Frozen With Fear

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When viewers were first introduced to the Norwegian settlement of Fortitude – the remote, Arctic setting for the gripping Sky Atlantic thriller of the same name – one of its residents, Governor Hildur Odegard (Sophie Gråbøl), insisted that it was ‘the safest place on Earth… There’s no crime – everybody’s always happy’.

She couldn’t have been more wrong. Since then, we’ve had cannibalism, prehistoric wasp larvae infecting human hosts, decapitations, shamanic rituals, a memorable death by fork and a remarkably high body count that included the unfortunate governor.

And considering the succession of big names – including Gråbøl, Christopher Eccleston, Michael Gambon, Stanley Tucci, Ken Stott and Parminder Nagra – who have been dispatched so far, fans are aware that no one is safe as