Walter Presents

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Walter Presents
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast area
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
  • Australia
  • United States
  • Sweden
  • Norway
  • Denmark
  • Finland
Programming
Picture format 576i (SDTV) 16:9
Ownership
Owner Channel Four Television Corporation and Global Series Network
History
Launched3 January 2016;9 years ago (2016-01-03)

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]

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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 (originally known as Walter's Choice) is presented by PBS. [9] [10]

Programmes

TitleOriginGenreStatus
10 [1] SwitzerlandMystery dramaUnavailable
13 Commandments BelgiumCrime thrillerAvailable
23 CasesGermanyCrime thrillerAvailable
Acquitted NorwayMystery dramaUnavailable
The AdultererThe NetherlandsDramaAvailable
AlexSwedenThrillerAvailable
All the Sins FinlandCrime dramaAvailable
Amsterdam ViceThe NetherlandsCrime dramaAvailable
Anne+ The NetherlandsComing-of-age dramaAvailable
The AnnouncerFrancePeriod thrillerAvailable
Astrid FranceDetective / Police proceduralAvailable
Arctic Circle FinlandCrime dramaAvailable
Bad Banks GermanyCrime dramaAvailable
Beauty and the Baker IsraelRomance dramaUnavailable
Before We DieSwedenThrillerAvailable
Beyond AppearancesFranceMystery dramaAvailable
Black WidowThe NetherlandsCrime dramaAvailable
The Blood PactThe NetherlandsCrime dramaAvailable
Blue Eyes [1] SwedenPolitical thrillerAvailable
The Body CollectorThe NetherlandsDramaAvailable
The BorderPolandDramaUnavailable
Box 21SwedenCrime thrillerAvailable
BulletsFinlandThrillerAvailable
Case IcelandPsychological crime thrillerUnavailable
Cenk Batu [1] GermanyCrime dramaUnavailable
Clan [11] BelgiumDetective dramaUnavailable
The Cleaning LadyArgentinaCrime thrillerUnavailable
Code 37: Sex Crimes BelgiumCrime dramaAvailable
ContactFranceMystery dramaAvailable
The Court IcelandLegal dramaAvailable
Cover StoryIcelandDramaAvailable
The Crimson Rivers FranceCrime dramaAvailable
Crow's Blood [12] JapanHorror [13] Unavailable
Cry WolfDenmarkDramaAvailable
Dead BeautifulFranceThrillerAvailable
Deadly MoneyGermanyThrillerUnavailable
A Deadly UnionFranceMystery dramaAvailable
Deliver UsDenmarkPsychological dramaAvailable
Detective CainFranceCrime dramaAvailable
Deutschland 83 [1] GermanySpy dramaAvailable
Deutschland 86 GermanySpy dramaAvailable
Deutschland 89 GermanySpy dramaAvailable
The Devil's ThroatBulgariaCrime thrillerAvailable
Dicte – Crime Reporter DenmarkCrime dramaUnavailable
DopamineDenmarkCrime dramaAvailable
The Drought SpainCrime thrillerAvailable
Elite SquadFrancePolice dramaUnavailable
Eyewitness NorwayCrime thrillerUnavailable
Farang: Dead Man RunningSwedenCrime dramaAvailable
Fatal CrossingDenmarkCrime dramaAvailable
Fear by the LakeFranceCrime thrillerAvailable
FenixThe NetherlandsCrime thrillerAvailable
Flight HS13The NetherlandsThrillerUnavailable
Forgotten GirlsFranceCrime dramaUnavailable
FramedThe NetherlandsCrime dramaUnavailable
Frozen SkyGermanyDramaUnavailable
Fugitives [14] ChileCrime dramaUnavailable
Gold DiggersRussiaThrillerAvailable
A Good FamilyFinlandThrillerAvailable
Greyzone Denmark, SwedenThrillerAvailable
GrowDenmarkCrime thrillerAvailable
Guardian of the CastleCroatiaThrillerAvailable
Heartless [1] DenmarkVampire thrillerUnavailable
Helen DornGermanyCrime dramaUnavailable
Hellfjord NorwayComedy dramaUnavailable
Hide and SeekUkraineCrime dramaAvailable
Home GuardsHungaryDramaUnavailable
Hotel AdlonGermanyDramaUnavailable
Hotel Beau Séjour BelgiumSupernatural crime thrillerAvailable
The HunterFranceThrillerUnavailable
The Hunter ItalyCrime dramaAvailable
Ice Cold Murders: Rocco Schiavone ItalyCrime dramaAvailable
Inspector Borowski GermanyMystery dramaAvailable
Inspector Falke GermanyCrime dramaAvailable
The InvisiblesCzech RepublicComedy dramaUnavailable
Just One LookFranceAction thrillerAvailable
Kabul Kitchen [1] FranceComedy dramaUnavailable
The King of Warsaw PolandHistorical crime dramaAvailable
Killer by the LakeFranceCrime dramaAvailable
LanesterFranceMystery dramaUnavailable
The LawyerSwedenThrillerAvailable
The LensCzech RepublicCrime thrillerUnavailable
LibertyDenmarkDramaAvailable
Lifeline [15] SpainThrillerAvailable
Line of Separation GermanyHistorical dramaUnavailable
Locked Up SpainPrison dramaAvailable
Lolita Lobosco  [ it ]ItalyCrime dramaAvailable
The LostSwedenCrime dramaAvailable
Luna and Sophie [16] [17] GermanyDetective / Police proceduralAvailable
Mafia Only Kills in Summer ItalyComing-of-age dark comedyAvailable
