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We can't believe that no other channel took it on. There is so much rubbish on this channel and Zen was a real pleasure. When will BBC realize that we are not all mindless idiots? A brilliant, classy bit of telly.

Gutted it hasn't found a new home yet. I agree. More zen with rufus Sewell!!!! So fun to watch. Where is Zen - just discovered it and am so impressed with the show. So well done and a big cut above so much of what is done these days. We were anticipating watching the series only to find out there is only three episodes! Is there not anywhere brainy enough to bring it back!

I hope someone reads this and wakes up!!!! Such a classy show deserves to carry on.. All the garbage coming out of the UK your reality series make ours look like Shakespeare dramas should be an embarrassment to anyone with an once of integrity.

Zen is possibly the most stylish ,well acted and creative mystery you have had since Morse. It does not pander. The location shots in Italy are tremendous and the cinematography is great.

The idea of a Brit accent in Rome works well,as it enforces the clipped Italian accents of the female characters ,which are very provocative. The dialogue and mannerisms are very Italian,not in the least Anglo. Every woman and man I know felt the urgency of the sexual tension. Italian women have a sophistication and sex appeal the Brits could only dream of.

In closing. It is March 2, as I am writing this little epistle. Downton Abbey is a joke. If one were to read the dialog ,you would see what a hack a Fellows is as a script writer. That show should have been cancelled after the second season. Danny Cohen. If you lie with dogs Best J. Gerber USA. Well said. Well done J Gerber! You're right and it was a travesty that this show was cancelled when endless hours of pap were allowed to be broadcast. At least there's another Branagh Wallander on its way and the excellent Hinterland - filmed in Wales and with a bilingual script, sadly BBC were too chicken to give it a prime time slot, but at least you can watch it in BBC4 and iPlayer.

Hopefully Left Bank can find another channel for Zen but as so much time has passed it looks doubtful. I was so sorry to see this series and all if it's glory gone. The acting was superb and the characters so interesting to the eye and mind. The Italian surroundings I just loved and wanted to jump in the scene. I hope the decision makers at the BBC get cancelled. Zen needs to return to investigate this cancellation decision.

This short series was well-acted, entertaining and amusing. For once we get something of quality, but the BBC can't recognise this. Of course the opinion of the viewers counts for nothing! What a change from police series set in dreary British cities. What a wonderful series - and Italy as the backdrop as well. A sparkling change from the cop series in London, New York etc. I cannot believe they axed it - clearly BBC cares not for quality. It's May 31, and our family still misses Zen!

Out here in the boondocks of the U. Still miss Zen. Just enjoying it now on Netflix. However, would love to have seen a second series. My wife and I have hugely enjoyed the series, she was not worried about the lack of strong female characters, but shocked to see so much graffiti. The series, as others have written, does want me to look up the books, and I sincerely hope that the BBC do the same. One question, the series was made in conjunction with ZDF I believe, is there an Italian dubbed version as well?

Not having read the books by Michael Dibdin I came to this series with an open mind and thoroughly enjoyed every minute. Rufus Sewell is gorgeous and played Zen with glorious understatement.

The scenery, camera work, clothes and casting was great and I found the writing crisp and witty. Hi, Pretty much agree with all the positive comments above. What a refreshing change from the imported American stuff we are offered these days. The only character I had a real problem with was the Chief Justice which I thought whilst very attractive was wrongly cast.

Yes you could pick at it if you wish but what a delight to the eye with good camera work and wry smiles which keep the mood from being too serious. BBC please take note that most of us could do with a good serving of this any Sunday evening you choose. Beautifully shot, marvellously cast, whitty, intelligent, the BBC at its best! Please can we have more? Tania, have my babies, Rufus,,,,, have my babies? Oh what a joy Zen has been! Fabulous Rome filmed beautifully the good, the bad and the ugly!

Ratking in particular was a complicated but riveting story as well as very funny in parts. Rufus Sewell excellent as Zen and nice to see both Italian as well as English actors. He was quirky, naturalistic and likeable. I liked that my brain had to strain a bit to work out what was going on. I loved the way Rome was shot — it was always a beautiful part of the programme and not inserted a la Three Coins in the Fountain.

