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A gifted detective takes a job in a small town so he can spend more time with his family. But he's soon drawn into a web of disturbing murder cases.

Arctic Circle is set in the unforgiving polar region, amidst the icy landscapes of Finnish Lapland. After Nina Kautsalo, a Finnish police officer, finds a dying prostitute in an old cabin in the wilderness, the ensuing criminal investigation takes a surprise twist when a deadly virus is discovered in the prostitute's blood. However, when Thomas Lorenz, a German virologist, travels to Lapland to investigate the virus, he and Nina suddenly find themselves in the middle of an exceedingly unusual criminal investigation that ends up forcing them outside the law.

Moominvalley is an adaptation of Tove Jansson's loved body of work. The protagonist of the series is Moomintroll, who is curious, kind, sensitive and idealistic. He is a typical hero in a coming-of-age story: he tries to tackle the puzzle of growing up to his true, individualistic self while remaining a beloved part of the family.

Liv, a young woman from Helsinki, suffers from chronic pain for which she has not received a medical explanation. When Liv's DNA sample is stolen from a biobank, she encounters Markus Volf, an information security agent who is investigating the burglary of the biobank for personal reasons. It turns out that Liv's genetic heritage may have an answer to the future of all of humanity. Liv's inheritance is also of interest to the power-hungry siblings Yoana and Sasha Leon, who lead the largest Nordic life science company Rise. A chase begins where it is difficult to know who to trust.

Middle-aged Linda, accustomed to the good life, is completely betrayed both in love and financially. Driven by shame and unreasonable debts, she sticks her little finger out on the other side of the law and stays there. Linda harnesses her talents to the construction and renovation business and, by stretching her morals, manages to climb to the top.

TV adaptation from Unknown Soldier (2017) film. The World War II series follows a machine gun company of the Finnish Army from a frog perspective during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944.

There is a microchip in the food of the Helsinki kindergarten. A young journalist, Johanna, begins to figure out how the chip has ended up in the commercial kitchen. The bank branch manager makes a bad investment decision. Covering up the error leads to another and soon Marianne is in a pinch. The Korvola family is trying to cope with the disappearance of a father who worked as a border veterinarian. It has been almost a year since the boating accident. Transport is a report on pan-European crime. It's about ordinary people under a lot of pressure.

Entrepreneur Elias Karo takes four journalists hostage in order to reveal that 30 years ago, a bank manager and a district court judge took his family's possessions with the government's blessing and caused a still ongoing family tragedy.

Utö is an eight-part mystery thriller in which the inhabitants of an outer Finnish archipelago encounter a strange phenomenon: all connections with the outside world are cut off and the islanders realize that they are completely isolated. Peaceful coexistence takes dark turns when fear, power struggle and demons of the past begin to tear the residents apart from each other. How far is a man willing to go to save himself and his family?

The story set between Turkey, Syria and Spain tells of the world of peacemakers, international arms trade dealings and the deep-layered relationships with people in power.

Jaakko, a mushroom entrepreneur, finds out too late that he has been fatally slow-poisoned by persons unknown. He sets out to find the culprits before he dies.

Sunset Grove is a devilishly funny cozy-crime series about old age, friendship and life in a relatively ordinary retirement home. The story focuses on three 90-year-old pensioners - Siiri, Irma, and Anna-Liisa - who start investigating mysterious disappearances, and the suspicious death of a beloved cook. The series is based on the best-selling book series by Finnish author Minna Lindgren.

60-year-old police officer Hilkka Mäntämäki, a senior criminal investigator from Oulu, travels to Fuengirola - in Spain - to investigate the disappearance of a Finnish family. At home, she is struggling to cope with her husband, Aarne, who is suffering from dementia, so the opportunity to travel gives her a chance to escape her problems. But following a spate of crimes, she becomes drawn into solving them alongside the Spanish police and soon discovers a connection with Detective Andrés Villanueva.

Drug Crime Detective Oskari is the envy of his colleagues. His connections to underworld and informants is unrivaled. What they don't know is the mother of his child, Krista, is a drug addict who lives in that world. And now she's back in his life, shaking his home life on one hand, and offering new connections to knocking down the rise of drug imports. If only he could trust her.

Drama series set in a hospital.

Two Finnish diplomats struggle to save thousands of lives during and following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.

An awkward comedy about two guys, Juhis (Kari Ketonen) and Tommi (Antti Luusuaniemi) who end up in bizarre and odd situations. The daily life poses surprising challenges to this dynamic duo. Everyday situations escalate, and the guys are left with two bad choices on how to get out.

Tellus, a Finnish environmental group led by Eevi Forsman, use increasingly radical means to "save the earth". They are pursued by Taneli Lokka, an experienced police detective, who tries to save the earth in his own personal way.

Blind girl Donna gets dumped by her husband and tries to find love elsewhere.

The series follows the work-shy Kimmo, whom in the first season by the employment office will be forced to accept work at the Celebrity magazine as a telephone salesman. At the same time, a upper middle class family mother, Ulla, will start working in the same office, who has come to pick up the work of the variation boring married life. Kimmo will be also visited by a co-worker Steffen and boss Nissinen in the new work.

Aino is Finnish and Micke Swedish. They are young, handsome and in love, but when they move in together, the language barrier and the different values they hold cause some sparks in this romantic, generational, and multicultural comedy.

Drama about child welfare workers and the effects of their work on the lives of these workers. Rita returns to her job in child protection after being furloughed during a police investigation. The child is still missing, and Rita is held responsible for the situation. She was replaced as manager by a new director, Jyrki. When she returns to work, Rita is paired with the inexperienced Laura. Together, Rita and Laura become an effective team but the boundaries between their work and private life begin to blur.

The Taxi driver wanted to be a legendary criminal. The Cop wanted to save everyone. Only one succeeded. A True crime drama series about a high-pressure hostage and siege situation and the rise and fall of a legendary criminal.

An uncompromising glimpse into transnational organized crime through the lives of three people - a prisoner, a cop and a lawyer - who find themselves caught up in circumstances beyond their control.

How far is a good life? When the options are death and indifference, the value of a person is weighed in a currency with no numbers. Freight is a domestic drama series about international human trafficking and the people who come into contact with it. A young Eritrean woman loses her husband and loses her daughter on an escape to Finland. At the same time, brothers in financial difficulties in Helsinki unknowingly steal a van used for human trafficking, and on the other hand, a lawyer who has been queuing for years for years becomes a guardian for a child whose parents are not known. When a global human emergency comes close, an individual's morals, values, and attitudes are weighed. Difficult choices are forced to make yourself.