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  • 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 A...

  • PBS
  • 2020
  • PBS
  • 2020
Van der Valk
Season 1
Season Premiere: 2020
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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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 A...

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80
Sep 12, 2020
Van der Valk is a pure, hard-boiled throwback to the days of Mickey Spillane and Jim Thompson.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 10, 2020
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.
By John Anderson FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 7, 2020
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.
By Carol Midgley FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 11, 2020
Edgier and grislier than the norm for the franchise. [14 - 27 Sep 2020, p.11]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 7, 2020
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.
By Sean O'Grady FULL REVIEW

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