Inspector Banks

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Television series
German title Inspector Banks
Original title DCI Banks
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Year (s) 2010-2016
Production
company		 Left Bank Pictures
length 45 minutes
Episodes 32 in 5 seasons ( list )
genre Detective film
music Sheridan tongue
First broadcast September 27, 2010 on ITV
German-language
first broadcast		 November 2, 2012 on Arte
occupation
synchronization

Inspector Banks (original title: DCI Banks ) is a British crime series based on the Inspector Banks novels by Peter Robinson . At the center are the criminal investigators Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Alan Banks ( Stephen Tompkinson ) and Detective Sergeant (DS) Annie Cabbot ( Andrea Lowe ), who investigate in the fictional town of Eastvale in North Yorkshire . A total of two pilot episodes and 32 approximately 45-minute episodes were filmed in five seasons; the first broadcast of the fifth season in the original version took place on ITV from August 31 to October 5, 2016 . In November 2016 it was announced that the series would end after the fifth season. The television series was produced by Left Bank Pictures .

Emergence

In early 2010 it was announced that Left Bank Pictures would direct a TV adaptation of the Inspector Banks novel Aftermath by Peter Robinson with Stephen Tompkinson in the lead role as DCI Alan Banks on behalf of the ITV network . The success of this film adaptation led to the production of the first full season, which consists of a total of six episodes. The second full season followed in 2012. In mid-2013 it was announced that Left Banks Pictures had received an order for a third full season, which aired on ITV in February and March 2014. The fourth season was broadcast on ITV in March and April 2015, the fifth from August to October 2016.

Characters

main characters

  • DCI Alan Banks is divorced and has a son and daughter. He heads a department of the criminal investigation department that solves serious crimes. He is considered an experienced investigator who rarely shows private feelings.
  • DS Annie Cabbot joins the DCI Banks team in the pilot. As a supervisory investigator, she should clarify whether a police officer used unnecessary force when arresting a serial killer. From the first season she is an integral part of the DCI Banks unit. As a result, when dusk approaches , she receives her first fall of her own. Due to the pregnancy of actress Andrea Lowe, DS Annie Cabbot leaves the team at the beginning of the second season, DI Helen Morton comes in for her. In the third season, she returns to the Banks team.
  • Detective Inspector (DI) Helen Morton joins the investigative team at the beginning of the second season as a replacement for Annie Cabbot. Morton is married and has four children. In contrast to Banks, she is good at dealing with new media and a passionate poker player.

Minor characters

  • DS Ken Blackstone is an experienced sergeant who has previously worked in other police departments. He was an instructor for Jackman when she was a constable.
  • DS Winsome Jackman is a young investigator. She joined the investigative team about a year before DS Blackstone and is sponsored by DCI Banks. Your nickname is Win or Winnie .
  • Detective Constable (DC) Kevin Templeton was with DCI Banks for just a few months. In the episode When Dawn approaches he becomes the victim of a serial killer when he tries to investigate on his own.
  • CS Gerry Rydell was the chief superintendent of DCI Banks; he was married with a daughter named Emily. In the episode Cold As The Grave , he asks DCI Banks to find his runaway daughter and bring her home. It turns out that Rydell has been disclosing official secrets for months, and at the end of the episode, he commits suicide.
  • CS Ron McLaughlin makes his first appearance in the episode Cold As The Grave as representative of CS Gerry Rydell. In the first episode of the second season, he is appointed by the commissioner to replace Rydell.

Cast and dubbing

Role name actor Main role Voice actor
Current main cast
DCI Alan Banks Stephen Tompkinson 1.01– Jan Spitzer
DS Annie Cabbot Andrea Lowe 1.01–2.01, 3.01– Elisabeth von Koch
DS Ken Blackstone Jack Deam 1.01– Robert Missler
CS Ron McLaughlin Nick Sidi 1.08–2.06, 3.05– Frank Röth
DI Helen Morton Caroline Catz 2.01– Susanne von Medvey
DC Tariq Lang Danny Rahim 3.03–
Former main cast
DC Kevin Templeton Tom Shaw 1.03-1.06 Leonhard Mahlich
CS Gerry Rydell Colin Tierney 1.01–1.08 Oliver Siebeck
DS Winsome Jackman Lorraine Burroughs 1.01-2.06 Sanam Afrashteh

Broadcasting and audience ratings

The broadcast of the first pilot episode on ITV 1 in September 2010 saw around 5.7 million viewers in Great Britain, which corresponds to a rate of 23.5%. The start of the first full season in September 2011 saw 4.8 million viewers, which corresponds to a rate of 18.4%. The second season was shown in Great Britain from October 2012. Their first episode saw 4.1 million viewers, which corresponds to a rate of 17.9%.

