''Die Wache'' is a German weekly

police procedural The police procedural, police show, or police crime drama is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasises the investigative procedure of police officers, police detectives, or law enforcement agency, law enforcement agencies ...

show that was broadcast from 1994 until 2006 by

RTL Television RTL (from '), formerly RTL plus and RTL Television, is a German-language free-to-air television channel owned by RTL Deutschland, headquartered in Cologne. Founded as an offshoot of the German-language radio programme '' ,'' RTL is cons ...

. Set in a fictional police station in Cologne, it was modelled on the British series ''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...

'' and described typical police episodes and investigations. The entire series consisted of 245 episodes of 45 minutes during 12 seasons, between 3 January 1994 and 8 June 2006.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wache, Die 1994 German television series debuts 2006 German television series endings 1990s German police procedural television series 2000s German police procedural television series RTL (German TV channel) original programming Television shows set in Cologne German crime television series German-language television shows German television series based on British television series