Zen (TV series)
Zen | |
---|---|
Series title with a picture of the character Zen | |
Genre | Police drama |
Written by | Simon Burke Peter Berry Michael Dibdin (novels) |
Directed by | John Alexander (Vendetta) Christopher Menaul (Cabal) Jon Jones (Ratking) |
Starring | Rufus Sewell Caterina Murino Julie Cox Callum Blue Valentina Cervi Catherine Spaak Ben Miles Stanley Townsend Ed Stoppard Anthony Higgins |
Opening theme | Adrian Johnston |
Composer(s) | Adrian Johnston |
Country of origin | United Kingdom, Italy, Germany |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Andy Harries, Francis Hopkinson, Raffaella Bonivento, Rebecca Eaton, Anne Mensah |
Producer(s) | Michael Casey |
Production location(s) | Rome |
Cinematography | Tony Miller |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company(s) | Left Bank Pictures, Mediaset, Masterpiece, ZDF |
Distributor | BBC Worldwide |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Picture format | Film 16:9 Colour |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 2 January 16 January 2011 |
–
External links | |
BBC website | |
Production website |
Zen is a British television series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series, Mediaset and ZDF.[1] It stars Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino and is based on the Aurelio Zen detective novels by Michael Dibdin.[2] The series was filmed on location in Italy, but the dialogue is in English. The series, which comprises three 90-minute films, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sunday evenings from 2 January 2011 on BBC One.[3] The three films were based on the books Vendetta, Cabal and Ratking.[4] The series was cancelled by BBC One in February 2011; BBC One controller Danny Cohen later said there were already enough male crime-fighters on TV.[5] Left Bank, the show's producer, tried to find other broadcasters to fund another series but were unsuccessful.[6]
Cast
Character | Vendetta | Cabal | Ratking |
---|---|---|---|
Pepe Spadola | Gregg Chillin | ||
Fausto Arcuti | Adrian Hood | ||
Francesco Pirotta | Franco Maria Salamon | ||
Ana Bini | Katrine De Candole | ||
Alessandro Antonioni | Rocky Marshall | ||
Giulia | Selene Rosiello | ||
Rossella Nieddu | Yasemin Samino | ||
Mario | Joseph Long | ||
Giuseppe Bini |
|
||
Gilberto Nieddu |
|
||
Eduardo Guerchini |
|
||
Ernesto Heuber | Michael McElhatton | ||
Sister Anna | Katy Murphy | ||
Tomassini | Massimiliano Ulaldi | ||
Silvia |
|
||
Angeto |
|
||
Arianna von Falkenhayn |
|
||
Donata |
|
||
Avel Vasko | Francis Magee | ||
Branco |
|
||
Jdg. Corrado Bertolini | Roberto Nobile | ||
Maria | Nathalie Rapti Gomez | ||
Aurelio Zen |
|
||
Paolo | Roberto Laureli | ||
Mara | Julie Cox | ||
Evie | Susan Duerden | ||
Lucia | Chiara Nicola | ||
Mazzotta | Emil Marwa | ||
Tania Moretti |
|
||
Nadia Pirlo |
|
||
Amedeo Colonna |
|
||
Luca La Guardia | Paolo Mazzarelli | ||
Donatella Pirotta | Zoe Tapper | ||
Moscati |
|
||
Carlo Fagioli | Callum Blue | ||
Ramizi |
|
||
Tito Spadola | Peter Guinness | ||
Fellini | Enzo Squillino, Jr. | ||
Giorgio de Angelis |
|
||
Cinzia Miletti | Sarah-Jane Potts | ||
Michelangelo Gattuso | Allan Corduner | ||
Renato Favelloni | Greg Wise | ||
Vincenzo Fabri |
|
||
Massimo Colanna | Hilton McRae | ||
Oscar Faso | Alessandro Cica | ||
Silvio Miletti | Sebastian Armesto |
Episodes
Series 1 (2011)
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | UK viewers (million)[7] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Vendetta" | John Alexander | Simon Burke | 2 January 2011 | 6.24 |
Detective Zen is sent to a remote village to re-investigate a murder, which may spark a political scandal. Zen is under pressure from the politicians and the Chief of Police, but he would rather be spending time with Tania, the Chief's beautiful assistant. Meanwhile, a gangster is after Zen, seeking revenge. | |||||
2 | "Cabal" | Christopher Menaul | Simon Burke | 9 January 2011 | 5.64 |
The death of a famous aristocrat, Umberto Ruspanti, leads Detective Zen into the shadowy world of the Cabal—an organisation more powerful and secret than the Mafia. The Ministry want a quick verdict of suicide, but Zen's not so sure. Meanwhile, things are looking up with Tania. | |||||
3 | "Ratking" | Jon Jones | Peter Berry & Simon Burke | 16 January 2011 | 5.21 |
Detective Zen works against the clock to recover the kidnapped Ruggerio Miletti, a wealthy industrialist with political ties. The involvement of the manipulative family and a beautiful grieving widow complicate matters. Meanwhile Tania's husband does everything he can to get rid of Zen. |
Series 1 was first shown in the USA on the PBS network: Vendetta, Cabal, and Ratking on 17, 24 and 31 July 2011, respectively.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Use dmy dates from November 2012
- Pages with broken file links
- 2010s British television series
- 2011 British television programme debuts
- 2011 British television programme endings
- BBC television dramas
- British crime television series
- Television series by Left Bank Pictures
- Television series by WGBH
- Television shows set in Italy
- Television programs based on novels
- English-language television programming