The first broadcast on German-language television took place in May 2013. Initially, the television series was broadcast on ZDFneo, starting on May 20, 2013, on Mondays in double sequences as a preview and the same week on Sunday as the actual TV premiere on ZDF. While the broadcast of the first double episode on ZDF started on May 26, 2013 with an audience rate of 13.4%, the second double episode achieved an audience rate of 15.6% on June 2, 2013, the third double episode saw 3.13 million viewers, which corresponded to a rate of 14.3%.

In the USA , the television series was broadcast on the PBS network from January 2013 . The ZDFneo broadcaster began broadcasting the third season in German for the first time in December 2015.

Episode list

reception

German-speaking critics attest the television series a "decent level" and "clean craftsmanship". In a review of the first episode of the second season, Gerard O'Donovan from The Daily Telegraph was rather critical, because it was not possible to bring the charm of the Robinson series of novels to television. Frederic Servatius from the German media magazine Oddsmeter hit a similar notch , who saw in one episode of season three “dialogues that were not well thought out at times” and the “story of a crime thriller”. The Independent's critic, on the other hand, described the television series as perfect for airtime between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

On June 24, 2013, the television series received the Yorkshire Television Society Award in the Best Drama category .

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ http://www.wunschliste.de/tvnews/m/itv-beendet-inspector-banks-und-brief-encounters
  3. ↑ Stephen's copped his dream role. Mirror Online , January 20, 2010, accessed January 22, 2014 .
  4. ↑ DCI BANKS RETURNS FOR A BRAND NEW SERIES. (No longer available online.) Screenyorkshire.co.uk, September 20, 2011, archived from the original on March 15, 2014 ; accessed on January 22, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.screenyorkshire.co.uk
  5. ^ Katie Archer: ITV police drama DCI Banks starring Stephen Tompkinson recommissioned for third series. The Independent , June 14, 2013, accessed January 22, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Patrick Munn: ITV Sets Premiere Date For 'DCI Banks' Season 3. TVWise, January 22, 2014, accessed on January 22, 2014 .
  7. ^ Inspector Banks. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on April 18, 2014 .
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  9. ↑ Week 8th - 14th October 2012. ScreenWatch Blog, accessed January 25, 2014 .
  10. ↑ ZDF shows the English crime series “Inspector Banks” / pre-premiere on ZDFneo. presseportal.de, May 16, 2013, accessed on January 25, 2014 .
  11. ↑ Primetime check: Sunday, May 26, 2013. quotenmeter.de, accessed on January 25, 2014 .
  12. ↑ Primetime check: Sunday, June 2, 2013. quotenmeter.de, accessed on January 25, 2014 .
  13. ↑ Primetime check: Sunday, June 9, 2013. quotenmeter.de, accessed on January 25, 2014 .
  14. ^ DCI Banks Comes to PBS. inspectorbanks.com, December 1, 2012, accessed January 25, 2014 .
  15. ^ Frank Preuss: Wrinkled Face Inspector Banks clears new cases at Arte. derwesten.de , January 8, 2014, accessed January 25, 2014 .
  16. ^ Gerard O'Donovan: DCI Banks, ITV1, review. The Daily Telegraph , October 10, 2012, accessed January 25, 2014 .
  17. ↑ Frederic Servatius: The Critics: "Inspector Banks: The Disappeared Smile". Quota meter , December 3, 2015, accessed on January 12, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Tom Sutcliffe: Last Night's Viewing: Welcome to India, BBC2, DCI Banks, ITV1. The Independent , October 11, 2012, accessed January 25, 2014 .
  19. ^ DCI Banks Wins Yorkshire Television Society Award. inspectorbanks.com, July 1, 2013, accessed January 25, 2014 .