'Van Der Valk' Season 2 to Air in September on Masterpiece
The Masterpiece produced reboot of Van Der Valk for a new generation was barely off the ground in 2020 when the global shutdowns and lockdowns prompted by the coronavirus pandemic upended any chance of filming Season 2 in a timely manner. Like Endeavour, the series took over a year off before returning to ITV for another round of episodes in February 2022. (Considering Van der Valk Season 1 aired in April 2020, that's much closer to two years away than Endeavour's 18-month break in the U.K.) However, fans have wondered how long until the new episodes would wind up stateside since the series aired on ITV. Thankfully there's not much longer to wait.
Masterpiece recently announced a slew of airdates for the rest of 2022, including Guilt Season 2's return at the end of August, and a full block of mid-October premieres for Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2, Magpie Murders, and Annika. Van der Valk is also part of the returning lineup this fall, airing in the weeks before the trio of female detectives. The new season will kick off on PBS two years to the day since the premiere of the Season 1 finale, beginning its three-episode run starting on the final Sunday in September.
Unlike some series that run three feature-length episode series (looking at you, Vienna Blood), Van der Valk's episodes are (thankfully) not being split in half to run six weeks. Instead, like Endeavour, it will be the main two-hour draw for Masterpiece's usual Sunday night timeslot. It's a vote of confidence in the series that even though it's been a long time for viewers since Piet van der Valk's last mission, they will come flocking back to Amsterdam for more of him and his team solving murders in the picturesque city. Even so, there's no official stand-alone trailer for the new season. The first official footage starts at the 1:58 mark of the extended Mystery trailer.
