Vienna Blood: Season 1

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PBS | BBC Two | Season Premiere Date: January 19, 2020

Summary: In 1900s Vienna, junior doctor Max Liebermann shadows Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt to learn about the criminal mind but soon finds himself helping solve murders in this crime drama series based on novels by Frank Tallis.

[Originally premiered on BBC2 on 18 Nov 2019]

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E9. Episode Six
Air Date: February 23, 2020
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S1:E8. Episode Five
Air Date: February 16, 2020
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S1:E6. Episode Three
Air Date: February 2, 2020

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The Independent Sean O'Grady

Jan 3, 2020

It’s a cop show, a police procedural, and it combines in a formulaic way the usual characteristics of all such stories and series. ... When it is done well, as here, the results are exceptional and make for compelling viewing. Read full review

John Anderson

Jan 17, 2020

If “Vienna Blood” seems to resemble other thrillers in pacing and tone, there’s a reason: Its creator is screenwriter Steve Thompson (“Sherlock,” “Deep State,” “Jericho”), so there will be a certain comfortable familiarity to the proceedings. (The directors are Umut Dag and Robert Dornhelm.) But there’s also enough that’s novel about the show’s cerebral gumshoes to keep viewers rapt, and likely hoping for more. Read full review

The Guardian Emine Saner

Jan 2, 2020

It is all absurd but enjoyable, the extended length more or less justified by the subplots. ... The odd-couple detective and sidekick setup feels tired. But Beard and Maurer are excellent, and my id is a sucker for a bit of murder in a fin de siècle setting, so I’ll forgive much. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Jan 7, 2020

It had more the vibe of a period potboiler made in the 1980s with accompanying mood music, where the baddies sneered and cackled and the women were hysterical, being shagged by cads or naked on a pathologist's slab. It was hammier than a butcher's knife, but it wasn't unenjoyable for it, providing you took it with a fistful of salt. Read full review

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UncleWillard

Feb 3, 2020

I've only seen the first two episodes, but it reminds me of The Alienist, except it's good and not so dark. If you like Ripper Street or The Alienist, you'll dig this. Pretty much a typical PBS period whodunit, and there's nothing at all wrong with that. I gotta admit the main character'sI've only seen the first two episodes, but it reminds me of The Alienist, except it's good and not so dark. If you like Ripper Street or The Alienist, you'll dig this. Pretty much a typical PBS period whodunit, and there's nothing at all wrong with that. I gotta admit the main character's older sister is annoying, and I simply don't care about his life or family, but I get that he's a Jew in 19th century Vienna so there's that. I'll probably finish the first season.… Expand

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MadAlf

Mar 2, 2021

Good recreation of the epoch and scenery, but very poor plot and characters. If budget and idea would get into a right hands we would received a thing which might be interesting as Sherlock, but it never happened.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: January 5, 2025
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 8, 2023
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: December 10, 2021
Season 1

72
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 19, 2020
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  S1:E9. Episode Six
  Air Date: February 23, 2020
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  S1:E8. Episode Five
  Air Date: February 16, 2020
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  S1:E6. Episode Three
  Air Date: February 2, 2020
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  S1:E6. Episode Six
  Air Date: February 23, 2020
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  S1:E5. Episode Two
  Air Date: January 28, 2020
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  S1:E5. Episode Five
  Air Date: February 16, 2020
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  S1:E4. Episode Four
  Air Date: February 9, 2020
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  S1:E4. Episode One
  Air Date: January 19, 2020
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  S1:E3. The Lost Child
  Air Date: February 2, 2020
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  S1:E3. Episode Three
  Air Date: February 2, 2020
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  S1:E2. The Queen of the Night
  Air Date: January 26, 2020
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  S1:E2. Episode Two
  Air Date: January 28, 2020
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  S1:E2. Episode Two
  Air Date: January 26, 2020
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  S1:E1. The Last Seance
  Air Date: November 18, 2019
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  S1:E1. Episode One
  Air Date: January 19, 2020