Walter Presents
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 16:9 |
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| Owner | Channel Four Television Corporation and Global Series Network |
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| Launched | 3 January 2016 |
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Walter Presents is a video-on-demand service of the UK's Channel 4, part of its streaming platform. Launched on 3 January 2016, it specialises in foreign-language drama and comedy with English subtitles. It is named after Walter Iuzzolino, who selects its content.[1] The service was later offered as an ad-free subscription service in the United States in March 2017,[2] and in Australia via a Foxtel service in November 2017.[3] It launched in New Zealand in May 2020 as part of free streaming service TVNZ OnDemand (now TVNZ+).[4] It has been available in Italy as an on-demand service since September 2018 through a deal between Global and Discovery Networks.[5] In 2022 Walter Presents launched in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland on the premium streaming service C More.[6]
Production[edit]
In the UK, the service is a partnership between Channel 4 and Global Series Network. It is free to view and supported by advertisements.[7] Walter Iuzzolino began reviewing potential content for the service two years before its launch, viewing 3,500 hours of television in all.[8]
The service aims to avoid so-called art-house programming in favour of more mainstream productions that compete with Netflix and Amazon Prime for audiences already familiar with such Nordic dramas such as The Bridge.[1] Iuzzolino set three criteria for selection: the show must be popular in its native country, as were Homeland and House of Cards in the United States; it must be "award-winning or already critically acclaimed"; and it must have "the finest writing, directing and acting that each country has to offer...something worth our time as viewers".[8]
To promote the service, some of the content is also being aired on Channel 4's conventional channels, Channel 4 and More4.[8] From October 2019, Welsh-language channel S4C began to broadcast some Walter Presents series with Welsh subtitles as part of Walter Presents ar gyfer S4C (English: Walter Presents for S4C) with some series available with Welsh subtitles online on S4C Clic, the channel’s on-demand service.
In the US, Walter Presents is known as Walter's Choice and is presented by PBS.[9]
Programmes[edit]
| Title | Origin | Genre | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10[1] | Switzerland | Mystery drama | Unavailable |
| 13 Commandments | Belgium | Crime thriller | Available |
| 23 Cases | Germany | Crime thriller | Available |
| Acquitted | Norway | Mystery drama | Unavailable |
| The Adulterer | The Netherlands | Drama | Available |
| Alex | Sweden | Thriller | Available |
| All the Sins | Finland | Crime drama | Available |
| Amsterdam Vice | The Netherlands | Crime drama | Available |
| Anne+ | The Netherlands | Coming-of-age drama | Available |
| The Announcer | France | Period thriller | Available |
| Astrid | France | Detective / Police procedural | Available |
| Arctic Circle | Finland | Crime drama | Available |
| Bad Banks | Germany | Crime drama | Available |
| Beauty and the Baker | Israel | Romance drama | Unavailable |
| Before We Die | Sweden | Thriller | Available |
| Beyond Appearances | France | Mystery drama | Available |
| Black Widow | The Netherlands | Crime drama | Available |
| The Blood Pact | The Netherlands | Crime drama | Available |
| Blue Eyes[1] | Sweden | Political thriller | Available |
| The Body Collector | The Netherlands | Drama | Available |
| The Border | Poland | Drama | Unavailable |
| Box 21 | Sweden | Crime thriller | Available |
| Bullets | Finland | Thriller | Available |
| Case | Iceland | Psychological crime thriller | Unavailable |
| Cenk Batu[1] | Germany | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Clan[10] | Belgium | Detective drama | Unavailable |
| The Cleaning Lady | Argentina | Crime thriller | Unavailable |
| Code 37: Sex Crimes | Belgium | Crime drama | Available |
| Contact | France | Mystery drama | Available |
| The Court | Iceland | Legal drama | Available |
| Cover Story | Iceland | Drama | Available |
| The Crimson Rivers | France | Crime drama | Available |
| Crow's Blood[11] | Japan | Horror[12] | Unavailable |
| Cry Wolf | Denmark | Drama | Available |
| Dead Beautiful | France | Thriller | Available |
| Deadly Money | Germany | Thriller | Unavailable |
| A Deadly Union | France | Mystery drama | Available |
