# Walter Presents

Walter Presents is a video-on-demand service of the UK's Channel 4, part of its streaming platform. Launched on 3 January 2016, it specialises in foreign-language drama and comedy with English subtitles. It is named after Walter Iuzzolino, who selects its content. The service was later offered as an ad-free subscription service in the United States in March 2017, and in Australia via a Foxtel service in November 2017. It launched in New Zealand in May 2020 as part of free streaming service TVNZ OnDemand (now TVNZ+). It has been available in Italy as an on-demand service since September 2018 through a deal between Global and Discovery Networks. In 2022 Walter Presents launched in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland on the premium streaming service C More.

## Production

In the UK, the service is a partnership between Channel 4 and Global Series Network. It is free to view and supported by advertisements. Walter Iuzzolino began reviewing potential content for the service two years before its launch, viewing 3,500 hours of television in all.
The service aims to avoid so-called art-house programming in favour of more mainstream productions that compete with Netflix and Amazon Prime for audiences already familiar with such Nordic dramas such as The Bridge. Iuzzolino set three criteria for selection: the show must be popular in its native country, as were Homeland and House of Cards in the United States; it must be "award-winning or already critically acclaimed"; and it must have "the finest writing, directing and acting that each country has to offer...something worth our time as viewers".
To promote the service, some of the content is also being aired on Channel 4's conventional channels, Channel 4 and More4. From October 2019, Welsh-language channel S4C began to broadcast some Walter Presents series with Welsh subtitles as part of Walter Presents ar gyfer S4C (English: Walter Presents for S4C) with some series available with Welsh subtitles online on S4C Clic, the channel’s on-demand service.
In the US, Walter Presents (originally known as Walter's Choice) is presented by PBS.

