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What is Zen about?

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.

Latest episode

S1 · Episode 3 — Ratking · 2011-01-16

After industrialist and political party funder Ruggerio Miletti is kidnapped, the Ministry turn to Aurelio Zen, to get him back alive at any cost.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
First aired: 2011-01-02
Rating: ★ 7.1 / 10

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Rufus Sewell Aurelio Zen
Caterina Murino Tania Moretti
Stanley Townsend Moscati
Ben Miles Amedeo Colonna
Ed Stoppard Vincenzo Fabri
Nathalie Rapti Gomez Maria

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