Zen

British TV series

Started: January 2, 2011
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Ended: January 16, 2011
Network: BBC One
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
Cast: Rufus Sewell
Genre: drama television series
Country of origin: United Kingdom

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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.

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Narrative location: Italy
Website: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x9x43 language: English
Composer: Adrian Johnston
Director: John Alexander
Distributor: BBC Worldwide
Different from: Aurelio Zen

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