence being found near bodies of water. Annika lives with Morgan, her only daughter as she's the sole person responsible for her custody since her father is not in the picture.
Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed is from the [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction Scotland Police]], who gets transferred to the Greater Glasgow Area in order to lead its Marine Homicide Unit (MHU), where its officers investigate serious cases that involve bodies or serious criminal evidence being found near bodies of water. Annika lives with Morgan, her only daughter as she's the sole person responsible for her custody since her father is not in the picture.
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''Annika'' is a 2021 crime drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', ''Radio/AnnikaStranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Creator/NicolaWalker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Creator/PaulMcGann. Commissioned for the Alibi channel and later airing on BBC Creator/{{BBC}} 1, the show has aired two seasons to date.
Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed (Walker) is from the [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction Scotland Police]], who gets transferred to the Greater Glasgow Area in order to lead its Marine Homicide Unit (MHU), where its officers investigate serious cases that involve bodies or serious criminal evidence being found near bodies of water. She immediately clashes with her NumberTwo, Detective Sergeant Michael [=McAndrews=] (Creator/JamieSives), her [[WorkingWithTheEx long-ago ex-boyfriend]] who was [[PassedOverPromotion passed over for the position]]. Annika lives withMorgan, Morgan (Furneaux), her only daughter as she's the sole person responsible for her custody since her father is not in the picture.
Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed (Walker) is from the [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction Scotland Police]], who gets transferred to the Greater Glasgow Area in order to lead its Marine Homicide Unit (MHU), where its officers investigate serious cases that involve bodies or serious criminal evidence being found near bodies of water. She immediately clashes with her NumberTwo, Detective Sergeant Michael [=McAndrews=] (Creator/JamieSives), her [[WorkingWithTheEx long-ago ex-boyfriend]] who was [[PassedOverPromotion passed over for the position]]. Annika lives with
Creator/{{PBS}} began running the series on ''Series/{{Masterpiece}} Mystery'' in the United States on 16 October 2022.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Morgan doesn't know who her father is, though Annika does and has a standing offer to tell her if she asks. [[spoiler:It's Michael, who got Annika pregnant when they were at Police College together. Annika didn't think he was prepared to be a father and didn't want to put Morgan through a repeat of her own parents' stormy relationship.]]
* DumpedViaTextMessage: Erin dumps Morgan by text in 2x3 rather than come to a friend's birthday party with her. This leads to Morgan taking Annika's police boat on a joyride to distract herself, which gets her grounded after she forgets to anchor it after bringing it back and it drifts across the bay.
* PassedOverPromotion: Michael wanted the MHU team leader job but was passed over in favor of Annika.
* PutOnABus: DS Tyrone Clarke gets a promotion to detective inspector in 2x3 and leaves the series to head up another MHU unit. He's replaced by DS Harper Weston, [[WelcomeEpisode who is introduced that episode]].
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: In 2x4, a body is found frozen in a block of ice at the bottom of the Sound of Islay, and a woman believes it's her domestic partner who absconded with half her money to return to his toxic ex, who runs an ice factory. That turns out to be a RedHerring when Harper mentions the partner's name to the employee leading her around the factory, and he identifies himself as the man they thought was in the ice block.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: In 2x4, a body is found frozen in a block of ice at the bottom of the Sound of Islay, and a woman believes it's her domestic partner who absconded with half her money to return to his toxic ex, who runs an ice factory. That turns out to be a RedHerring when Harper mentions the partner's name to the employee leading her around the factory, and he identifies himself as the man they thought was in the ice block.
* SurprisePregnancy:
** Annika herself was the result of one, and as a consequence felt unwanted throughout her childhood because her father was terrible at showing affection to her. After Annika had a surprise of her own, this motivated her decision to not tell Morgan who her father was, or him about her.
** {{Enforced}} with Blair, with discovers during series 2 that she's unexpectedly become pregnant from an offscreen liaison. This was a way of working Creator/KatieLeung's real-life pregnancy into the series.
