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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]
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]
Title | Origin | Genre | Status |
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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 |
A Good Family | Finland | 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 |
According to Channel 4, the 11 titles available in the first month attracted 1.1 million views on All 4. [7]
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