| Deliver Us | Denmark | Psychological drama | Available |
| Detective Cain | France | Crime drama | Available |
| Deutschland 83[1] | Germany | Spy drama | Available |
| Deutschland 86 | Germany | Spy drama | Available |
| Deutschland 89 | Germany | Spy drama | Available |
| The Devil's Throat | Bulgaria | Crime thriller | Available |
| Dicte – Crime Reporter | Denmark | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Dopamine | Denmark | Crime drama | Available |
| The Drought | Spain | Crime thriller | Available |
| Elite Squad | France | Police drama | Unavailable |
| Eyewitness | Norway | Crime thriller | Unavailable |
| Farang: Dead Man Running | Sweden | Crime drama | Available |
| Fear by the Lake | France | Crime thriller | Available |
| Fenix | The Netherlands | Crime thriller | Available |
| Flight HS13 | The Netherlands | Thriller | Unavailable |
| Forgotten Girls | France | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Framed | The Netherlands | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Frozen Sky | Germany | Drama | Unavailable |
| Fugitives[13] | Chile | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Gold Diggers | Russia | Thriller | Available |
| Greyzone | Denmark, Sweden | Thriller | Available |
| Grow | Denmark | Crime thriller | Available |
| Guardian of the Castle | Croatia | Thriller | Available |
| Heartless[1] | Denmark | Vampire thriller | Unavailable |
| Helen Dorn | Germany | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Hellfjord | Norway | Comedy drama | Unavailable |
| Hide and Seek | Ukraine | Crime drama | Available |
| Home Guards | Hungary | Drama | Unavailable |
| Hotel Adlon | Germany | Drama | Unavailable |
| Hotel Beau Séjour | Belgium | Supernatural crime thriller | Available |
| The Hunter | France | Thriller | Unavailable |
| The Hunter | Italy | Crime drama | Available |
| Ice Cold Murders: Rocco Schiavone | Italy | Crime drama | Available |
| Inspector Borowski | Germany | Mystery drama | Available |
| Inspector Falke | Germany | Crime drama | Available |
| The Invisibles | Czech Republic | Comedy drama | Unavailable |
| Just One Look | France | Action thriller | Available |
| Kabul Kitchen[1] | France | Comedy drama | Unavailable |
| The King of Warsaw | Poland | Historical crime drama | Available |
| Killer by the Lake | France | Crime drama | Available |
| Lanester | France | Mystery drama | Unavailable |
| The Lawyer | Sweden | Thriller | Available |
| The Lens | Czech Republic | Crime thriller | Unavailable |
| Liberty | Denmark | Drama | Available |
| Lifeline[14] | Spain | Thriller | Available |
| Line of Separation | Germany | Historical drama | Unavailable |
| Locked Up | Spain | Prison drama | Available |
| Lolita Lobosco | Italy | Crime drama | Available |
| The Lost | Sweden | Crime drama | Available |
| Luna and Sophie[15][16] | Germany | Crime drama | Available |
| Mafia Only Kills in Summer | Italy | Coming-of-age dark comedy | Available |
| Mafiosa | France | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Magnifica 70[13] | Brazil | Drama | Available |
| Maltese: The Mafia Detective | Italy | Crime drama | Available |
| Mama's Angel | Israel | Thriller | Available |
| Mammon | Norway | Detective drama | Unavailable |
| Match Day | France | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Merciless[13] | Brazil | Psychological crime thriller | Unavailable |
| Milk and Honey | Israel | Comedy | Unavailable |
| The Mind of a Murderer | Germany | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| The Money Shot | France | Drama | Available |
| Monster | Norway | Thriller | Available |
| Moscow Noir | Sweden | Thriller | Available |
| New Nurses | Denmark | Historical drama | Available |
| New Texas | Belgium | Comedy drama | Unavailable |
| Nick's Law | Germany | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Night and Day | Spain | Thriller | Available |
| No Limit | France | Action thriller | Unavailable |
| No Second Chance | France | Thriller | Available |
| Nordic Murders | Germany | Crime drama | Available |
| Norskov | Denmark | Crime drama | Available |
| The Other Mother | France | Thriller | Available |
| Outlier | Norway | Thriller | Available |
| PAKT | Poland | Political thriller | Available |
| Partisan | Sweden | Crime thriller | Available |
| The Passenger | France | Crime drama | Available |
| Philharmonia | France | Psychological thriller | Available |
| Point Blank | Germany | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| The Prey | The Netherlands | Drama | Unavailable |
| Professor T | Belgium | Crime drama | Available |
| Pure Evil[1] | Argentina | Psychological crime thriller | Unavailable |