* TeacherParentRomance: A close variant: Annika becomes attracted to Morgan's therapist Jake Strathearn. Once this comes out, Morgan understandably stops seeing him as a patient, and he and Annika take a pause to put space between them and the doctor/patient relationship, before resuming the relationship after they run into each other at a conference in series 2.
** Annika herself was the result of one, and as a consequence felt unwanted throughout her childhood because her father was terrible at showing affection to her. After Annika had a surprise of her own, this motivated her decision to not tell Morgan who her father was, or him about her.
** {{Enforced}} with Blair, with discovers during series 2 that she's unexpectedly become pregnant from an offscreen liaison. This was a way of working Creator/KatieLeung's real-life pregnancy into the series.
* TeacherParentRomance: A close variant: Annika becomes attracted to Morgan's therapist Jake Strathearn. Once this comes out, Morgan understandably stops seeing him as a patient, and he and Annika take a pause to put space between them and the doctor/patient relationship, before resuming the relationship after they run into each other at a conference in series 2.
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* WhamLine: In episode 1.6, Michael asks Annika if Morgan ever talks to her dad. Annika says no, [[spoiler:but when he goes to join the rest of the team and sing Morgan happy birthday, she [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns to the camera]] and says, "But she is talking to him right now."]]
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* WhamLine: In episode 1.6, Michael asks Annika if Morgan ever talks to her dad. Annika says no, [[spoiler:but when he goes to join the rest of the team and sing Morgan happy birthday, she [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns to the camera]] and says, "But she is talking to him right now."]]"]]
* WorkingWithTheEx: Michael is Annika's ex-boyfriend from when they were police cadets. He's now HappilyMarried and their past relationship doesn't pose a huge issue, [[spoiler:until Annika reveals in the series 1 finale that [[LukeYouAreMyFather he's Morgan's biological father]]]].
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* WorkingWithTheEx: Michael is Annika's ex-boyfriend from when they were police cadets. He's now HappilyMarried and their past relationship doesn't pose a huge issue, [[spoiler:until Annika reveals in the series 1 finale that [[LukeYouAreMyFather he's Morgan's biological father]]]].
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* TheBusCameBack: Jake, Morgan's therapist and Anika's boyfriend in Season 1, pops back up in episode 2.4 when Annika runs into him at a conference. They start things back up again.
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* GenderBlenderName: A plot point in episode 2.4. Annika and the MHU are looking for a woman named Tina, sister of the murder victim. It's not until Chris, the woman who works for the hotel, gets a phone call that they realize that "Chris" is actually Christina, the dead man's sister.
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* BritishBrevity: Alibi ran the show for six episodes. A second series is airing in August 2023.
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* BritishBrevity: Alibi ran the show for six episodes. A second series is airing aired in August 2023.2023.
* CurseCutShort: In episode 2.3, as Annika is wallowing in guilt about not telling the truth about Morgan, she says she's been "acting like a c--well, like a cow."
* CurseCutShort: In episode 2.3, as Annika is wallowing in guilt about not telling the truth about Morgan, she says she's been "acting like a c--well, like a cow."
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* WackyCravings: A Season 2 plotline involves Blair getting pregnant. In episode 2.3, she's drinking pickle juice.
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* RooftopConfrontation: A low-key one in episode 2.3, when Annika is trying to rig up a lawn chair on the roof to get some son. Michael comes up to the roof to confront her, in the first episode after Annika has revealed the truth about Morgan.
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* ExactWords: The MHU is tasked with solving murders that take place in or by water. In Season 2 this extends to a wealthy man found dead in the shark tank in his mansion.
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* PoorlyTimedConfession: At the end of episode 2.2, Annika tells Michael that he's Morgan's father during a surprise open mic session.
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* ShoutOut: The first episode opens with Annika looking straight at the camera and saying "Call me Annika." She spends much of the rest of the episode talking about Herman Melville and ''Literature/MobyDick'', what with her murder victim having been harpooned.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The first episode opens with Annika looking straight at the camera and saying "Call me Annika." She spends much of the rest of the episode talking about Herman Melville and ''Literature/MobyDick'', what with her murder victim having beenharpooned.harpooned.
** This is a hook for every single episode afterwards, with Annika always relating the events of the episode to some old work of literature.
