Talk:Van der Valk

message: I don't understand the fourth paragraph of the article as it stands at present:
"This series was generally made on location, and recorded entirely on film by Thames' subsidiary, Euston Films (perhaps best known for dramas such as The Sweeney and Minder), giving the programmes a consistently gritty feel. Like the earlier series, this series was recorded on 2" Ampex quadruplex videotape, with location shooting done on 16mm film."
Was it recorded "entirely on film" or both on videotape and film? jamesgibbon 20:16, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Series 1-2 (1972-3): Interiors shot at Teddington Studios on VT, locations in Amsterdam on 16mm. Series 3 (1977): Euston Films production entirely on location (mostly Netherlands but one episode set in London) on 16mm. And despite what it says, I'm pretty sure the whole of Series 4 (1992) was also shot on film, although it may hacve been edited on 1" videotape. Lee M (talk) 18:14, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: How come there's only an article about the TV series, rather than the novels? It might be better to combine these into an article about the character, and discuss both media.Gymnophoria (talk) 12:56, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Gymnophoria, it would be good idea to create an article about the novels, if they are sufficiently notable. (I disagree that this article would be merged with it though.) It would probably take someone who has read the novels to create such an article, and most editors editing this article have probably only seen the TV production(s). Also, there already exists this material on Wikipedia, so perhaps an entire article on the novels is not necessary, since the adaptations seem more notable than the novels. Softlavender (talk) 01:56, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article about the novels? 

message: This article needs to be split into two: One article for the original series and one article for the completely different reboot with a completely different and far younger cast and far different storylines. Softlavender (talk) 01:45, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. At this time I've been concentrating on shaping the article into a coherent format that makes it easier for readers to follow the 'who-what-when', beefing up content, and adding reliable sources. Pyxis Solitary  (yak). L not Q. 12:06, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thank you for tackling the split. FYI: the start date for S3 in the UK and US has not been announced. The info someone added to Rotten Tomatoes for S3 in the US is false. I don't know if it has actually premiered in Australia and if theTV Tonight article is reliable because it states "The three part series premiered internationally in January", but this is not true. Pyxis Solitary  (yak yak). Ol' homo. 02:26, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article needs to be split into the two separate series 

message: Regardless of what has been  added for S3 for the U.S. by using Rotten Tomatoes as the source:
:* (1) PBS/Masterpiece  official website does not list episodes for Season 3;
:* (2) "Airdate: No specific premiere date has been shared for Van der Valk Season 3." –  Shows Coming to MASTERPIECE in 2023 and Beyond : Van Der Valk Season 3, PBS, January 24, 2023.
:* (3) "In the UK, series 3 of Van der Valk will air on ITV in 2023, date to be announced. ...In the US, it's a PBS series. We would expect to see the new season on PBS and the PBS Masterpiece Amazon channel sometime this year (no official date has been announced at time of writing)." –  Van der Valk, Season 3: What We Know Right Now, I Heart British TV, March 25, 2023.
PBS is the authority on series/season premiere date and episode air dates in the United States. If PBS has not confirmed this information, then there is a problem with what Rotten Tomatoes published. Pyxis Solitary  (yak yak). Ol' homo. 01:05, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Series/Season 3 premiere dates and episode air dates (2020 remake)

message: The Distributor(s) are not showing up in the infobox, even though the information is there in the wikitext. There may be other items also not showing up, but I don't have time to figure it out. Can someone who understand all that infobox coding fix this issue(s)? Thank you. Softlavender (talk) 01:40, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently, it has been removed from infobox. See Template:Infobox television#Deprecated parameters. Pyxis Solitary  (yak yak). Ol' homo. 02:09, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coding is messed up in the infobox - Distributors not showing up