Annika is a touch above the usual conveyor belt, crime drama's we have come to expect from the UK.

The key to its success, is its not afraid to be intelligent and witty. The key character often launches into what the world of drama call, asides. A dramatic technique, often associated with Shakespearean productions, where a character steps outside of the play and addresses the audience, directly. Its interesting to see this technique utilised in this context and oddly, it works. That's because Annika typically has something engaging, to say.

By contrast, the crimes Annika and her team solve, are fairly pedestrian. Its a shame they could not have come up with intelligent tales to match the well crafted, characterisations. While we are on the subject, why is it almost every episode, the criminal or an accomplice, tries to run away?

The other downside is the predictable woke-ness, on display. Its understandable people find it tiresome. I, for one, have no issues with alternative life styles, etc but its not even remotely, representative of life for most people. Why incessantly try to pretend, it is?

In summary, a better than average UK crime drama that would have been better again, had the crime tales, been as ably rendered as the characterisations.