| The Raid | Brazil | Drama | Available |
| Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders | Sweden | Drama | Available |
| Reborn | France | Drama | Unavailable |
| The Red Shadows | France | Crime drama | Available |
| Resistance | France | Historical drama | Available |
| Rest In Peace | Croatia | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Rough Justice | Belgium | Detective drama | Available |
| Ride Upon the Storm | Denmark | Drama | Available |
| The River | Norway | Crime drama | Available |
| Sakho & Mangane | Senegal | Crime drama | Available |
| The Same Sky | Germany | Spy drama | Available |
| The Score | Belgium | Coming-of-age drama | Available |
| Scratch My Back | Belgium | Comedy drama | Unavailable |
| Seaside Hotel | Denmark | Historical drama | Available |
| The Sect | Russia | Drama | Available |
| Shades of Guilt | Germany | Legal thriller | Available |
| Son of a B****[13] | Brazil | Comedy drama | Unavailable |
| Spin[1] | France | Political drama | Unavailable |
| Sr Avila[13] | Mexico | Family crime drama | Unavailable |
| Stockholm Requiem | Sweden | Crime drama | Available |
| The Swingers | The Netherlands | Mystery drama | Available |
| Tabula Rasa | Belgium | Thriller | Unavailable |
| Tainted | Brazil | Thriller | Unavailable |
| The Teacher | Poland | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| The Team | Denmark | Crime drama | Available |
| Thicker Than Water | Sweden | Mystery drama | Available |
| Thou Shalt Not Kill | Italy | Crime drama | Available |
| Time Is a Killer | France | Psychological thriller | Available |
| Tony's Revenge | France | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Top Dog | Sweden | Legal thriller | Available |
| The Truth Will Out | Sweden | Crime thriller | Available |
| The Twelve | Belgium | Legal thriller | Available |
| Valkyrien | Norway | Drama | Unavailable |
| Vanished by the Lake | France | Crime drama | Available |
| A Very Scandi Scandal | Sweden | Crime comedy | Available |
| When the Dust Settles | Denmark | Psychological drama | Available |
| Witch Hunt | Norway | Thriller | Available |
| Young and Promising | Norway | Drama | Available |
Reception[edit]
According to Channel 4, the 11 titles available in the first month attracted 1.1 million views on All 4.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Walter Presents: Channel 4 launches new digital service offering best TV shows from around the world". The Independent. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ "Walter Presents streams into the US". Multichannel.com. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Foxtel back in SVOD business, launching Walter Presents in Australia". Mediaweek Australia. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Walter Luzzolino on the best TV shows from around the world". Radio New Zealand. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Discovery Strikes Deal With Channel 4's Walter Presents To Launch Premium Drama Service In Italy" (Press release). Discovery Corporate Site. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "C More lanserar Walter Presents och blir först ut med kurerad streamingtjänst" (Press release). C More Press Site. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ a b Television Business International (22 January 2016). "Walter Presents passes 1m views in two weeks". Retrieved 29 January 2016.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ a b c "Deutschland 83' Just The Tip of the Iceberg of a New World of Subtitled Drama, Courtesy Of 'Walter Presents'". HuffPost. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ Wolanin, Andrea (8 January 2020). "What Is "Walter's Choice" Anyway?". WGBH.
- ^ "How foreign TV drama became de rigueur with UK viewers". The Guardian. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ "Crow's Blood - All 4". www.channel4.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018.
- ^ "TV CROW'S BLOOD – allcinema" (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Broadcast (18 January 2016). "Walter Presents grabs Latin American drama".
- ^ "Lifeline Lands in the US and UK". TTVNews. 21 February 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "'Presumed Guilty,' 'Fear by the Lake' Among 'Walter Presents' Titles Coming to PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel in February – Media Play News". Media Play News. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "Luna and Sophie | PBS". PBS. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
External links[edit]
- Walter Presents – official site
UK - Walter Presents – official site
US
