The Sniffer
| The Sniffer | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Created by | Artem Litvinenko |
| Written by |
Artem Litvinenko Andrey Babik |
| Starring |
Kirill Käro Ivan Oganesyan Maria Anikanova Nina Gogaeva Nikolai Chindyajkin |
| Composer(s) | Nikita Moiseyev |
| Country of origin | Ukraine |
| Original language(s) | Russian |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Andrey Rizvanyuk (season 1) Maksim Osadchy (season 2) |
| Producer(s) | Victor Mirsky |
| Cinematography |
Andrey Lisetskiy (season 1) Graham Frake (season 2) |
| Editor(s) | Vladimir Zapryagalov |
| Running time | varies, from 49 to 54 minutes |
| Production company(s) | FILM.UA |
| Release | |
| Original network | ICTV, 1TV |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital |
| Original release | November 11, 2013 – present |
The Sniffer (original title: Nyukhach) is a Ukrainian detective series from FILM.UA Television, created, co-written and directed by Artyom Litvinenko. The show's protagonist has an unusual sense of smell that allows him to detect and distinguish trace amounts of various substances, which he uses to investigate crimes.[1]
The series premiered on November 11, 2013 on the Ukrainian TV channel ICTV, and began airing in Russia on December 16, 2013 for 1TV. By 2014, the show had become a top-rated show in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Baltics and Israel, and has sold to a major French television channel.[2]
Even before its premiere, the series was officially renewed for a second season with eight new episodes. The second season opened on 1TV on October 5, 2015, with cinematography by Graham Frake, who had previously been head of photography for Downton Abbey.[2]
In 2016, Amazon added the first season to their Amazon Prime line-up.[1]
References
- 1 2 "The Sniffer". Amazon.com. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- 1 2 Holdsworth, Nick (7 April 2014). "MIPTV: Original Ukrainian Crime Format 'The Sniffer' Sells to France". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
External links
- The Sniffer at the Internet Movie Database
- The Sniffer — official page at FILM.UA's site.