Vienna Blood (TV series)

Vienna Blood is a 2019 British-Austrian psychological thriller television series set in Vienna, Austria in the 1900s. Based on the Liebermann novels by Frank Tallis, the series follows Max Liebermann (Matthew Beard), a doctor and student of Sigmund Freud, as he assists Police Detective Oskar Rheinhardt (Jürgen Maurer). By providing psychological insights into the subjects’ motives, they investigate disturbing murders with success. A continuing sub-theme is the growing anti-Semitism against the Liebermann family.

Vienna Blood
Title card
GenrePsychological thriller
Based onThe Liebermann novels by Frank Tallis
Written byStephen Thompson
Starring
ComposerRoman Kariolou
Country of originUK, Austria
No. of series1
No. of episodes3
Production
Producers
  • Stephen Thompson
  • Oliver Auspitz
  • Andreas Kamm
Cinematography
  • Andreas Thalhammer
  • Xiaosu Han
Running time90 minutes
Production companies
  • Endor Productions
  • MR Film
Release
Original networkBBC Two
Original release18 November (2019-11-18) –
2 December 2019 (2019-12-02)

On 6 July 2020, Endor Productions and MR Film announced that a further series had been jointly recommissioned by ORF, ZDF, BBC and PBS.[1]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.K. viewers
(millions)
1"The Last Seance"Robert DornhelmStephen Thompson18 November 2019 (2019-11-18)1.8[2]
2"Queen of the Night"Umut DagStephen Thompson25 November 2019 (2019-11-25)N/A
3"The Lost Child"Umut DagStephen Thompson2 December 2019 (2019-12-02)N/A

Production

The series was filmed on location in Vienna and Lower Austria, beginning in October 2018.[3] Locations included the Vienna State Opera house,[4] as well as Schloss Grafenegg, the Vienna University Archive, the Natural History Museum, the Riesenrad, Palais Pallavicini, the Burggarten park, the Arsenal, Café Sperl, and Café Bräunerhof.[5]

The series was a co-production of Endor Productions and MR Film (Austria).[6]

Broadcast

The series of three ninety-minute episodes was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two between 18 November and 2 December 2019.[7] Austrian channel ORF 2 aired the show beginning 20 December 2019[8][9]

In the United States, PBS showed the series in six forty-five-minute episodes; broadcast began on 19 January 2020.[10][11]

References
  1. "'Vienna Blood' Gets Season 2 Order". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. "Vienna Blood scores high ratings on BBC Two in the UK". Red Arrow Studios. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  3. "Endor Productions, MR Film and Red Arrow Studios International announce major new drama Series "Vienna Blood"" (PDF).
  4. "Where was Vienna Blood filmed? Filming locations in Austria for the BBC Two drama series | inews".
  5. "Vienna Blood film locations". Visiting Vienna. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  6. "BBC – BBC Two acquires major new crime series Vienna Blood – Media Centre".
  7. "Vienna Blood air date | cast, plot, review, trailer for BBC Two drama - Radio Times".
  8. "Internationaler ORF-Krimievent "Vienna Blood – Die letzte Séance" - tv.ORF.at".
  9. ""Vienna Blood – Die letzte Séance" als deutschsprachige Free-TV-Premiere - tv.ORF.at". tv.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  10. "PBS gets taste for Vienna Blood | News | C21Media".
  11. "Vienna Blood | PBS". PBS.org. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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