In my opinion it is style with substance and I want more! Just a brilliant mini-series — some of the best TV the bbc have produced in a long time. Just hope they do the right thing and give us more! Zen has the potential to be really good, the actors are well chosen and very capable. I think though it should be an hour long and some of the more unnecessary scenes could very easily be cut.

Some of the dialogue is downright dodgy, the actors do well to cope with it as well as they have. Rufus Sewell is a great actor and his subtlety and facial expressions are refreshing.

Zen is a real treat for sunday evening viewing. Rufus Sewell is so easy on the eye as well as the Roman surroundings. I think the BBC is on to a winner and should produce more episodes. Lets see some more please and very soon. More Aurelio Zen. No the TV series is not like the books, so what?

Rufus Sewell has re-created Zen and it works. I thoroughly enjoyed Zen. What a pleasant change! Please let us have some more. I was so much looking forward to Sunday evening and three episodes are just not enough! What more can we say about the past 3 weeks? Having both read the entire Zen collection at least twice we were so saddened at the death of Michael Dibdin and thus the end of Aurelio.

We were so excited at the prospect of the televised dramas and were not at all disappointed. Why is it that we are expected to endure weeks of turgid nonsense like Eastenders and various endless US drama series but whenever something really outstanding like Wallander or Zen comes up, we get only 3 episodes? Zen is pretty much a faultless production from my point of view and has so much going for it — I hope it will be a huge hit so that we get a new series soon.

Its biggest asset even more than the Italian locations is undoubtedly a perfectly cast Rufus Sewell, whose understated style is just a joy to watch. Funny, sexy, grown-up entertainment and pure viewing pleasure. What a refreshing change Zen is compared to the copius amounts of American drivel on our screens and even some of our own dull, dismal British Soaps! Zen is an absolutely brilliant, quirky drama and Refus Sewell plays the character so well!

What glorious Italian backgrounds as well……much more asthetic on the eye than Walford High Street or even Midsomer! Zen is fantastic, very entertaining and different. A welcome change to the usual rubbish thats on tv. More please!!! Had also read a number of the novels some years ago. Sewell, and the entire production, emphasise comic elements, which is all well and good. But in the end, despite the beauty of the setting and the actor, the series is unsatisfying.

What a pity. And what a contrast to the recent Sherlock which will come out with new episodes soon, hooray , which sat much more comfortably in its British context. Brilliant series! Please, please, please can we have more?? Thank you Aunty Beeb. I absolutely agree that Zen was much more interesting than most of the drivel we are offered on TV. It was good to have plots that require attention, dialogue that develops the characters, and humour — all brilliantly acted and produced.

Entirely agree with Karen. Sunday night with intelligent telly sets me up for a week of earning a living. Yes I will add my voice to the clammer for more Zen and other such entertainment.

Friday night we need pulp to relax Sunday night we need Zen. As a lover of TV police procedurals, I welcome Zen as an excellent addition. I love the slight tounge in cheek dry humour of the show, which Rufus pulls off brilliantly and is similar in that respect to A Touch of Frost, although in all other respects is completely different.

Anyway considering the current never ending diet of banal reality shows, food shows, property shows, etc, the is head, shoulders, waist and ankles above the rest, so lets have more and soon! I was home relaxing on Sunday night when the third episode of Zen and sadly the last for now came up and — I must say, I was glued to the tv for the entire time! We were delighted that this fresh and stylish detective drama resonated with British viewers, television critics and fans of the novels alike and remain hugely proud of the three films.

Based on the books by the late Michael Dibdin , Zen won good notices from television critics with the Mail on Sunday calling it, "compelling, stylish and intelligent drama" and the Sunday Telegraph billing it as "the detective drama of the year".

Over its three episodes Zen averaged 5. Speaking in Sweden, Lyons said: "As I'm sure many of you know, over the last few years the UK has enjoyed new exposure to Swedish crime fiction.