''SOKO Köln'' (English title: ''Cologne P.D.'') is a German
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 ...
television series that premiered on 22 October 2003 on
ZDF
ZDF (), short for (; ), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent nonprofit institution, and was founded by all federal states of Germany ( ...
. It is the fourth offshoot of ''
SOKO München
''SOKO München'' (until 2015: ''SOKO 5113'') is a German police procedural television series that first aired on 2 January 1978 on ZDF. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word ''Sonderkommission'', which means "special investigative team". ...
'', launched in 1978 under the name ''SOKO 5113''. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word ''Sonderkommission'', which means "special investigative team".
Cast and characters
Current
Past
Crossover
On 3 April 2013, five SOKO teams were brought together for a five-part special titled ''
SOKO – Der Prozess
''SOKO – Der Prozess'' is a German five-part crossover between five ZDF SOKO series, combining the special investigative teams from Munich, Cologne, Leipzig, Stuttgart, and Wismar. It was broadcast from 30 September 2013 to 4 October 2013, on ...
''. In it, the teams from
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
, Cologne,
Leipzig
Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...
,
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...
, and
Wismar
Wismar (; ), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar () is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city of Mecklenburg after Rostock, Schwerin and ...
have to solve the murder of a police officer. The five episodes were shown across Germany from 30 September to 4 October 2013.
Episode list
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Season 9
''SOKO – Der Prozess''
Season 10
Season 11
Season 12
Season 13
See also
*
List of German television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany:
Current
Drama
* ''4 Blocks (TV series), 4 Blocks'' (TNT Serie, 2017–2019)
* ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' (RTL Television, RTL, 1996–present)
* ''Babylon B ...
References
External links
*
''SOKO Köln'' on the ZDF websiteEpisode guide on fernsehserien.de
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2003 German television series debuts
2010s German television series
ZDF original programming
German-language television shows
German television spinoffs
German crime television series
2000s German police procedural television series
2010s German police procedural television series
2020s German police procedural television series
Television shows set in Cologne