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Black Sands

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Black Sands

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Viaplay | Release Date: July 20, 2023

Summary: Detective Inspector Aníta Elínardóttir (Aldís Amah Hamilton) returns to her remote hometown where she has to confront her past as a dead tourist leads to a possible larger problem in this Icelandic crime drama series.

[Premiered originally in Iceland on Stöð 2 on 25 December 2021 as Svörtu Sandar and in the US on Viaplay US on 20 JulDetective Inspector Aníta Elínardóttir (Aldís Amah Hamilton) returns to her remote hometown where she has to confront her past as a dead tourist leads to a possible larger problem in this Icelandic crime drama series.

[Premiered originally in Iceland on Stöð 2 on 25 December 2021 as Svörtu Sandar and in the US on Viaplay US on 20 Jul 2023]… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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The Mercury News Randy Myers

Jul 26, 2023

Season 1 Review: This superior Nordic noir is intense, sexy, well-acted and unnerving. Read full review

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John Anderson

Jul 26, 2023

Season 1 Review: The cast overall is first-rate and the small dramas are numerous, and involving enough, to make “Black Sands” a bingeable excursion northward, into an atmosphere that seems naturally noirish. Read full review

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The Guardian Rebecca Nicholson

Jul 26, 2023

Season 1 Review: When it comes to the death at the centre of the story, Black Sands moves at a glacial pace. But when it comes to the messy lives of those investigating it, it gets a spring in its step. Read full review

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Season 2

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  Air Date: May 14, 2026
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  Air Date: July 20, 2023