Country | United Kingdom |
---|---|
Broadcast area |
|
Programming | |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 16:9 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Channel Four Television Corporation and Global Series Network |
History | |
Launched | 3 January 2016 |
Channel 4 |
---|
Television channels |
Online services |
Other |
|
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
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
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
According to Channel 4, the 11 titles available in the first month attracted 1.1 million views on All 4.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "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.
- 1 2 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) - 1 2 3 "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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 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
- Walter Presents – official site UK
- Walter Presents – official site US