Derrick (TV series)
Derrick is a German crime television series produced between 1974 and 1998, starring Horst Tappert as Detective Chief Inspector (Kriminaloberinspektor) Stephan Derrick, and Fritz Wepper as Detective Sergeant (Kriminalhauptmeister) Harry Klein, his loyal assistant. They solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings (with three unsolved cases in total). It was produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG.
| Derrick | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Herbert Reinecker |
| Starring | Horst Tappert Fritz Wepper Willy Schäfer |
| Theme music composer | Les Humphries |
| Country of origin | West Germany (1974–90) Germany (1990–98) |
| Original language | German |
| No. of seasons | 25 |
| No. of episodes | 281 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Helmut Ringelmann |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ZDF ORF SRG |
| Release | 20 October 1974 – 16 October 1998 |
Derrick is considered to be one of the most successful television programmes in German television history; it was also a major international success, with the series sold in over 100 countries. It has been claimed ZDF would no longer carry reruns of the show, after Tappert was found to have been quiet about his service in the Waffen-SS in World War II. However, ZDF has denied that claim.