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Zen

Sun, Jan 2, 2011
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Mystery
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

Zen is a British television mini series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series, Mediaset and ZDF. It stars Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino and is based on the Aurelio Zen detective novels by Michael Dibdin. The series was filmed on location in Italy, but the dialogue is in English. The series, which comprises three 90-minute films, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sunday evenings from 2 January 2011 on BBC One. The three films were based on the books Vendetta, Cabal and Ratking.

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Cast

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  • Rufus Sewell
    Rufus Sewell
    as Aurelio Zen
  • Caterina Murino
    Caterina Murino
    as Tania Moretti
  • Stanley Townsend
    Stanley Townsend
    as Moscati
  • Ben Miles
    Ben Miles
    as Amedeo Colonna
  • Ed Stoppard
    Ed Stoppard
    as Vincenzo Fabri
  • Nathalie Rapti Gomez
    Nathalie Rapti Gomez
    as Maria
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Episodes

1 season · 3 episodes

Ended · 3 aired
Season 1
3 episodes · 3 aired
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  • E1
    Vendetta
    Aired · Sun, Jan 2, 2011 · 90m

    Zen is asked by the Ministry to re-investigate a multiple murder that happened. Oscar Faso and his guests were shot dead at his lavish villa. The number one suspect was a friend of Faso called Renato Favelloni who has since claimed to have found God in prison and is now retracting the confession he made which has ended up causing shockwaves through the Government.

  • E2
    Cabal
    Aired · Sun, Jan 9, 2011 · 90m

    After the body of Umberto Ruspanti, a member of one of Rome's most prominent families, is discovered underneath a bridge, Zen is assigned the case by the Ministry. After things become more suspicious, Zen discovers the existence of the Cabal, a powerful, secret organisation.

  • E3
    Ratking
    Aired · Sun, Jan 16, 2011 · 90m

    After industrialist and political party funder Ruggerio Miletti is kidnapped, the Ministry turn to Aurelio Zen, to get him back alive at any cost.