Rodrigo Herrera Ibarguengoytia, Senior Acquisitions & Co-Productions Manager at Red Arrow Studios International, adds: “We are delighted that Vienna Blood is returning to the BBC. The series has been licensed across every continent and we are thrilled with how it has captivated audiences around the world. Endor Productions, MR Film and the entire creative team have delivered an exceptional second season and we are excited to be bringing these gripping new stories to our broadcast clients and the show’s growing fan base.” Our first episode focuses on this precinct of the hotel, which is somewhere we have never been before. Equally, the final episode of the second series is also set in a place we have never been to, and we enter the monastic world. A murder takes place in a monastery and that gives us a whole new aspect of Vienna and a different lens through which we can see the city. There are new worlds to explore and that makes it very exciting. Thomas Oláh designs the costumes for Clara and it always feels like Christmas when I get invited to try them on. In Season One, Clara was kind of flirty, girlyish, the princess in the show. And then after what happened in the first season, we decided to make her a bit more grounded, a bit more like a woman. And in this season Clara has become more sophisticated. Clara now has costumes she can move in and work in and that helps people take her more seriously. But she always has a twist in her costumes. For example, a suit is blue but the cuffs are purple. When I write the viewer I imagine watching it is me. I write things that I enjoy and I would want to watch I think. I guess different writers write for different people but I don’t, I write stuff that I think I would enjoy watching. When I used to write plays, occasionally I used to write them with my mother in mind, because if I put swearing in she’d always complain. I was a playwright 15 years ago and if there was a lot of swearing in it, I could hear my mother’s voice saying "Stephen it’s not clever to swear" and I’d take some of the swear words out! But most of the time I just write for myself. A crime story is a puzzle but while you're watching a thriller there's this wonderful vicarious thrill of watching somebody solve the puzzle, but at the same time, experiencing the threat and the danger through somebody else's point of view. I think that's what makes crime drama universally popular.

Talking cures and hysterics - exploring the darkness of men’s souls. Are you really sure what you’re getting into, Max? Is it really the career for a gentleman?”

Frank Tallis, author or the Liebermann novels

And in the third season a new layer of conflict emerges. By this point, Max has written a book about the psychopathy of the criminal mind and a little bit about their adventures. And Oskar now starts to wonder if it isn't just Max's vanity and Max's ego that's making him interested in these murderers. So, there's a new conflict and they try to understand each other on that front."

Worrying: Perspectives on Theory, Assessment, and Treatment (co-editor with Graham C. Davey), Wiley (New York), ISBN 978-0471968030 I think detective stories are basically smart puzzles but now we know the puzzle so well, we can enjoy the way in which each distinct detective story plays with the genre. I think they are very diverting and enjoyable and everything gets sorted out. By the end, the problem is over, and I think humans like that. The second, and I think perhaps more interesting theme, is that Freud's Vienna was a pre-apocalyptic Vienna in the sense that it was edging towards the First World War. And the First World War was an absolute catastrophe. And they knew that they were heading towards some kind of catastrophe because the Habsburg empire was full of tensions, was fraying at the edges and there was a sense that something bad was coming. And the Viennese had a very curious response to it, in the sense that they were partly nostalgic looking to the past, partly revolutionary looking towards perhaps some new world, but mostly they behave in a kind of fairly irregular and counterintuitive fashion in terms of maybe drinking more champagne, having more balls, having more sexual liaisons and generally sort of partying to the end. And I suppose that curious atmosphere of a world that is approaching an apocalyptic end, and how people respond to that atmosphere was very influential while I was writing the books. I think there is something in me that enjoys the sort of academic side of acting: researching things, reading about people and places. I’m very nosy, so it’s fun for me to dive into a period and find out all about it. This period in particular is so fun to research and to read about. Once I got to Vienna, to actually go to the galleries and see the art was great. Yes, I think there’s something in me drawn to the past.

Amelia Bullmore (Rachel Liebermann)

I'm trying to bring in the cultural situation in which our stories take place, the politics and the art of the day and the interrelation between the characters. Because without that, I think it would be just another police drama. Together with independent health and safety consultants, in full consultation with industry partners and in accordance with all government guidelines, the Vienna Blood production team developed comprehensive production protocols to ensure that the series was produced in a safe and responsible manner during a time of global pandemic. Character Profiles Max Liebermann, Training Neurologist - Matthew Beard All three films are so totally different. One is set in the world of high fashion and questions the friendship of our two main characters because Oscar starts to be very suspicious of his friend's interest in the murder case. The second film is about guilt and paying the price for having behaved morally unacceptably once in life. That ghost will never leave you. And the third one is about politics, accusation, manipulation and blame. It is a very interesting situation, because nationalism is something we all hate, or I do at least. Our suspect is a nationalist but is very sympathetic and turns out to be friendly towards our protagonists. He's so friendly, good looking and a smooth operator that you forgive him. The banality of evil. Red Arrow Studios International has led the co-financing of the series and is the international distributor. Germany’s ZDF and Austria’s ORF are co-production partners and will premiere the show in their respective territories. Other funding partners include National Film Institute Hungary, Televisionfund Austria & TV-Filmfund Vienna Hilary Bevan Jones, Managing Director of Endor Productions, comments: “To have had the pleasure of filming in the magical city of Vienna for a second series was such a treat, a real feast for the eyes, not only for us as programme makers but - we hope - for our viewers too.

Mortal Mischief: (Liebermann Papers 1), Arrow Books, ISBN 978-0099471288; U.S. title: A Death in Vienna, Random House, ISBN 978-0812977639 Deadly Communion: (Liebermann Papers 5), Arrow Books, ISBN 978-0099519720; U.S. title: Vienna Twilight, Random House, ISBN 978-0812981001 I’d love to write more Liebermann novels, but whether I do or not rather depends on opportunity and time. For the past five years I’ve been otherwise engaged writing psychology books - a clinical memoir, a philosophical book that summarizes what the great psychologists can teach us about coping with life - and I’m currently working on a book called Mortal Secrets: Freud, Vienna And The Discovery Of The Modern Mind. It’s several things: a Freud biography, a book about Freud’s cultural context - and also, a book about how Freud and his Viennese contemporaries influenced how we think and live today. A brilliant young English doctor Max Liebermann (Matthew Beard) and Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt (Juergen Maurer) investigate a series of unusual and disturbing murders. Max’s extraordinary skills of perception and psychology and Oskar’s forceful tenacity lead them to solve some of Vienna’s most mysterious and deadly cases.

Robert Dornhelm, Director

It’s very dark. That said, there’s a levity to the show which I don’t think necessarily matches the subject matter all the time, which means it’s just enjoyable to watch because it’s not constant murder! Production Interviews Robert Dornhelm, Director Endor Productions, MR Film and Red Arrow Studios International announce major new drama Series "Vienna Blood" " (PDF). Each episode consists of two parts, [5] but numbering of episodes varies by country. In Austria, episodes are numbered by case (3 episodes per season) but in the USA by part (6 episodes per season). Meanwhile, Max and Clara shared a moment in the final scenes of the previous series so it will be interesting to see if that goes anywhere.