Zen (2011)

Directed by

John Alexander

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective named Aurelio Zen solves crimes in Rome. He is a weary but sharp police officer surrounded by corruption and beautiful Italian locations.

europeandetectiveearthywryslow-burnsunlitsardonicgritty-chic

What happens

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. It stars Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino and is based on the Aurelio Zen detective novels by Michael Dibdin. 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. The three films were based on the books Vendetta (1990), Cabal (1992) and Ratking (1988). 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. Left Bank, the show's producer, tried to find other broadcasters to fund another series but were unsuccessful. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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