director:
Nicolas Freeling
actor:
Barry Foster
/
Meg Davis
/
Ronald Hines
/
Richard Huw
genre:
Drama
language:
English
number of seasons: 5
release date:
1972-09-13
(Premiere)
IMDb: tt0149540
overview
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.