The Crimson Rivers (TV series)

The Crimson Rivers
FrenchLes Rivières pourpres
GenreCrime thriller
Created byJean-Christophe Grangé
Based onLes Rivières pourpres
by Jean-Christophe Grangé
Directed byIvan Fegyveres
Olivier Barma
Julius Berg
StarringOlivier Marchal
Erika Sainte
ComposerDavid Reyes
Country of originFrance
Belgium
Germany
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes32
Production
Executive producerThomas Anargyros
ProducersSabine Barthélémy
Bastien Sirodot
Nadia Khamlichi
Adrian Politowski
EditorsJean-Daniel Fernandez-Qundez
Ain Varet
Joël Jacovella
Running time45-49 minutes (French)
90 minutes (German)
Production companiesStoria Télévision
Maze Pictures
Original release
NetworkRTS 1
France 2
ZDF
Release6 September 2018 (2018-09-06) (Switzerland)
5 November 2018 (2018-11-05) (Germany)
26 November 2018 (2018-11-26) (France)

The Crimson Rivers (French: Les Rivières pourpres) is a French-language crime thriller television series created by Jean-Christophe Grangé and follows Grangé's 1998 novel Blood Red Rivers and its 2000 film adaptation. It has been broadcast in Romandy since 6 September 2018 on RTS 1, in Belgium and France, since 26 November 2018 on France 2, and in Germany since 5 November 2018 on ZDF.