<P> On several occasions, The Bridge failed to have sufficient viewers to be placed in SVT1's weekly Top 10 programmes . This was mainly due to competition from commercial broadcaster TV4 with its offering gaining over a million viewers . In Sweden, The Bridge won its time slot for the first five episodes against weak competition from Hawaii Five - 0 on TV4 . From episode 6, it aired against the popular reality show Berg flyttar in (sv), which would beat The Bridge until the final episode, when they virtually tied . </P> <P> Sveriges Television reported that up to November 2013, the first series had been purchased for broadcasting in 134 countries worldwide and the Daily Telegraph reported in February 2014 that The Bridge was on screen in 174 countries . </P> <P> In the UK, the series was shown in weekly two - episode blocks on BBC Four and BBC HD from 21 April 2012 . In Germany, it was shown by broadcaster ZDF from 18 March 2012 . In Spain is broadcast on AXN it is broadcast on Wednesdays from 8 January 2014 until present waiting for the third season . In Poland, the series was broadcast in double episodes from 2 May to 30 May 2012 on Ale Kino+ . In Brazil, the series premiered on + Globosat channel on 13 August 2012 at 22h . The series premiered in Australia on Wednesday, 5 September 2012 on SBS Two, where the first episode had overnight ratings of 101,000 viewers . It was also screened in Israel on September 30 on HOT VoD . On January 9, 2014 it also started screening on yes VoD with both series 1 and 2 available . Co-producers NRK screened the series in Norway with audiences in excess of 600,000 viewers . NRK were also keen to participate in the production of the second series . In Ireland, the show aired on TG4 in autumn 2014 . </P> <P> Series two consists of ten episodes . Each episode is 60 minutes in length . </P>

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