# SOKO Köln

SOKO Köln (English title: Cologne P.D.) is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 22 October 2003 on ZDF. It is the fourth offshoot of SOKO München, launched in 1978 under the name SOKO 5113. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word Sonderkommission, which means "special investigative team".

## Cast and characters
### Current

| Actor | Role | Rank | Episodes | Series |
| Kerstin Landsmann | Vanessa Haas | Detective inspector candidate Detective inspector (from season 8) | 1– | 1– |
| Pierre Besson [de] | Matti Wagner | Chief inspector (deputy team leader) | 150– | 8– |
| Lukas Piloty | Jonas Fischer | Detective inspector | 162– | 8– |
| Tatjana Kästel | Lilly Funke | Detective inspector Chief inspector (team leader) (from season 20) | 264– | 15– |
| Yulia Yáñez Schmidt | Dr. Pilar Westphal | Forensic scientist | 442– | 21– |

### Past

| Actor | Role | Rank | Edisodes | Series |
| Julia Malik | Carla Schumann | Detective inspector | 22–34 | 2 |
| Hans-Joachim Heist | Zatopek | Chief of police | 2–47 | 1–3 |
| Gundula Rapsch † | Alexandra Gebhardt | Chief inspector (team leader) | 1–69 | 1–4 |
| Mike Hoffmann | Tobias Berger | Detective inspector | 1–69 | 1–4 |
| Jasmin Gerat | Jale Beck | Detective inspector | 35–69 | 3–4 |
| Clelia Sarto | Daniela Fiori | Detective inspector | 1–21, 146 | 1, 7 |
| Jophi Ries | Frank Hansen † | Chief inspector Deputy team leader (from series 5) | 1–150 | 1–8 |
| Steve Windolf | Daniel Winter | Chief inspector | 70–161 | 5–8 |
| Hans-Martin Stier | Ben Schneider | Crime director | 1–162 | 1–8 |
| Lilia Lehner | Julia Marschall | Detective inspector | 70–189 | 5–9 |
| Christian Heller | Dr. Alexander Kern | Prosecutor | 170–192 | 9–10 |
| Sissy Höfferer | Karin Reuter | Chief inspector (team leader) | 70–239 | 5–11 |
| August Wittgenstein | Thomas Prinz | | | |
| Christina Plate | Nina Jacobs | Chief inspector | 241–263 | 12 |
| Diana Staehly | Anna Maiwald | Chief inspector | 264–351 | 13-18 |
| Sonja Baum | Helena Jung | Chief inspector | 352–417 | 19–20 |
| Anne Schäfer | Sophia Mückeberg | Detective inspector | 190–221,239–263 | 10–14 |
| Siri Nase | Hanna Bergmann | Detective inspector | 222–238 | 13 |
| Thomas Clemens | Dr. Philip Kraft | Forensic pathologist | 35–409 | 3–21 |

## Crossover

On 3 April 2013, five SOKO teams were brought together for a five-part special titled SOKO – Der Prozess. In it, the teams from Munich, Cologne, Leipzig, Stuttgart, and Wismar have to solve the murder of a police officer. The five episodes were shown across Germany from 30 September to 4 October 2013.

## Episode list
### Season 1

| Number (total) | Number (in series) | Episode name | Date of first broadcast |
| 1 | 1 | Kölscher Klüngel | 22 October 2003 |
| 2 | 2 | Tödlicher Talk | 29 October 2003 |
| 3 | 3 | Blutige Beichte | 5 November 2003 |
| 4 | 4 | Elf Freunde sollt ihr sein | 12 November 2003 |
| 5 | 5 | Zahltag | 19 November 2003 |
| 6 | 6 | Der letzte Geburtstag | 26 November 2003 |
| 7 | 7 | Die Mädchenfalle | 3 December 2003 |
| 8 | 8 | Die Nacht, in der Andy starb | 10 December 2003 |
| 9 | 9 | Der tote Tourist | 17 December 2003 |
| 10 | 10 | Pizza für den Paten | 30 December 2003 |
| 11 | 11 | Je oller, je doller | 7 January 2004 |
| 12 | 12 | Familienbande | 14 January 2004 |
| 13 | 13 | Oliver W. – Tod eines Schülers | 21 January 2004 |
| 14 | 14 | Mietsache Mord | 28 January 2004 |
| 15 | 15 | Zwischen den Fronten | 4 February 2004 |
| 16 | 16 | Krieg der Sterne | 11 February 2004 |
| 17 | 17 | Tod am Bau | 18 February 2004 |
| 18 | 18 | Flinke Finger | 25 February 2004 |
| 19 | 19 | Frau im Fadenkreuz | 3 March 2004 |
| 20 | 20 | Blau Rot Tot | 10 March 2004 |
| 21 | 21 | Das Verhör | 17 March 2004 |

### Season 2

| Number (total) | Number (in series) | Episode name | Date of first broadcast |
| 22 | 1 | Gegen die Uhr | 23 February 2005 |
| 23 | 2 | Tod auf der Lula | 2 March 2005 |
| 24 | 3 | Blondes Gift | 16 March 2005 |
| 25 | 4 | Liebesgrüsse aus Bombay | 23 March 2005 |
| 26 | 5 | Du bist nicht allein | 30 March 2005 |
| 27 | 6 | Bewährungsprobe | 6 April 2005 |
| 28 | 7 | Wort und Totschlag | 13 April 2005 |
| 29 | 8 | Tod auf Kredit | 20 April 2005 |
| 30 | 9 | Alles Lüge | 27 April 2005 |
| 31 | 10 | Blutiger Buddha | 4 May 2005 |
| 32 | 11 | Echte Kerle | 11 May 2005 |
| 33 | 12 | Alte Rechnungen | 18 May 2005 |
| 34 | 13 | Durch dick und dünn | 25 May 2005 |

