''SOKO Potsdam'' is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 24 September 2018 on
ZDF
ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
. It is the tenth 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. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word ''Sonderkommission'', which means "special investigative team". The show revolves around a police team that investigates murders and other serious crimes in the city of
Potsdam
Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...
and surrounding areas. The first four seasons air as ''Luna + Sophie '' in the US.
Cast and characters
Current
Former
''Luna + Sophie''
In 2023,
PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcasting, public broadcaster and Non-commercial activity, non-commercial, Terrestrial television, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly fu ...
began streaming the first three seasons of the series under the title ''Luna + Sophie'', with English subtitles.
Presented by
Walter Presents, a British
video-on-demand service that streams foreign programs with English subtitles, the show's title is derived from the names of the two original protagonists.
In 2024, season 4 began streaming, retaining the ''Lune + Sophie'' name even though Katrin Jaehne (Sophie) had left the series and Anja Pahl joined as Tamara Meurer. Four episodes into the season, Omar El-Saeidi (David Grünbaum) and Hendrik von Bültzingslöwen (Christoph Westermann) simultaneously left the series, with both characters getting the same promotion.
Due to the cast changes in subsequent seasons of ''SOKO Potsdam'', including the departure of Caroline Erikson, who portrayed Luna, it is unknown if season 5 will stream and under what title it will be presented.
See also
*
List of German television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany:
Current
Drama
* ''4 Blocks'' (TNT Serie, 2017–2019)
* ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' ( RTL, 1996–present)
* ''Babylon Berlin'' (Sky 1 & ARD, 2017–presen ...
References
External links
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''SOKO Potsdam''on ZDF
Bantry Bay productions
2018 German television series debuts
German crime television series
2010s German police procedural television series
2020s German police procedural television series
German television spin-offs
German-language television shows
ZDF original programming
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