Derrick (TV series)

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 (1974-10-20) – 16 October 1998 (1998-10-16)
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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 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.^[1] 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.^[2] However, ZDF has denied that claim.^[3]