Trackers (TV series)

Trackers
GenreThriller
Crime
Drama
Based onTrackers
by Deon Meyer
Written byRobert Thorogood
Deon Meyer
Kelsey Egan
Amy Jephta
Jozua Malherbe
Rene van Rooyen
Directed byJyri Kähönen
Country of originSouth Africa
United Kingdom
Germany
United States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producersJonathan Drake
Jan du Plessis
Wolfgang Feindt
Nkateko Mabaso
Steve Maher
Benjamin McGrath
Yolisa Pahle
Doris Schrenner
Allan Sperling
Tim Theron
Robert Thorogood
Cobus van den Berg
Anneke Villet
Kaye Ann Williams
ProducerRebecca Fuller-Campbell
CinematographyIvan Strasburg
EditorsMarkus van Schalkwyk
Melanie Jankes Golden
Tanja Hagen
Richard Starkey
Running time48–53 minutes[a]
Production companiesThree River Fiction
Scene23 Imaginarium
Original release
NetworkM-Net
Cinemax
ZDF
Release27 October (2019-10-27) –
24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)
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Trackers is an internationally co-produced crime thriller television series produced by Three River Fiction and Scene23.[1] It is an adaptation of Deon Meyer's 2011 novel of the same name,[2] and it was adapted for television by British showrunner Robert Thorogood, leading a team of South African writers.[1] It is the first co-production between South Africa pay-TV channel M-Net, German public broadcaster ZDF and American HBO's sister network Cinemax. Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution also distributes the series on behalf of Home Box Office's "Home of HBO" exclusive package lineup worldwide, with the exception of MultiChoice and ZDF's territories of operations, respectively.[3]

Before the last episode aired, M-Net announced that Trackers was already their best-performing show of 2019.[4]

On April 17, 2020, it was announced that the series will premiere in the U.S. on June 5, 2020 on Cinemax amidst news that the network shall cease commissioning all original output but broadcasting all of its pre-commissioned programmes by the end of 2020.[5] On October 1, 2020, it was announced that the series will premiere in Germany on October 5, 2020 on ZDF as double bills for 3 consecutive weeks under the title Trackers - Rote Spur.[6]


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  1. ^ a b Clarke, Stewart (2018-12-04). "TV Adaptation of Deon Meyer's 'Trackers' Set as Africa-Germany Co-Production". Variety. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  2. ^ "Deon Meyer's Trackers". www.deonmeyer.com. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  3. ^ "HBO's sister network Cinemax picks up M-Net's new local drama series". FilmContact.com. 2019-06-17. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  4. ^ "Trailblazing Trackers is M-Net's top-performing show for 2019". Nov 20, 2019. Archived from the original on February 26, 2020. Retrieved Jan 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "Drama Series "Trackers" Debuts June 5, Exclusively on Cinemax". The Futon Critic. April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  6. ^ "'Trackers - Rote Spur' als Free-TV-Premiere im ZDF Nach dem Roman von Deon Meyer" ["Trackers - Rote Spur" as a free TV premiere on ZDF based on the novel by Deon Meyer]. Presseportal.de (in German). October 1, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2023.