** The first episode opens with Annika looking straight at the camera and saying "Call me Annika." She spends much of the rest of the episode talking about Herman Melville and ''Literature/MobyDick'', what with her murder victim having been
** This is a hook for every single episode afterwards, with Annika always relating the events of the episode to some old work of literature.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Morgan, who spends the first episode complaining about having to go around in a boat, complains about her mother's car, and complains about her new school and the drama club she got stuck in. In episode 2 she's found sneaking vodka into school in a water bottle.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Morgan, who spends the first episode complaining about having to go around in a boat, complains about her mother's car, and complains about her new school and the drama club she got stuck in. In episode 1.2 she's found sneaking vodka into school in a water bottle.
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: The murder victim in episode 2.2 was paroled from prison with £70 of pocket money. The cops track her to a swanky hotel where they find a satchel with £20,000 in it.
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* GunStruggle: In episode 1 Danny says this is how the first murder went down; he was struggling with the drowned girl's angry father over a harpoon gun, and it went off.
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* GunStruggle: In episode 1.1 Danny says this is how the first murder went down; he was struggling with the drowned girl's angry father over a harpoon gun, and it went off.
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* MythologyGag: Annika is the child of Norwegian parents; she's seen speaking to her father on the phone in fluent Norwegian. Later on, she sings in Norwegian when she greets Morgan happy birthday in another episode. The original radio drama was set in Oslo, Norway.
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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
** Annika is the child of Norwegian parents; she's seen speaking to her father on the phone in fluent Norwegian. Later on, she sings in Norwegian when she greets Morgan happy birthday in another episode. The original radio drama was set in Oslo,Norway.Norway.
** The first episode starts with Annika addressing the camera in an AsideComment and saying "Call me Annika." Throughout the show she's making {{Aside Comment}}s continually, that being one of the hooks of the series. In episode 2.1 she gets a loaner car, hers having been exploded at the end of the first season. It's a voice-activated car, so she takes the keys and says, to ''the car'', "Hello, I'm Annika."
** Annika is the child of Norwegian parents; she's seen speaking to her father on the phone in fluent Norwegian. Later on, she sings in Norwegian when she greets Morgan happy birthday in another episode. The original radio drama was set in Oslo,
** The first episode starts with Annika addressing the camera in an AsideComment and saying "Call me Annika." Throughout the show she's making {{Aside Comment}}s continually, that being one of the hooks of the series. In episode 2.1 she gets a loaner car, hers having been exploded at the end of the first season. It's a voice-activated car, so she takes the keys and says, to ''the car'', "Hello, I'm Annika."
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* LowClearance: Episode 2.1 involves a banker engaging the services of a hit man. After the sting that ends the episode, the banker goes running off, with the money for the payoff still in his hands--and crashes right into a beam over a doorway, knocking himself out. When Michael walks over to the unconscious banker he says "It wasn't even real money."
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* AskAStupidQuestion: In the last episode, Annika and Tyrone chase a suspect who works in an Indian cuisine restaurant. When the suspect runs, Annika snarks on why does the suspect always run.
* AssholeVictim: Ronnie Kidd, the victim in episode 2, was dating a 15-year-old girl who was one of his students at the high school.
* AssholeVictim: Ronnie Kidd, the victim in episode 2, was dating a 15-year-old girl who was one of his students at the high school.
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* AskAStupidQuestion: In the last episode, episode of the first season, Annika and Tyrone chase a suspect who works in an Indian cuisine restaurant. When the suspect runs, Annika snarks on why does the suspect always run.
* AssholeVictim: Ronnie Kidd, the victim in episode 1.2, was dating a 15-year-old girl who was one of his students at the high school.
* AssholeVictim: Ronnie Kidd, the victim in episode 1.2, was dating a 15-year-old girl who was one of his students at the high school.
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* DiesWideOpen: The victim in episode 2 is shown staring up sightlessly from the floor of his boat.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: In episode 2 Annika narrowly escapes being killed when the boat on which they found a body explodes. Then she has to pick up her daughter, who's being sent home from school after she's been caught with vodka in a water bottle. Back home, a still-jittery Annika drinks Morgan's vodka.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: In episode 1.2 Annika narrowly escapes being killed when the boat on which they found a body explodes. Then she has to pick up her daughter, who's being sent home from school after she's been caught with vodka in a water bottle. Back home, a still-jittery Annika drinks Morgan's vodka.
