Cynical Dutch Detective Commissaris and his colleagues investigate murders, kidnappings, and political corruption.Cynical Dutch Detective Commissaris and his colleagues investigate murders, kidnappings, and political corruption.Cynical Dutch Detective Commissaris and his colleagues investigate murders, kidnappings, and political corruption.
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- TriviaThe catchy theme tune, "Eye Level", reached number one on the UK charts at the end of 1972 when this show was first shown, and stayed on the chart for twenty-four weeks. It has the distinction of being the first television theme song to top the official UK music chart.
- Crazy creditsThe credits for Season 1 listed the actors and characters entirely in lower-case letters.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Britain's Favourite Detectives (2014)
- SoundtracksEye Level
(Title Theme)
Written by Jack Trombey
Played by The Simon Park Orchestra
Conducted by Simon Park
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Barry Foster classic
I think I must have seen a few episodes as reruns in the late seventies,always after News at Ten. After a recent visit to Amsterdam I remembered the original and wanted to see it again so bought the box set. Barry Foster is very good and was clearly a fine actor. He has some really good scenes that exploits to the full Filmed in Amsterdam in colour you get to see the sights. The plots are complex and some scenes may seem a little laboured by modern standards but the show really holds up well against Wallender, Montalbano etc. If there is a production company out there looking for the next European detective they couldn't do much better than resurrect one of the originals, Commissaris Piet van der Valk and pay tribute to the excellent Barry Foster who made the part.
- marc-36-473963
- Jun 23, 2014
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