Looking for your next Scandi fix? Wondering what to watch when The Returned leaves? Struggling to find enough subtitles on Netflix? The unusually named Walter Presents might be the answer. The free video-streaming service from Channel 4 launches in January 2016 with a selection of non-English-language dramas.
Shows lined up include Deutschland 83, Belgian comedy drama Clan, French political drama Spin, Argentinean psychological thriller Pure Evil, Sweden’s answer to Borgen, Blue Eyes, Afghanistan-set French drama Kabul Kitchen, and Danish supernatural thriller Heartless. Other titles include Match Day (France), Cenk Batu (Germany), The Lens (Czech Republic) and 10 (Switzerland).
Deutschland 83 will premiere on Channel 4 before becoming available exclusively as a box set to stream on Walter Presents. The first two series of Spin are set to feature in the regular More 4 slot in January, with Blue Eyes and Clan to run on the channel in February.
The service has been named after Walter Iuzzolino, chief creative officer of Global Series Network, who has been curating the catalogue. “We live in the golden age of serial drama, with French and Scandi thrillers gripping audiences in their millions,” Iuzzolino says. “This is the perfect time to introduce UK viewers to a much broader choice of the very best dramas and box sets from around the world, which they never previously knew existed.”
Walter Presents launches in January 2016
