The Best Episodes of Van der Valk

A young German is murdered in his bed. The apartment is littered with clues. For Van der Valk there is a clue too many.

Director: Mike Vardy

Writer: Philip Broadley

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Director: William Brayne

Writer: Paul Wheeler

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Director: Herbert Wise

Writer: Stuart Hepburn

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Director: Mike Vardy

Writer: Peter Yeldham

Van Teeseling, a wealthy and influential banker, is found unconscious in his car on the beach. He tells police that the night before he and his wife went for a drunken midnight swim. His wife drowned while he barely escaped with his life. Van der Valk's nose is twitching, but he is put under pressure not to pursue the case. When Kroon discovers than van Teeseling is a former Olympic swimmer, van der Valk is convinced that he staged the incident to get rid of his wife. Van der Valk is determined to use any means to ensure that justice is done.

Director: Don Leaver

Writer: Philip Broadley

A dead man appears on a canal barge.

Director: Douglas Camfield

Writer: Arden Winch

Arlene buys a cheap fur coat leading Van der Valk to an organised crime syndicate.

Director: Ben Bolt

Writer: Philip Broadley

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Director: Anthony Simmons

Writer: Jonathan Hales

Why would German Wolf Gebhadrt decide, in middle age, to take up an apprenticeship in stonemasonry in Amsterdam? Why would a man killed in a car accident be carrying a newspaper cutting with a photo of Gebhardt? Van der Valk senses that Gebhardt is in danger and even attempts to have him taken into protective custody when he refuses to co-operate with inquiries. Short on options, van der Valk makes a fatal misjudgement before he finally unravels this complex and frustrating case.

Director: Peter Duguid

Writer: Michael Chapman

A search for a missing teenager finds her tycoon brother unwilling to help.

Director: Graham Evans

Writer: Philip Broadley

Van der Valk and Arlette are subjected to threats on their lives. Who is the hidden enemy?

Director: Mike Vardy

Writer: Paul Wheeler

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Director: Ted Childs

Writer: Roger Marshall

A private detective is stabbed to death.

Director: Jim Goddard

Writer: Jeremy Paul

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Director: Douglas Camfield

Writer: David Butler

When Jan Servaas, a world famous Dutch violinist, makes a rare concert appearance in his home country it is an eagerly awaited event. In the weeks leading up to the concert van der Valk receives a series of mysterious notes, written on blue paper, warning that Servaas will be ""executed"" if he comes to Amsterdam. Van der Valk ignores Kroon's pleas to have the concert canceled until the case is solved, perhaps in part because he and Arlette have tickets and are looking forward to it! It is a decision that will have tragic consequences as a drama which began with betrayal in wartime Limburg plays out to a fatal conclusion in 1970s Amsterdam.

Director: Marc Miller

Writer: Geoffrey Gilbert

A likeable rogue, a small time thief and con-man, for whom Van der Valk develops a grudging affection. But the thief suddenly becomes wealthy and also seems to be connected with an important family. The pressures are on Van der Valk to find out why, but without embarrassing too many people.

Director: Mike Vardy

Writer: Leslie Sands

Van der Valk looks into possible art forgery when a painter is found dead.

Director: Mike Vardy

Writer: Robert Wales

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Director: Mike Vardy

Writer: Philip Broadley

A body dredged up from a canal is tentatively identified as the son of a British MP, but when she views the body she says it is not her son. Van der Valk refuses to believe this and calls on his British colleagues to help prove the boy's identity. The boy's face is well known in Amsterdam's transvestite and transexual scene and van der Valk's inquiries there lead him deeper and deeper into a dark world of sexual depravity and exploitation involving some of the most prominent public figures in Europe. Samson of course desperately advises him to proceed with extreme caution. In the face of the mother's refusal to co-operate van der Valk finds his best hope is to look elsewhere in the family for help.

Director: David Wickes

Writer: Geoffrey Gilbert

A visiting American fears for the safety of her lover who has gone missing.

Director: Mike Vardy

Writer: Philip Broadley

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Director: Ted Childs

Writer: Patrick O'Brian

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Director: Tom Clegg

Writer: Keith Dewhurst

An international scandal over charges of corruption in high places. The Chief Inspector disappears, but has he sold out?

Director: Tom Clegg

Writer: Ted Childs

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Director: Jim Goddard

Writer: Don Shaw

When a man confesses to the double murder of his wife and her lover it seems an open and shut case; but as one part after another of the man's story doesn't check out, van der Valk realizes he is dealing with something far more complicated.

Director: Dennis Vance

Writer: Michael Chapman