* TheReveal: The last line of dialogue in the last episode of the first season has Annika telling the audience that Michael, her coworker and old boyfriend, is Morgan's father.
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* TeacherStudentRomance: In the backstory. Ronnie Kidd, the victim in episode 2, is a teacher who was dating a 15-year-old student.
* WhamLine: In episode 6, Michael asks Annika if Morgan ever talks to her dad. Annika says no, [[spoiler:but when he goes to join the rest of the team and sing Morgan happy birthday, she [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns to the camera]] and says, "But she is talking to him right now."]]
* WhamLine: In episode 6, Michael asks Annika if Morgan ever talks to her dad. Annika says no, [[spoiler:but when he goes to join the rest of the team and sing Morgan happy birthday, she [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns to the camera]] and says, "But she is talking to him right now."]]
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* TeacherStudentRomance: In the backstory. Ronnie Kidd, the victim in episode 1.2, is a teacher who was dating a 15-year-old student.
* WhamLine: In episode 1.6, Michael asks Annika if Morgan ever talks to her dad. Annika says no, [[spoiler:but when he goes to join the rest of the team and sing Morgan happy birthday, she [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns to the camera]] and says, "But she is talking to him right now."]]
* WhamLine: In episode 1.6, Michael asks Annika if Morgan ever talks to her dad. Annika says no, [[spoiler:but when he goes to join the rest of the team and sing Morgan happy birthday, she [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns to the camera]] and says, "But she is talking to him right now."]]
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* ImmediateSequel: Season 2 starts up within hours of Season 1, with the cops off on another murder case. Everyone is worried about Annika, who is still working right after she was held captive in the trunk of her car.
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''Annika'' is a 2021-present crime drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Creator/NicolaWalker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Creator/PaulMcGann. Commissioned for the Alibi channel and later airing on BBC 1, the show has aired two seasons to date.
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''Annika'' is a 2021-present 2021 crime drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Creator/NicolaWalker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Creator/PaulMcGann. Commissioned for the Alibi channel and later airing on BBC 1, the show has aired two seasons to date.
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''Annika'' is a 2021 crime drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Creator/NicolaWalker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Creator/PaulMcGann. The show has aired two seasons.
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''Annika'' is a 2021 2021-present crime drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Creator/NicolaWalker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Creator/PaulMcGann. The Commissioned for the Alibi channel and later airing on BBC 1, the show has aired two seasons.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Annika regularly addresses the camera directly, sharing her thoughts, talking about her life.
* BritishBrevity: BBC ran the show for six episodes. A second series is airing in August 2023.
* BritishBrevity: BBC ran the show for six episodes. A second series is airing in August 2023.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Annika regularly addresses the camera directly, sharing her thoughts, talking about her life.
life. In season 2, she expands this to cover a different work of classic literature each episode.
* BritishBrevity:BBC Alibi ran the show for six episodes. A second series is airing in August 2023.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: The show ends with everyone in the MHU taking time off to celebrate with Morgan on her birthday after Annika survives being killed in a grenade blast.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: The show first season ends with everyone in the MHU taking time off to celebrate with Morgan on her birthday after Annika survives being killed in a grenade blast.
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''Annika'' is a 2021 crime drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Creator/NicolaWalker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Creator/PaulMcGann. It was reported on August 2022 that the show will return for a second series.
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''Annika'' is a 2021 crime drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Creator/NicolaWalker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Creator/PaulMcGann. It was reported on August 2022 that the The show will return for a second series.
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''Annika'' is a 2021 BritishBrevity drama series (6 episodes) set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Creator/NicolaWalker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Paul [=McGann=]. It was reported on August 2022 that the show will return for a second season.
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''Annika'' is a 2021 BritishBrevity crime drama series (6 episodes) set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Creator/NicolaWalker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Paul [=McGann=]. Creator/PaulMcGann. It was reported on August 2022 that the show will return for a second season.
