''SOKO Potsdam'' is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 24 September 2018 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 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 largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the Havel, 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,

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began streaming the first three seasons of the series under the title ''Luna + Sophie'', with English subtitles. Presented by

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, a British

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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, Walter Presents uses the title ''Partners in Crime: Potsdam Homicide'' for season 5.

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''SOKO Potsdam''
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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 spinoffs German-language television shows ZDF original programming {{Germany-crime-tv-prog-stub

Cast and characters

''Luna + Sophie''

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