New Swedish crime drama for BBC - but don't expect too much violence Fans of bleak, subtitled Scandinavian drama can tune in to BBC Four on Saturday as the first episode in yet another Swedish crime series airs. The first of five two-part adaptations of novels by Swedish novelist and literary critic Jan Arnald will launch this weekend. The drama is known as the "Arne Dahl" series, after the pseudonym the author, an anagram of his name, uses for his crime fiction, and the BBC are hoping it will satisfy the audience who enjoyed The Killing, Borgen and The Bridge. These subtitled dramas have considerably improved BBC Four's viewing figures in the Saturday night slot. In 2009, the channel entertained 0.9 per cent of the audience, in 2012 this was up to 2.9 per cent. Sue Deeks, head of programme acquisition at the BBC told The Times: "We are really thrilled with the increasing audience to, and appreciation of, BBC Four's international drama offering." The Arne Dahl series dramatises novels The Blinded Man, Bad Blood, Many Waters, Europa Blues and To the Top of the Mountain. All of the episodes, which will be feature-length and were broadcast in Sweden in 2011, revolve around a team of older detectives - and a lack of overt violence. Arnald told the Radio Times that his work is not as dark as that of other Scandinavian crime writers: "There are some Scandinavian writers who take violence to the next level who seem to be glorifying it. I think we're in danger of losing the light touch, the humour I hope to find in a good crime story. The channel has also acquired Italian series Inspector Da Luca, set in Mussolini's Bologna about the adventures of a womanising detective. The four-part drama is based on Carlo Lucarelli's novels, and reflects the popularity of Inspector Montalbano, which aired on BBC Four last summer, which has inspired its own spin-off series for the autumn, Young Montalbano. The continued trend towards international drama has also been picked up on by Channel Four, who are broadcasting French sci-fi thriller Rebound, an eight-part drama set in a small Alpine village.