The Man Who Played with Fire
The greatest thriller never written
In 1986 the Prime Minister of Sweden, Olof Palme, was assassinated on a busy street in Stockholm. The murder sent shockwaves around the world. Years of police investigations reached a dead end. The internet became awash with conspiracy theories, creating armies of armchair detectives and obsessives. But the trail eventually ran cold. Decades later, journalist Jan Stocklassa accidentally discovers 20 boxes containing the personal files of the world’ s best-selling crime writer, Stieg Larsson, author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The files reveal Larsson has spent a decade investigating the murder of Olof Palme, and before his sudden death in 2004, the author was on the brink of a huge breakthrough. This gripping series from the makers of The Tinder Swindler follows Stocklassa as he seeks to prove Larsson’ s theories about who killed Palme – and why.
Duration 4 x 1 hr
Produced by Raw for Sky Documentaries in association with Discovery + and All3Media International