## Programmes

| Title | Origin | Genre | Status |
| 10 | Switzerland | Mystery drama | Unavailable |
| 13 Commandments | Belgium | Crime thriller | Available |
| 23 Cases | Germany | Crime thriller | Available |
| Acquitted | Norway | Mystery drama | Unavailable |
| The Adulterer | The Netherlands | Drama | Available |
| Alex | Sweden | Thriller | Available |
| All the Sins | Finland | Crime drama | Available |
| Amsterdam Vice | The Netherlands | Crime drama | Available |
| Anne+ | The Netherlands | Coming-of-age drama | Available |
| The Announcer | France | Period thriller | Available |
| Astrid | France | Detective / Police procedural | Available |
| Arctic Circle | Finland | Crime drama | Available |
| Bad Banks | Germany | Crime drama | Available |
| Beauty and the Baker | Israel | Romance drama | Unavailable |
| Before We Die | Sweden | Thriller | Available |
| Beyond Appearances | France | Mystery drama | Available |
| Black Widow | The Netherlands | Crime drama | Available |
| The Blood Pact | The Netherlands | Crime drama | Available |
| Blue Eyes | Sweden | Political thriller | Available |
| The Body Collector | The Netherlands | Drama | Available |
| The Border | Poland | Drama | Unavailable |
| Box 21 | Sweden | Crime thriller | Available |
| Bullets | Finland | Thriller | Available |
| Case | Iceland | Psychological crime thriller | Unavailable |
| Cenk Batu | Germany | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Clan | Belgium | Detective drama | Unavailable |
| The Cleaning Lady | Argentina | Crime thriller | Unavailable |
| Code 37: Sex Crimes | Belgium | Crime drama | Available |
| Contact | France | Mystery drama | Available |
| The Court | Iceland | Legal drama | Available |
| Cover Story | Iceland | Drama | Available |
| The Crimson Rivers | France | Crime drama | Available |
| Crow's Blood | Japan | Horror | Unavailable |
| Cry Wolf | Denmark | Drama | Available |
| Dead Beautiful | France | Thriller | Available |
| Deadly Money | Germany | Thriller | Unavailable |
| A Deadly Union | France | Mystery drama | Available |
| Deliver Us | Denmark | Psychological drama | Available |
| Detective Cain | France | Crime drama | Available |
| Deutschland 83 | Germany | Spy drama | Available |
| Deutschland 86 | Germany | Spy drama | Available |
| Deutschland 89 | Germany | Spy drama | Available |
| The Devil's Throat | Bulgaria | Crime thriller | Available |
| Dicte – Crime Reporter | Denmark | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Dopamine | Denmark | Crime drama | Available |
| The Drought | Spain | Crime thriller | Available |
| Elite Squad | France | Police drama | Unavailable |
| Eyewitness | Norway | Crime thriller | Unavailable |
| Farang: Dead Man Running | Sweden | Crime drama | Available |
| Fatal Crossing | Denmark | Crime drama | Available |
| Fear by the Lake | France | Crime thriller | Available |
| Fenix | The Netherlands | Crime thriller | Available |
| Flight HS13 | The Netherlands | Thriller | Unavailable |
| Forgotten Girls | France | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Framed | The Netherlands | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Frozen Sky | Germany | Drama | Unavailable |
| Fugitives | Chile | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Gold Diggers | Russia | Thriller | Available |
| A Good Family | Finland | Thriller | Available |
| Greyzone | Denmark, Sweden | Thriller | Available |
| Grow | Denmark | Crime thriller | Available |
| Guardian of the Castle | Croatia | Thriller | Available |
| Heartless | Denmark | Vampire thriller | Unavailable |
| Helen Dorn | Germany | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Hellfjord | Norway | Comedy drama | Unavailable |
| Hide and Seek | Ukraine | Crime drama | Available |
| Home Guards | Hungary | Drama | Unavailable |
| Hotel Adlon | Germany | Drama | Unavailable |
| Hotel Beau Séjour | Belgium | Supernatural crime thriller | Available |
| The Hunter | France | Thriller | Unavailable |
| The Hunter | Italy | Crime drama | Available |
| Ice Cold Murders: Rocco Schiavone | Italy | Crime drama | Available |
| Inspector Borowski | Germany | Mystery drama | Available |
| Inspector Falke | Germany | Crime drama | Available |
| The Invisibles | Czech Republic | Comedy drama | Unavailable |
| Just One Look | France | Action thriller | Available |
| Kabul Kitchen | France | Comedy drama | Unavailable |
| The King of Warsaw | Poland | Historical crime drama | Available |
| Killer by the Lake | France | Crime drama | Available |
| Lanester | France | Mystery drama | Unavailable |
| The Lawyer | Sweden | Thriller | Available |
| The Lens | Czech Republic | Crime thriller | Unavailable |
| Liberty | Denmark | Drama | Available |
| Lifeline | Spain | Thriller | Available |
| Line of Separation | Germany | Historical drama | Unavailable |
| Locked Up | Spain | Prison drama | Available |
| Lolita Lobosco [it] | Italy | Crime drama | Available |
| The Lost | Sweden | Crime drama | Available |
| Luna and Sophie | Germany | Detective / Police procedural | Available |
| Mafia Only Kills in Summer | Italy | Coming-of-age dark comedy | Available |
| Mafiosa | France | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Magnifica 70 | Brazil | Drama | Available |
| Maltese: The Mafia Detective | Italy | Crime drama | Available |
| Mama's Angel | Israel | Thriller | Available |
| Mammon | Norway | Detective drama | Unavailable |
| Match Day | France | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Merciless | Brazil | Psychological crime thriller | Unavailable |
| Milk and Honey | Israel | Comedy | Unavailable |
| The Mind of a Murderer | Germany | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| The Money Shot | France | Drama | Available |
| Monster | Norway | Thriller | Available |
| Moscow Noir | Sweden | Thriller | Available |
| New Nurses | Denmark | Historical drama | Available |
| New Texas | Belgium | Comedy drama | Unavailable |
| Nick's Law | Germany | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Night and Day | Spain | Thriller | Available |
| No Limit | France | Action thriller | Unavailable |
| No Second Chance | France | Thriller | Available |
| Nordic Murders | Germany | Crime drama | Available |
| Norskov | Denmark | Crime drama | Available |
| The Other Mother | France | Thriller | Available |
| Outlier | Norway | Thriller | Available |
| PAKT | Poland | Political thriller | Available |
| Partisan | Sweden | Crime thriller | Available |
| Partners in Crime: Potsdam Homicide | Germany | Detective / Police procedural | Available |
| The Passenger | France | Crime drama | Available |
| Philharmonia | France | Psychological thriller | Available |
| Point Blank | Germany | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| The Prey | The Netherlands | Drama | Unavailable |
| Professor T | Belgium | Crime drama | Available |
| Pure Evil | Argentina | Psychological crime thriller | Unavailable |
| The Raid | Brazil | Drama | Available |
| Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders | Sweden | Drama | Available |
| Reborn | France | Drama | Unavailable |
| The Red Shadows | France | Crime drama | Available |
| Resistance | France | Historical drama | Available |
| Rest In Peace | Croatia | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Rough Justice | Belgium | Detective drama | Available |
| Ride Upon the Storm | Denmark | Drama | Available |
| The River | Norway | Crime drama | Available |
| Sakho & Mangane | Senegal | Crime drama | Available |
| The Same Sky | Germany | Spy drama | Available |
| The Score | Belgium | Coming-of-age drama | Available |
| Scratch My Back | Belgium | Comedy drama | Unavailable |
| Seaside Hotel | Denmark | Historical drama | Available |
| The Sect | Russia | Drama | Available |
| Shades of Guilt | Germany | Legal thriller | Available |
| Son of a B**** | Brazil | Comedy drama | Unavailable |
| Spin | France | Political drama | Unavailable |
| Sr Avila | Mexico | Family crime drama | Unavailable |
| Stockholm Requiem | Sweden | Crime drama | Available |
| The Swingers | The Netherlands | Mystery drama | Available |
| Tabula Rasa | Belgium | Thriller | Unavailable |
| Tainted | Brazil | Thriller | Unavailable |
| The Teacher | Poland | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| The Team | Denmark | Crime drama | Available |
| Thicker Than Water | Sweden | Mystery drama | Available |
| Thou Shalt Not Kill | Italy | Crime drama | Available |
| Time Is a Killer | France | Psychological thriller | Available |
| Tony's Revenge | France | Crime drama | Unavailable |
| Top Dog | Sweden | Legal thriller | Available |
| The Truth Will Out | Sweden | Crime thriller | Available |
| The Twelve | Belgium | Legal thriller | Available |
| Valkyrien | Norway | Drama | Unavailable |
| Vanished by the Lake | France | Crime drama | Available |
| A Very Scandi Scandal | Sweden | Crime comedy | Available |
| When the Dust Settles | Denmark | Psychological drama | Available |
| Witch Hunt | Norway | Thriller | Available |
| Young and Promising | Norway | Drama | Available |

## Reception

According to Channel 4, the 11 titles available in the first month attracted 1.1 million views on All 4.