The Van der Valk Mysteries
ITV (ended 1992)
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Season 5
- Ep 3Still Waters2/19/92
A new sea barrier is at the centre of a row between senior Dutch politicians and the radical Green Party. When the row leads to murder, van der Valk is called in to investigate. - Ep 2Proof of Life2/12/92
When a businessman and his son are kidnapped, van der Valk must establish whether the man's wife is involved. - Ep 1The Ties that Bind2/5/92
The wife of a diamond merchant is shot and killed as she leaves a restaurant.
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Season 4
- Ep 4The Little Rascals2/6/91
An ageing alternative comedian has been strangled. Van der Valk finds his investigation into the murder hampered at every turn. The body of the comedian's widow is fished out of a canal. The manager of the club where the comic worked is the next to die. All three had been members of a society known as the Little Rascals at university.moreless - Ep 3A Sudden Silence1/30/91
- Ep 2Dangerous Games1/23/91
Wim van Der Valk is accused of leaking vital police intelligence. - Ep 1Doctor Hoffmann's Children1/16/91
Three people, who had all attended the same school, are murdered.
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Season 3
- Ep 12Diane11/21/77
A woman who has been trying to escape the past finds that it catches up with her in Amsterdam. - Ep 11Gold Plated Delinquents11/14/77
Some spoiled rich kids in search of new thrills cause a headache for van der Valk. - Ep 10In Hazard11/7/77
Van der Valk has reason to doubt a beautiful woman's story. - Ep 9The Professor10/31/77
- Ep 8Dead on Arrival10/24/77
A Dutch clairvoyant is invited to Britain to assist with an old murder investigation. - Ep 7Face Value10/17/77
Van der Valk investigates a case of forgery and uncovers a dead artist and a strange collection of pictures. - Ep 6Everybody Does It10/10/77
Arlette van der Valk picks up a dubious bargain and inadvertently gets her husband caught up with a crime syndicate. - Ep 5Man of Iron10/3/77
- Ep 4Wolf9/26/77
A young German is murdered in his bed. The apartment is littered with clues. For Van der Valk there is a clue too many. - Ep 3The Runt9/19/77
A likeable rogue, a small time thief and con-man, for whom Van der Valk develops a grudging affection. But the thief suddenly becomes wealthy and also seems to be connected with an important family. The pressures are on Van der Valk to find out why, but without embarrassing too many people.moreless - Ep 2Accidental9/12/77
An international scandal over charges of corruption in high places emerges, and the chief prosecutor disappears. - Ep 1Enemy9/5/77
The lives of Piet and Arlette van der Valk are threatened.
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Season 2
- Ep 7The Rainbow Ends Here10/10/73
The sister of tycoon Evert Stolle is kidnapped, but her brother does not want the police to get involved. - Ep 6Rich Man, Poor Man10/3/73
A worker at a firm that reconditions farm machinery is injured in an explosion at the premises. The man insists he caused the accident himself, but van der Valk is convinced that he is covering up the truth. - Ep 5Season for Love9/26/73
Van der Valk agrees to help a rich American woman who is looking for a young man who has gone missing in Amsterdam, but soon discovers that it is the woman who may be in real danger. - Ep 4A Dangerous Point of View9/19/73
The body of a man who has been stabbed to death is discovered in a flat. Van der Valk must find out why the dead man was there and who could have known about it. - Ep 3A Rose from Mr Reinhart9/12/73
Arlette van der Valk is concerned about the safety of Karen Seger, an attractive young woman that she and the children know from visits to the park. She asks her husband to meet the woman and consider whether she might need police protection. - Ep 2A Man of No Importance9/5/73
Van der Valk investigates when the body of a man wearing only pyjama trousers is discovered on a canal barge. - Ep 1A Death by the Sea8/29/73
Van Teesling, a wealthy and influential banker, is found unconscious in his car on the beach. He tells police that the night before he and his wife went for a drunken midnight swim. His wife drowned while he barely escaped with his life. Van der Valk's nose is twitching, but he is put under pressure not to pursue the case. When Kroon discovers than van Teesling is a former Olympic swimmer, van der Valk is convinced that he staged the incident to get rid of his wife. Van der Valk is determined to use any means to ensure that justice is done.moreless
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Season 1
- Ep 6The Adventurer10/18/72
Why would German Wolf Gebhadrt decide, in middle age, to take up an apprenticeship in stonemasonry in Amsterdam? Why would a man killed in a car accident be carrying a newspaper cutting with a photo of Gebhardt? Van der Valk senses that Gebhardt is in danger and even attempts to have him taken into protective custody when he refuses to co-operate with inquiries. Short on options, van der Valk makes a fatal misjudgement before he finally unravels this complex and frustrating case.moreless - Ep 5Thicker than Water10/11/72
A body dredged up from a canal is tentatively identified as the son of a British MP, but when she views the body she says it is not her son. Van der Valk refuses to believe this and calls on his British colleagues to help prove the boy's identity. The boy's face is well known in Amsterdam's transvestite and transsexual scene and van der Valk's inquiries there lead him deeper and deeper into a dark world of sexual depravity and exploitation involving some of the most prominent public figures in Europe. Samson of course desperately advises him to proceed with extreme caution. In the face of the mother's refusal to co-operate van der Valk finds his best hope is to look elsewhere in the family for help.moreless - Ep 4Elected Silence10/4/72
Officers investigating a hearse abandoned near the Royal Palace make a bizarre discovery which appears to be a threat against Paul Harkemer, well known editor of a right wing magazine, and/or his 19 year old daughter. At first it appears that it may be nothing more than a publicity stunt for the left wing rock band Emerald Scorpion, and Harkemer himself seems totally unconcerned. The case seems to over before it started, but then the police receive a cassette tape from someone claiming to be the kidnapper of Harkemer's daughter.moreless - Ep 3Blue Notes9/27/72
When Jan Servaas, a world famous Dutch violinist, makes a rare concert appearance in his home country it is an eagerly awaited event. In the weeks leading up to the concert van der Valk receives a series of mysterious notes, written on blue paper, warning that Servaas will be "executed" if he comes to Amsterdam. Van der Valk ignores Kroon's pleas to have the concert canceled until the case is solved, perhaps in part because he and Arlette have tickets and are looking forward to it! It is a decision that will have tragic consequences as a drama which began with betrayal in wartime Limburg plays out to a fatal conclusion in 1970s Amsterdam.moreless - Ep 2Destroying Angel9/20/72
A man is found dead in his room above a sleazy bar and brothel. Van der Valk is called in when the examining doctor suspects poisoning. Immediately sensing there is more to the case than meets the eye, he uncovers a complicated web involving drug dealing and the grubbier end of Amsterdam's S & M industry. Ultimately though, he finds the motive for the man's murder may lay elsewhere and that "Destroying Angel" is definitely involved; but who, or what, is that?moreless - Ep 1One Herring's Not Enough9/13/72
When a man confesses to the double murder of his wife and her lover it seems an open and shut case; but as one part after another of the man's story doesn't check out, van der Valk realizes he is dealing with something far more complicated.
