Harry Hole hits Netflix
Netflix will premiere a six‑episode 'Harry Hole' series on March 26 adapting Jo Nesbø’s novels — it follows a troubled Oslo detective tracking a serial killer. The adaptation sits alongside Netflix’s broader slate that now lets viewers choose between classic Agatha Christie fare and Nordic noir like Nesbø. (x.com) (nytimes.com)
All nine episodes of Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole will debut globally on Netflix on March 26, 2026. ( ) Tobias Santelmann headlines as Harry Hole, Joel Kinnaman plays fellow detective and antagonist Tom Waaler, and Pia Tjelta appears as Rakel Fauke, with Anders Danielsen Lie and Ane Dahl Torp among the announced supporting cast. ( ) Jo Nesbø is credited as the creator and screenwriter for the series, which lists Øystein Karlsen and Anna Zackrisson as directors and names Working Title Television and Universal International Studios as production partners with Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner as executive producers. ( ) Netflix says the first season adapts Nesbø’s fifth Harry Hole novel, The Devil’s Star, rather than beginning with the series’ initial book. ( ) Production sources report principal photography wrapped in December 2024 and that key scenes were filmed on location in Oslo. ( ) Netflix’s rollout places the nine‑episode Nordic noir alongside a three‑part Agatha Christie adaptation, Seven Dials, accentuating an early‑2026 programming choice between contemporary Scandinavian crime and classic British whodunit, as noted by The New York Times. ( )