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* HerosClassicCar: A 1993 Saab for Annika.
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* HerosClassicCar: A 1993 Saab for Annika. [[spoiler:Becomes ThePreciousPreciousCar in episode 6 when a murderer blows himself up after having earlier kidnapped Annika and held her captive in the trunk.]]
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Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed is from the [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction Scotland Police]], who gets transferred to the Greater Glasgow Area in order to lead its Marine Homicide Unit (MHU), where its officers investigate serious cases that involve bodies or serious criminal evidence being found near bodies of water. Annika lives with Morgan, her only daughter as she's the sole person responsible for her in custody with her ex-husband out of the picture.
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Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed is from the [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction Scotland Police]], who gets transferred to the Greater Glasgow Area in order to lead its Marine Homicide Unit (MHU), where its officers investigate serious cases that involve bodies or serious criminal evidence being found near bodies of water. Annika lives with Morgan, her only daughter as she's the sole person responsible for her in custody with since her ex-husband out of father is not in the picture.
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* TeacherStudentRomance: In the backstory. Ronnie Kidd, the victim in episode 2, is a teacher who was dating a 15-year-old student.
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* TeacherStudentRomance: In the backstory. Ronnie Kidd, the victim in episode 2, is a teacher who was dating a 15-year-old student.student.
* WhamLine: In episode 6, Michael asks Annika if Morgan ever talks to her dad. Annika says no, [[spoiler:but when he goes to join the rest of the team and sing Morgan happy birthday, she [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns to the camera]] and says, "But she is talking to him right now."]]
* WhamLine: In episode 6, Michael asks Annika if Morgan ever talks to her dad. Annika says no, [[spoiler:but when he goes to join the rest of the team and sing Morgan happy birthday, she [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns to the camera]] and says, "But she is talking to him right now."]]
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* GovernmentAgencyofFiction: Scotland Police doesn't exist. It's merely a counterpart of Police Scotland. Meanwhile, the MHU is supposedly based on the actual Major Investigation Team.
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* SchoolPlay: In the first episode Morgan, who is playing in ''Theatre/TheTempest'', delivers a ScrewThisImOuttaHere to the audience and stalks off. Annika then hits a fire alarm so students will have something else to talk about.
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''Annika'' is a 2021 BritishBrevity drama series (6 episodes) set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Nicola Walker, Creator/NicolaWalker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Paul [=McGann=]. It ran from August 17 to September 21, 2021.
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* AssholeVictim: Ronnie Kidd, the victim in episode 2, was dating a 15-year-old girl who was one of his students at the high school.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Morgan, who spends the first episode complaining about having to go around in a boat, complains about her mother's car, and complains about her new school and the drama club she got stuck in. In episode 2 she's found sneaking vodka into school in a water bottle.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Morgan, who spends the first episode complaining about having to go around in a boat, complains about her mother's car, and complains about her new school and the drama club she got stuck in. In episode 2 she's found sneaking vodka into school in a water bottle.
* DeadpanSnarker: Annika is a champion snarker. When she's told that someone from Morgan's school called, she says "Excellent. I imagine she's won a prize of some sort." (She's been caught drinking at school.)
* DiesWideOpen: The victim in episode 2 is shown staring up sightlessly from the floor of his boat.
* DiesWideOpen: The victim in episode 2 is shown staring up sightlessly from the floor of his boat.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: In episode 2 Annika narrowly escapes being killed when the boat on which they found a body explodes. Then she has to pick up her daughter, who's being sent home from school after she's been caught with vodka in a water bottle. Back home, a still-jittery Annika drinks Morgan's vodka.
-->'''Annika''': If anyone's bloody drinking it's me. ''[takes a swig]'' Oh Christ, she could have put a mixer in it.
-->'''Annika''': If anyone's bloody drinking it's me. ''[takes a swig]'' Oh Christ, she could have put a mixer in it.
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* MythologyGag: Annika is seen speaking to her father on the phone in fluent Norwegian. Later on, she sings in Norwegian when she greets Morgan happy birthday in another episode. The original radio drama stars Nicola Walker as Annika, but originally set in Oslo, Norway.
