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Van der Valk's final case of the season begins in an ancient castle outside of the city, where a magic ritual takes place. Psychiatrist Nik Delacorte (Joris Smit) and brain surgeon Isaak Engelhart (Steven Pacey) set spells to summon a demon. Downstairs, their followers link hands in a
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Part 2 of Van der Valk’s second episode picks up directly after the death of Jan Kappel, Van der Valk’s former mentor and Julia’s former lover. Both are clearly shaken; even Hendrik lacks his usual ebullience as he studies the body. Julia tells Van der Valk she
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“Redemption in Amsterdam,” Van der Valk’s second case for Season 3, deals with the past and how it impacts the present. A horrific case from 20 years ago still haunts our titular detective, and even though the murderer confessed and has paid the price for her crime, questions remain.
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After the abrupt ending of "Freedom in Amsterdam," Part 1, Part 2 of Van der Valk's premiere episode returns to the case set among the Freerunning community after champion Casper Yuliani was shot on his way to Paris for an international match. We left Van der
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Van der Valk is back on our screens with a new time, format, and cast changes. Season 3 aired initially as three feature-length episodes in the U.K., the same as Seasons 1 and 2, but due to the PBS schedule, it has been edited to run as six installments,
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The lazy days of summer are over, and the PBS TV season begins in earnest as September rolls in. Though the once-vaunted September-May TV calendar year was supposedly left for dead with the advent of the streaming revolution, PBS is still, at its heart, an over-the-air, linear broadcast service, and
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Van der Valk debuted in the 1970s, starring Barry Foster (Frenzy) as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk. The series, which first aired in 1972, was a massive hit in the U.K. and was brought back in 1977, featuring a completely different cast with the sole exception
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Van der Valk skipped a year between Seasons 1 and 2 due to pandemic-induced filming delays, airing in September 2020 and September 2022, respectively. However, Season 3 will have no such difficulties, with new episodes arriving right on time for September 2023. The series is even bumping its usual premiere
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The wait is over for fans of Unforgotten, Annika, and Van der Valk. Masterpiece has confirmed that the new seasons of all three series will be heading to PBS for the Fall of 2023. However, there will be a bit of a change in the lineup for the 2023-2024 TV
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Van Der Valk Season 3 began filming before the show broadcast Season 2 on PBS and considering the pandemic-enforced delay between Seasons 1 and 2, that was understandable. However, fans were shocked when the first image was released two months after Season 2’s conclusion, revealing substantial cast turnover. Fan
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Van der Valk is looking to change things up. The show, which is a reboot of the 1970s/1990s series, stuck somewhat close to the original series in its cast of characters, starting with Commissaris Piet van der Valk (Marc Warren). Hoofd-commissaris Halsbeek was gender-flipped to Inspecteur Lucienne Hassell (Maimie
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Van der Valk's Season 2 finale begins straightforwardly. Cellist Fleur Mas (Hadewych van Gent) goes to work, performs at a concert, and has a "drink" thrown in her face during the reception, which turns out to be acid, falls screaming, and dies. The next morning, VDV