Vienna Blood (TV series)

Vienna Blood
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GenrePeriod drama
Detective fiction
Based onThe Liebermann series
by Frank Tallis
Written bySteve Thompson
Starring
ComposerRoman Kariolou
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Austria
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes11
Production
Producers
  • Steve Thompson
  • Oliver Auspitz
  • Andreas Kamm
  • Jez Swimer
Cinematography
  • Andreas Thalhammer
  • Xiaosu Han
Running time90 minutes
Production companies
  • Endor Productions
  • MR Film
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release18 November 2019 (2019-11-18) –
present
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Vienna Blood is a British-Austrian procedural drama television series set in Vienna, Austria, in the early 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 antisemitism against the Liebermann family. Max is a member of a liberal British Jewish family in Leopoldstadt, a traditional Jewish district, while Oskar, a lapsed Catholic, is based at that district's police precinct.[1]

The first series began broadcasting on BBC Two on 18 November 2019.[2] On 6 July 2020, it was recommissioned for a second series, which premiered in 2021.[3][2] The programme was renewed for a third series, which began broadcasting on BBC Two on 14 December 2022,[4][5][6] and a fourth,[7] which began airing on 4 August 2024.[8]

  1. ^ Frazer, Jenni. "A blood-stained Viennese waltz". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Vienna Blood". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  3. ^ "'Vienna Blood' Gets Season 2 Order". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Period Crime Drama 'Vienna Blood' Gets Season 3 Order". The Hollywood Reporter. 22 February 2022.
  5. ^ Nisbet, Megan (14 December 2022). "BBC Vienna Blood cast list, locations and how many episodes in series 3". WalesOnline.
  6. ^ "Vienna Blood series 3 - Meet the cast and creatives and discover the filming locations". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Endor's Vienna Blood back for a fourth". 5 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Vienna Blood cast and creatives on series 4 of the gripping crime drama". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2024.