Mafiosa FranceCrime dramaUnavailable
Magnifica 70 [14] BrazilDramaAvailable
Maltese: The Mafia DetectiveItalyCrime dramaAvailable
Mama's AngelIsraelThrillerAvailable
Mammon NorwayDetective dramaUnavailable
Match DayFranceCrime dramaUnavailable
Merciless [14] BrazilPsychological crime thrillerUnavailable
Milk and HoneyIsraelComedyUnavailable
The Mind of a Murderer GermanyCrime dramaUnavailable
The Money Shot FranceDramaAvailable
MonsterNorwayThrillerAvailable
Moscow Noir SwedenThrillerAvailable
New NursesDenmarkHistorical dramaAvailable
New TexasBelgiumComedy dramaUnavailable
Nick's Law GermanyCrime dramaUnavailable
Night and DaySpainThrillerAvailable
No LimitFranceAction thrillerUnavailable
No Second ChanceFranceThrillerAvailable
Nordic MurdersGermanyCrime dramaAvailable
NorskovDenmarkCrime dramaAvailable
The Other MotherFranceThrillerAvailable
OutlierNorwayThrillerAvailable
PAKTPolandPolitical thrillerAvailable
PartisanSwedenCrime thrillerAvailable
Partners in Crime: Potsdam Homicide [18] [19] GermanyDetective / Police proceduralAvailable
The PassengerFranceCrime dramaAvailable
PhilharmoniaFrancePsychological thrillerAvailable
Point BlankGermanyCrime dramaUnavailable
The PreyThe NetherlandsDramaUnavailable
Professor T BelgiumCrime dramaAvailable
Pure Evil [1] ArgentinaPsychological crime thrillerUnavailable
The RaidBrazilDramaAvailable
Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic MurdersSwedenDramaAvailable
RebornFranceDramaUnavailable
The Red ShadowsFranceCrime dramaAvailable
Resistance FranceHistorical dramaAvailable
Rest In PeaceCroatiaCrime dramaUnavailable
Rough Justice BelgiumDetective dramaAvailable
Ride Upon the Storm DenmarkDramaAvailable
The RiverNorwayCrime dramaAvailable
Sakho & ManganeSenegalCrime dramaAvailable
The Same Sky GermanySpy dramaAvailable
The ScoreBelgiumComing-of-age dramaAvailable
Scratch My BackBelgiumComedy dramaUnavailable
Seaside Hotel DenmarkHistorical dramaAvailable
The SectRussiaDramaAvailable
Shades of GuiltGermanyLegal thrillerAvailable
Son of a B**** [14] BrazilComedy dramaUnavailable
Spin [1] FrancePolitical dramaUnavailable
Sr Avila [14] MexicoFamily crime dramaUnavailable
Stockholm RequiemSwedenCrime dramaAvailable
The SwingersThe NetherlandsMystery dramaAvailable
Tabula RasaBelgiumThrillerUnavailable
TaintedBrazilThrillerUnavailable
The TeacherPolandCrime dramaUnavailable
The Team DenmarkCrime dramaAvailable
Thicker Than Water SwedenMystery dramaAvailable
Thou Shalt Not Kill ItalyCrime dramaAvailable
Time Is a KillerFrancePsychological thrillerAvailable
Tony's RevengeFranceCrime dramaUnavailable
Top DogSwedenLegal thrillerAvailable
The Truth Will OutSwedenCrime thrillerAvailable
The Twelve BelgiumLegal thrillerAvailable
Valkyrien NorwayDramaUnavailable
Vanished by the LakeFranceCrime dramaAvailable
A Very Scandi ScandalSwedenCrime comedyAvailable
When the Dust SettlesDenmarkPsychological dramaAvailable
Witch HuntNorwayThrillerAvailable
Young and PromisingNorwayDramaAvailable

Reception

According to Channel 4, the 11 titles available in the first month attracted 1.1 million views on All 4. [7]

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Walter Presents streams into the US". Multichannel.com. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. "Foxtel back in SVOD business, launching Walter Presents in Australia". Mediaweek Australia. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. "Walter Luzzolino on the best TV shows from around the world". Radio New Zealand. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. 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)
  8. 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.
  9. Wolanin, Andrea (8 January 2020). "What Is "Walter's Choice" Anyway?". WGBH.
  10. "Walter Presents". PBS. 25 February 2025.
  11. "How foreign TV drama became de rigueur with UK viewers". The Guardian . 2 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  12. "Crow's Blood - All 4". www.channel4.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018.
  13. "TV CROW'S BLOOD – allcinema" (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 Broadcast (18 January 2016). "Walter Presents grabs Latin American drama".
  15. "Lifeline Lands in the US and UK". TTVNews. 21 February 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  16. "'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.
  17. "Luna and Sophie". PBS. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  18. "Partners in Crime: Potsdam Homicide | Telly Visions". Telly Visions. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  19. "Partners In Crime: Potsdam Homicide". PBS. Retrieved 13 February 2025.