S1E2 Around 16:00 there is a painting on the wall of a naked woman with large breast. It shows this over and over for about 30 seconds.

S2E2 There are slides being shown during a Q&A session. One of the slides show a woman breast feeding a baby. The breast is shown with baby on it.

Episode 1 is about kidnapped and sexually abused girls. Pornographic pictures are briefly shown in a book. A man has a disturbing painting of the daughter he is raping. The daughter briefly talks about the abuse.

Episode 2 is also partly about a raped girl.

Each episode revolves around a murder investigation.

Most episodes show a dead body and some blood spatter, but not too much gore.

One episode in series one shows several people's heads being cut into from behind by an attacker with an axe.

Characters are shot, with blood being shown around the wounds and on the victim's clothing and surroundings.

Most of the brutal killings are not shown on camera.

Mild swear words like "damn" and "hell" are used at times. Occasional use of "shit" and "asshole".

Detective Wallander and others drink wine regularly.

Some smoking.

Most episodes start with a murder. Some of the scenes leading up to the murders include people being stalked, and this can be fairly scary for young viewers.

Series 2 Episode 3 depicts a ghastly corpse impaled on sharpened bamboo reeds.