Van der Valk

Van der Valk is a British television crime drama series produced for the ITV network by Thames Television. It ran from 1972 to 1992, with the first three series produced between 1972 and 1977, and two more being commissioned in 1991 and 1992.

This article is about the original 1972 television series. For the 2020 remake, see Van der Valk (2020 TV series). For other uses, see Van der Valk (disambiguation).

Van der Valk
DVD box set
Genre
Created byNicolas Freeling
Starring
Theme music composerJack Trombey
Opening theme"Eye Level"
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes32 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Lloyd Shirley
  • George Taylor
  • Brian Walcroft
Producers
  • Geoffrey Gilbert
  • Robert Love
  • Michael Chapman
Production locationNetherlands
Cinematography
  • Dusty Miller
  • Roy Pointer
  • Colin Munn
Editors
  • John S. Smith
  • Ian Toynton
  • Ralph Sheldon
Running time
  • 60 minutes (Series 1–3)
  • 120 minutes (Series 4–5)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkITV
Release13 September 1972 (1972-09-13) – 19 February 1992 (1992-02-19)

The series was created by Nicolas Freeling, based on his novels about a detective in Amsterdam. It starred Barry Foster in the role of titular character Simon "Piet" van der Valk.

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