SRF plans Heimatkrimi for after "The Undertaker" and "Wilder
SRF plans to launch a new crime series in 2022. The series will focus on regional themes and Swiss identity.
This is shown by research conducted by the SonntagsBlick. According to the report, SRF wrote to Swiss producers last fall seeking "material for a new crime series. The specification: "Current socially relevant topics", presented "from an original perspective". A "clear regional reference" is required, and the setting should only be Switzerland - Swissness instead of internationalization.
SRF has already done very well with this home course in the two successful formats "Der Bestatter" and "Wilder," and apparently sees no reason to change anything at Leutschenbach. SRF's head of fiction Urs Fitze explains that the stories, the setting, the themes, the language and the characters in SRF programs should have something to do with the lives of the audience. "Good stories deal with universal themes, but often have a strong local anchoring. This creates authenticity, credibility and identification," he says of the SonntagsBlick.
But he also reveals to the newspaper that a historical drama series is planned for 2020, set immediately after World War II.
SRF plans to announce at the end of January who will remain in the running for the crime production. The final decision is to be made in October.
