SOKO (1978)

Genre

crime television series

Country

Germany

How it feels

This is a German and Austrian police procedural series about special investigative teams solving crimes in different cities. It follows detectives as they gather evidence and interview suspects to close cases. The franchise began in 1978 and includes multiple spin-offs set in various locations.

proceduralinvestigativemethodicalneutral-tonedlong-runninggrittyepisodic

What happens

SOKO is a German (ZDF) and Austrian (ORF) police procedural television series franchise. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word Sonderkommission, which means "special investigative team". Some English-language titles do not contain the word "SOKO", however. Launched in 1978 under the title SOKO 5113 (changed to SOKO München in 2015), the original series ran for forty-two years, until 2020. The first spin-off of SOKO München was a twelve-part series named Solo für Sudmann, launched in 1997. This was followed by various SOKO series based in different cities in Germany and Austria. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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