Zen

British TV series
TVSeries television_series Q2123805
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Zen

Summary

Zen is a television series[1]. Zen ranks in the top 9% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (377 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zen's instance of is recorded as television series[3].
  • Zen was directed by John Alexander[4].
  • Zen's composer is recorded as Adrian Johnston[5].
  • Zen's genre is drama television series[6].
  • A cast member of Zen was Rufus Sewell[7].
  • The original language of Zen was English[8].
  • Zen's original broadcaster is recorded as BBC One[9].
  • Zen's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • Zen began on January 2, 2011[11].
  • Zen ended on January 16, 2011[12].
  • Zen's distributed by is recorded as BBC Worldwide[13].
  • Zen's narrative location is recorded as Italy[14].
  • Zen's official website is recorded as http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x9x43[15].
  • Zen's number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[16].
  • Zen's different from is recorded as Aurelio Zen[17].
  • Zen's number of seasons is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[18].
  • Zen's P14813 is recorded as 128553[19].
  • Zen's P14821 is recorded as 1618371[20].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Zen was directed by John Alexander[4]. A cast member of Zen was Rufus Sewell[7].

Publication

The original language of Zen was English[8]. Zen's genre is drama television series[6].

Why It Matters

Zen ranks in the top 9% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (377 views/month).[2] Zen has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Zen is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . live.dbpedia.org. Retrieved . live.dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Xezbeth · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'nl']
    Language of work or name → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving [[Property:P407]] to [[Property:P364]]"
  2. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com drama id → ZEN
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13959]]: ZEN, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/278980615|ローマ警察殺人課アウレリオ・ゼン 3つの事件 (#278980615)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7657|‎Eiga.com dr"
  3. 5w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 1618371
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14821]]: 1618371, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269901|batch #269901]]"
  4. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    End time → +2011-01-16T00:00:00Z
    Narrative location → Italy
    Different from → Aurelio Zen
    Start time → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14813]]: 128553, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269251|batch #269251]]"
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