Almost two years after it aired internationally, Van der Valk season 4 has finally been given a UK release date – and there isn’t too long to wait.
The fourth season of the crime drama, which stars Marc Warren as tenacious Dutch detective Piet Van der Valk, is set to premiere on ITV1 on Sunday 2 August at 8pm.
The instalment first aired in the US back in September 2024 on PBS Masterpiece.
Marc Warren (Safe, Mad Dogs, Hustle) reprises the titular role of Commissaris Piet Van Der Valk in the fourth series of detective drama Van Der Valk which is filmed entirely on location in and around Amsterdam.
Van der Valk season 4 sees Warren and his team with their hands full as they attempt to keep Amsterdam’s crooks in check, while he also has to deal with a “past romance resurfacing”, and he’s also tasked with finding “a way to make one of his beloved team members confront their own mortality”, according to the official synopsis.
The street-smart detective is once again joined by Maimie McCoy as Inspector Lucienne Hassell, Sergeant Eddie Suleman played by Azan Ahmed, Darrell D’Silva as team pathologist Hendrik Davie and Emma Fielding as Chief Commissaris Julia Dahlman.
Michele Buck continues as Executive Producer for Company Pictures with Chris Murray and Maria Ward returning as co-writers.
Says Chris Murray:
“We are 100% series that this is the best series of Van Der Valk we’ve done so far. Three strong, contrasting, resolving films flooded with our distinctive team dynamic but this time with the added spice of Piet’s combative ex-girlfriend turning up at the same time as one of our team has to confront their own mortality.”
The return of Van Der Valk sees the Dutch detective and his team solving three more homicides in the city. In the first episode the death of a whistleblower under police protection prior to a court hearing means Van Der Valk and his team are called in to make sure the second witness makes it to court. The situation is complicated by the fact that the protection officer in charge of the first victim is Kalie Tenkers, a former flame of Piet’s. Fair to say there is no love lost between the two, especially when he suggests she might have been involved in the killing…
The fourth series of Van Der Valk is produced by All3Media International, in collaboration with co-production partners ARD Degeto (Germany), Masterpiece (USA), ITV (UK), and NPO (The Netherlands) with additional financing by Netherlands Film Production Incentive.
Series 1-3 can be found on ITVX