Van der Valk

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Van der Valk
DVD box set
Genre	Crime drama Mystery
Created by	Nicolas Freeling
Starring	Barry Foster Michael Latimer Susan Travers Martin Wyldeck Sydney Tafler Joanna Dunham Nigel Stock Meg Davies Richard Huw Ronald Hines
Theme music composer	Jack Trombey
Opening theme	"Eye Level"
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	32 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Lloyd Shirley George Taylor Brian Walcroft
Producers	Geoffrey Gilbert Robert Love Michael Chapman
Production location	Netherlands
Cinematography	Dusty Miller Roy Pointer Colin Munn
Editors	John S. Smith Ian Toynton Ralph Sheldon
Running time	60 minutes (Series 1–3) 120 minutes (Series 4–5)
Production companies	Thames Television Euston Films Elmgate Productions
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	13 September 1972 (1972-09-13) – 19 February 1992 (1992-02-19)
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Van der Valk is a British television crime drama series produced for the ITV network by Thames Television. It ran from 13 September 1972 to 19 February 1992, with the first three series produced between 1972 and 1977, and two more being commissioned in 1991 and 1992.

The series was created by Nicolas Freeling, based on his novels about a detective in Amsterdam. It starred Barry Foster in the role of titular character Simon "Piet" van der Valk.