Zen (TV series)
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| 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 Ben Miles Catherine Spaak Stanley Townsend Ed Stoppard Francesco Quinn 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 |
| 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. 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, Cabal and Ratking. 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.
Series 1 was first shown in the USA on the PBS network: Vendetta, Cabal, and Ratking on 17, 24 and 31 July 2011, respectively.
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