
Father Brown(2013)
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.


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.
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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

Vincent Riotta
Giorgio de Angelis

Catherine Spaak
Donata

Sargon Yelda
Romizi

Francesco Quinn
Gilberto Nieddu
Zen is a crime, drama, mystery series that first aired in 2011. it stars Rufus Sewell, Caterina Murino, Stanley Townsend. 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.
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