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 |
| Website |
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The Sniffer (Ukrainian: Нюхач) is a Ukrainian detective series recorded in Russian from FILM.UA Television, created, co-written, and directed by Artyom Litvinenko.
Premise
The show's protagonist (Kirill Käro) uses his unusually sensitive sense of smell, that allows him to detect and distinguish trace amounts of various substances, to investigate crimes. He works alongside his childhood buddy, Victor Lebedev (Ivan Oganesyan), a major in the Special Bureau of Investigations.[1]
Production Details
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]
Starting from May 2017, the first two seasons are streamed on Netflix.
By Jan 31st, 2017 filming of the third season was completed. Just like the first two seasons, the third season consists of 8 episodes, which were shot over the course of 6 months.[3] In season 3, the Sniffer is set to encounter even more sophisticated criminals, already aware of his abilities. Nyukhach, directed by Artem Litvinenko, is set to air in fall 2017 on Channel One Russia.[4]
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.
- ↑ "Нюхач 3". Вокруг ТВ. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ "Kirill Kyaro Sniffed The Third Time". Кино-Театр. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
External links
- The Sniffer on IMDb
- The Sniffer — official page at FILM.UA's site.