Swiss television is preparing new crime series

Swiss television has secured the film rights to the crime novel by a local writer who made it through in a short time. The filming already begins in two months.

The rumor has been circulating in the Swiss film and media industry for weeks: Swiss television is planning a new crime series.

Now it turns out that the information applies. Research shows that SRF works with the Zodiac Pictures production company. A six -part series is planned. Swiss television films the thriller « Blind », which Christine Brand wrote in 2019.

The 52-year-old native Emmentaler is the most successful Swiss crime writer of the present. « Blind » alone has been sold 130,000 times so far. Brand was editor of the “NZZ on Sunday” before she turned to the book letter entirely from 2018. She had written several crime novels before.

The crime series plays in the Bern region

“Blind” is about a visually impaired man who thinks he has become witness to a crime. The crime thriller was praised for the refined action, the credible characters – and for the tension that promoted the paragraph of the book.

Brand is an extraordinarily productive author. Every year she presents a thriller, next to it she writes short stories and books about real criminal cases. Initially published fire in the land publisher, which is based in the Emmental. After the success of the first crime novels, she was able to switch to the Gross Deutsche Verlag Blanvalet, which belongs to the Penguin Random House Group.

Brand’s breakthrough as an author now means that Swiss television not only secures the film rights to “blind”-four other Bernese nerwoman has apparently aroused the interest of the SRF. It is therefore possible that the six episodes of the new series are only a prelude.

However, the prerequisite is that the one -hour television films arrive at the audience. Swiss television recently had mixed experiences with the series “Die Schräatter”. The majority of the Basel thriller was discussed benevolently; However, the number of spectators remained behind the expectations. After two seasons, SRF ended “the gutter”.

The series could not build on the success of the « undertaker ». The thriller with Mike Müller immediately found a fan base, was seen by 700,000 to 800,000 people – and therefore extended over seven seasons. The last episode ran six years ago.

“The undertaker” played in Aarau that “the greed” determined in Basel, the Swiss episodes of the “crime scene” were initially located in Lucerne, now the two commissioners are on the road in Zurich. With the film adaptation of “Blind”, the series on the Bern region is. Christine Brand makes most of the crimes in her homeland. If a body drives in a river, it is the Aare.

Creative on the beach – in the sun of Zanzibar

Who is responsible for the new production? Many names are circulating in the Swiss film industry. SRF has committed two directors: Zuricher Barbara Kulcsar directed the Zurich in three episodes of the « undertaker », in the « crime scene » and in the feature film « The Golden Years ». The Lucerne Christian Johannes Koch was the director in the eight -part second season of the successful “Neumatt” series.

The main role in the new thriller is said to have been awarded 35-year-old Basler Sven Schelker. Among other things, he was seen in the feature film « Bruno Manser » as well as in the television series « Davos 1917 » and « Die Budvy ».

What does Christine Brand say about her new success? The author lives in Zurich, but mostly writes her crime novels on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, on the beach. Brand has just started a reading tour through Switzerland on which she misses her new crime thriller – the Emily case « . The first four readings are sold out.

« I am very pleased with the interest of Swiss television in my work – I shouldn’t say more yet, » says Christine Brand. Swiss television explains on request: « Filming will start in June 2025, more information will follow. » The radiation of the series is planned for 2026.

The former SRG general director Gilles Marchand enforced that the broadcaster of the company spends more funds for large fictional in-house productions. With the series, Swiss television wants to sharpen its profile as a culturally active broadcaster and arouse the interest of younger spectators.