6.090 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestAfter industrialist and political party funder Ruggerio Miletti is kidnapped, the Ministry turn to Aurelio Zen, to get him back alive at any cost.
Zen is a British television mini 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, Cabal and Ratking.
Cinematography
Rome and Venice never looked this deliciously moody.
Acting
Sewell smolders through red tape like it's an Olympic sport.
Production
That impossible BBC budget stretched to look like luxury cinema.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dibdin wrote Zen partly to exorcise his love-hate relationship with Italy after decades living there — the series captures that ambivalence perfectly.
BBC cancelled it after one season despite decent ratings; Italian fans still petition for revival. The crime was cancellation itself.
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