SOKO (TV series)

SOKO is a German (ZDF) and Austrian (ORF) police procedural television series franchise. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word Sonderkommission, which means "special investigative team". Some English-language titles do not contain the word "SOKO", however.

Launched in 1978 under the title SOKO 5113 (changed to SOKO München in 2015), the original series ran for forty-two years, until 2020. The first spin-off of SOKO München was a twelve-part series named Solo für Sudmann, launched in 1997. This was followed by various SOKO series based in different cities in Germany and Austria.

List of series

 * SOKO 5113 / SOKO München (1978–2020)
 * Solo für Sudmann (1997)
 * SOKO Leipzig (2001–present)
 * SOKO Kitzbühel (2001–2021)
 * SOKO Köln (2003–present)
 * SOKO Wismar (2004–present)
 * SOKO Donau (in Germany SOKO Wien; 2005–present)
 * "Der vierte Mann", a Donau–Leipzig single-episode crossover (2019)
 * SOKO Rhein-Main (2006–2007; initially titled Die Spezialisten: Kripo Rhein-Main)
 * SOKO Stuttgart (2009–present)
 * SOKO – Der Prozess five-part crossover between five ZDF SOKO series (2013)
 * SOKO Hamburg (2018–2024)
 * SOKO Potsdam (2018–present); first three seasons streamed under the name Luna + Sophie in the United States
 * SOKO Linz (2021–present)