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* MythologyGag: Annika is the child of Norwegian parents; she's seen speaking to her father on the phone in fluent Norwegian. Later on, she sings in Norwegian when she greets Morgan happy birthday in another episode. The original radio drama stars Nicola Walker as Annika, but originally was set in Oslo, Norway.
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* ShoutOut: The first episode opens with Annika looking straight at the camera and saying "Call me Annika." She spends much of the rest of the episode talking about Herman Melville and ''Literature/MobyDick'', what with her murder victim having been harpooned.
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* ShoutOut: The first episode opens with Annika looking straight at the camera and saying "Call me Annika." She spends much of the rest of the episode talking about Herman Melville and ''Literature/MobyDick'', what with her murder victim having been harpooned.harpooned.
* TeacherStudentRomance: In the backstory. Ronnie Kidd, the victim in episode 2, is a teacher who was dating a 15-year-old student.
* TeacherStudentRomance: In the backstory. Ronnie Kidd, the victim in episode 2, is a teacher who was dating a 15-year-old student.
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* BrattyTeenagedDaughter: Morgan, who spends the first episode complaining about having to go around in a boat, complains about her mother's car, and complains about her new school and the drama club she got stuck in.
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* BrattyTeenagedDaughter: BrattyTeenageDaughter: Morgan, who spends the first episode complaining about having to go around in a boat, complains about her mother's car, and complains about her new school and the drama club she got stuck in.
* GunStruggle: In episode 1 Danny says this is how the first murder went down; he was struggling with the drowned girl's angry father over a harpoon gun, and it went off.
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* MythologyGag: Annika is seen speaking to her father on the phone in fluent Norwegian. Later on, she sings in Norwegian when she greets Morgan happy birthday in another episode. The original radio drama stars Nicola Walker as Annika, but originally set in Oslo, Norway.
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* MythologyGag: Annika is seen speaking to her father on the phone in fluent Norwegian. Later on, she sings in Norwegian when she greets Morgan happy birthday in another episode. The original radio drama stars Nicola Walker as Annika, but originally set in Oslo, Norway.Norway.
* NeverOneMurder: In the first episode Finlay Morris is the prime suspect right up until the time he's killed in a hit-and-run. Annika and the other cops quickly realized that he must have seen the murder happen rather than do it himself.
* ShoutOut: The first episode opens with Annika looking straight at the camera and saying "Call me Annika." She spends much of the rest of the episode talking about Herman Melville and ''Literature/MobyDick'', what with her murder victim having been harpooned.
* NeverOneMurder: In the first episode Finlay Morris is the prime suspect right up until the time he's killed in a hit-and-run. Annika and the other cops quickly realized that he must have seen the murder happen rather than do it himself.
* ShoutOut: The first episode opens with Annika looking straight at the camera and saying "Call me Annika." She spends much of the rest of the episode talking about Herman Melville and ''Literature/MobyDick'', what with her murder victim having been harpooned.
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''Annika'' is a 2021 BritishBrevity drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Nicola Walker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Paul [=McGann=]. It ran from August 17 to September 21, 2021.
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''Annika'' is a 2021 BritishBrevity drama series (6 episodes) set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Nicola Walker, Jamie Sives, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Paul [=McGann=]. It ran from August 17 to September 21, 2021.
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* AsideGlance: Annika does this when she explains the significance of an episode's theme or what just happened.
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* AsideGlance: AsideComment: Annika does this when she explains the significance of an episode's theme or what just happened.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Regularly shares monologues with the audience.
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* BrattyTeenagedDaughter: Morgan, who spends the first episode complaining about having to go around in a boat, complains about her mother's car, and complains about her new school and the drama club she got stuck in.
* BreakingTheFourthWall:Regularly shares monologues with Annika regularly addresses the audience.camera directly, sharing her thoughts, talking about her life.
* BreakingTheFourthWall:
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* MysteryOfTheWeek: Each episode has Annika solving a different case.
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''Annika'' is a 2021 BritishBrevity drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Nicola Walker, Jamie Sives, Katie Leung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Paul [=McGann=]. It ran from August 17 to September 21, 2021.
