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Van der Valk

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PBS | ITV | Release Date: September 13, 2020

Summary: Piet van der Valk (Marc Warren) with his team that includes Lucienne Hassell (Maimie McCoy) and Job Cloovers (Elliot Barnes-Worrell) investigate crimes in Amsterdam in this reboot of the long-running (ran on ITV between 1972-92) British crime drama based on the novels by Nicolas Freeling.

[Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 26 AprPiet van der Valk (Marc Warren) with his team that includes Lucienne Hassell (Maimie McCoy) and Job Cloovers (Elliot Barnes-Worrell) investigate crimes in Amsterdam in this reboot of the long-running (ran on ITV between 1972-92) British crime drama based on the novels by Nicolas Freeling.

[Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 26 Apr 2020; set to air as a part of PBS' Masterpiece in Sep 2020]… Expand

Genre(s): Drama

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Reason.com

Glenn Garvin

Sep 12, 2020

Season 1 Review: Van der Valk is a pure, hard-boiled throwback to the days of Mickey Spillane and Jim Thompson. Read full review

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The Times Carol Midgley

Aug 7, 2020

Season 1 Review: The writing was mostly sound and Warren has enough heft to lure me back. Whether it will succeed in this slot for ITV in the same way that Endeavour did is another question. Read full review

80

Wall Street Journal

John Anderson

Sep 10, 2020

Season 1 Review: Each of the three parts of “Van der Valk” is a stand-alone story and will make longtime “Masterpiece” and “Mystery!” fans nostalgic. Van der Valk feels about Old Master paintings the way Inspector Morse felt about opera, and Jane Tennison (“Prime Suspect”) felt about alcohol. Sex is ultimately behind everything. Love is elusive. The plotlines are serpentine. Following them is a fine way of spending part of one’s Sunday night. Read full review

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The Independent Sean O'Grady

Aug 7, 2020

Season 1 Review: Marc Warren is a fine actor, and there’s nothing wrong with his VdV except that he just doesn’t fit. ... More unpromising still is the scripting. ... Amsterdam retains its photogenic character and its tawdry charms, and the direction is stylish. Read full review

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TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Sep 11, 2020

Season 1 Review: Edgier and grislier than the norm for the franchise. [14 - 27 Sep 2020, p.11]

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i Rachael Sigee

Aug 8, 2022

Season 2 Review: A weird amount of time is dedicated to Van Der Valk’s new romance, which seems entirely pointless and yet necessitates several cuts to his new squeeze gasping through the episode’s climax, despite us knowing nothing about her. ... There are no surprises here; only eyerolls. Amsterdam looks great, though. Read full review

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The Telegraph Anita Singh

Jun 20, 2023

Season 3 Review: If the scripts and storylines improved, this could be a good show. But when you find yourself neither wondering nor caring about who committed the murder, it’s a bad sign. Read full review

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Season 4

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  Air Date: September 15, 2024
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  Air Date: September 3, 2023
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  Air Date: April 26, 2020