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''Annika'' is a 2021 BritishBrevity drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Nicola Walker, Jamie Sives, Katie Leung, Creator/KatieLeung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Paul [=McGann=]. It ran from August 17 to September 21, 2021.
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* BritishBrevity: BBC ran the show for six episodes.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Regularly shares monologues with the audience.
* BritishBrevity: BBC ran the show for six episodes. A second series is scheduled for 2023.
* BritishBrevity: BBC ran the show for six episodes. A second series is scheduled for 2023.
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* HerosClassicCar: A 1993 Saab for Annika.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/annika_mhu_team.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The Scotland Police Marine Homicide Unit team in Glasgow.]]
''Annika'' is a 2021 BritishBrevity drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Nicola Walker, Jamie Sives, Katie Leung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Paul [=McGann=]. It ran from August 17 to September 21, 2021.
Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed is from the [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction Scotland Police]], who gets transferred to the Greater Glasgow Area in order to lead its Marine Homicide Unit (MHU), where its officers investigate serious cases that involve bodies or serious criminal evidence being found near bodies of water. Annika lives with Morgan, her only daughter as she's the sole person responsible for her in custody with her ex-husband out of the picture.
Annika works to solve the cases assigned to her team while trying to be there for Morgan as her work sometimes forces her to be absent from her life.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AsideGlance: Annika does this when she explains the significance of an episode's theme or what just happened.
* AskAStupidQuestion: In the last episode, Annika and Tyrone chase a suspect who works in an Indian cuisine restaurant. When the suspect runs, Annika snarks on why does the suspect always run.
* BritishBrevity: BBC ran the show for six episodes.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: The show ends with everyone in the MHU taking time off to celebrate with Morgan on her birthday after Annika survives being killed in a grenade blast.
* GovernmentAgencyofFiction: Scotland Police doesn't exist. It's merely a counterpart of Police Scotland. Meanwhile, the MHU is supposedly based on the actual Major Investigation Team.
* MythologyGag: Annika is seen speaking to her father on the phone in fluent Norwegian. Later on, she sings in Norwegian when she greets Morgan happy birthday in another episode. The original radio drama stars Nicola Walker as Annika, but originally set in Oslo, Norway.
[[caption-width-right:350:The Scotland Police Marine Homicide Unit team in Glasgow.]]
''Annika'' is a 2021 BritishBrevity drama series set in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on the BBC 4 Radio drama ''Annika Stranded'', it's directed by Philip John and Fiona Walton. It stars Nicola Walker, Jamie Sives, Katie Leung, Ukweli Roach, Kate Dickie, Silvie Furneaux and Paul [=McGann=]. It ran from August 17 to September 21, 2021.
Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed is from the [[GovernmentAgencyofFiction Scotland Police]], who gets transferred to the Greater Glasgow Area in order to lead its Marine Homicide Unit (MHU), where its officers investigate serious cases that involve bodies or serious criminal evidence being found near bodies of water. Annika lives with Morgan, her only daughter as she's the sole person responsible for her in custody with her ex-husband out of the picture.
Annika works to solve the cases assigned to her team while trying to be there for Morgan as her work sometimes forces her to be absent from her life.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AsideGlance: Annika does this when she explains the significance of an episode's theme or what just happened.
* AskAStupidQuestion: In the last episode, Annika and Tyrone chase a suspect who works in an Indian cuisine restaurant. When the suspect runs, Annika snarks on why does the suspect always run.
* BritishBrevity: BBC ran the show for six episodes.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: The show ends with everyone in the MHU taking time off to celebrate with Morgan on her birthday after Annika survives being killed in a grenade blast.
* GovernmentAgencyofFiction: Scotland Police doesn't exist. It's merely a counterpart of Police Scotland. Meanwhile, the MHU is supposedly based on the actual Major Investigation Team.
* MythologyGag: Annika is seen speaking to her father on the phone in fluent Norwegian. Later on, she sings in Norwegian when she greets Morgan happy birthday in another episode. The original radio drama stars Nicola Walker as Annika, but originally set in Oslo, Norway.