### Season 3

| Number (total) | Number (in series) | Episode name | Date of first broadcast |
| 35 | 1 | Der letzte Kunde | 20 December 2005 |
| 36 | 2 | Santa Mortale | 27 December 2005 |
| 37 | 3 | Der Minigolfkrieg | 3 January 2006 |
| 38 | 4 | Der Heckenschütze | 10 January 2006 |
| 39 | 5 | Der Doppelfehler | 17 January 2006 |
| 40 | 6 | Späte Liebe | 24 January 2006 |
| 41 | 7 | Amnesie | 31 January 2006 |
| 42 | 8 | Die Rache der Elfen | 7 February 2006 |
| 43 | 9 | Allein unter Nachbarn | 21 February 2006 |
| 44 | 10 | Kalte Küche | 28 February 2006 |
| 45 | 11 | Eine Leiche zum Frühstück | 7 March 2006 |
| 46 | 12 | Letzte Ausfahrt Chorweiler | 14 March 2006 |
| 47 | 13 | Falsches Spiel | 21 March 2006 |
| 48 | 14 | Bei Gutachten Mord | 28 March 2006 |
| 49 | 15 | Der Tote im Wald | 4 April 2006 |
| 50 | 16 | Die Spur des Jägers | 11 April 2006 |
| 51 | 17 | Alles auf Sieg | 18 April 2006 |

### Season 4

| Number (total) | Number (in series) | Episode name | Date of first broadcast |
| 52 | 1 | Später Ruhm | 9 January 2007 |
| 53 | 2 | Alte Freunde | 16 January 2007 |
| 54 | 3 | Bremsversagen | 23 January 2007 |
| 55 | 4 | Tod einer Polizistin (90 mins) | 26 January 2007 |
| 56 | 5 | Tod im Kaufhaus | 26 January 2007 |
| 57 | 6 | Sondereinsatz | 30 January 2007 |
| 58 | 7 | Schluss mit Lustig | 6 February 2007 |
| 59 | 8 | Dicker als Wasser | 13 February 2007 |
| 60 | 9 | Eine Frage des Vertrauens | 20 February 2007 |
| 61 | 10 | Bethmanns Fall | 27 February 2007 |
| 62 | 11 | Mord nach Lehrplan | 6 March 2007 |
| 63 | 12 | Ein Flirt mit dem Tod | 20 March 2007 |
| 64 | 13 | Vermisst | 27 March 2007 |
| 65 | 14 | Die Braut trägt Rot | 3 April 2007 |
| 66 | 15 | Herzen in Not | 10 April 2007 |
| 67 | 16 | Alles auf eine Karte | 17 April 2007 |
| 68 | 17 | Die Tote im Morgengrauen | 24 April 2007 |
| 69 | 18 | Ein ganz normaler Tag | 8 May 2007 |

### Season 5

| Number (total) | Number (in series) | Episode name | Date of first broadcast |
| 70 | 1 | Aus Mangel an Beweisen | 23 September 2008 |
| 71 | 2 | Man liebt nur einmal | 30 September 2008 |
| 72 | 3 | Laufsteg in den Tod | 7 October 2008 |
| 73 | 4 | Himmelsstürmer | 14 October 2008 |
| 74 | 5 | Schlafende Hunde | 21 October 2008 |
| 75 | 6 | Der Pianist | 28 October 2008 |
| 76 | 7 | Die stumme Zeugin | 4 November 2008 |
| 77 | 8 | Schatten der Vergangenheit | 11 November 2008 |
| 78 | 9 | Finger am Abzug | 18 November 2008 |
| 79 | 10 | Gefrorene Tränen | 25 November 2008 |
| 80 | 11 | Zimmer mit Leiche | 2 December 2008 |
| 81 | 12 | Mord im Hallenbad | 9 December 2008 |
| 82 | 13 | Mörder an Bord | 16 December 2008 |
| 83 | 14 | Warum musste Bubi Waldner sterben? | 23 December 2008 |
| 84 | 15 | Der letzte Auftrag | 30 December 2008 |
| 85 | 16 | Abgeschossen | 6 January 2009 |
| 86 | 17 | Damenwahl | 13 January 2009 |
| 87 | 18 | Lackschäden | 27 January 2009 |
| 88 | 19 | Tod dem Tyrannen | 3 February 2009 |
| 89 | 20 | Zu nah am Feuer | 10 February 2009 |
| 90 | 21 | In den besten Familien | 17 February 2009 |
| 91 | 22 | Das Wunderkind | 24 February 2009 |
| 92 | 23 | Das letzte Kölsch | 3 March 2009 |
| 93 | 24 | Doppeltes Spiel | 17 March 2009 |
| 94 | 25 | Mord im Brauhaus | 24 March 2009 |
| 95 | 26 | Das Gesetz der Serie | 31 March 2009 |
| 96 | 27 | Die schöne Griet | 7 April 2009 |
| 97 | 28 | Bauerntod | 14 April 2009 |
| 98 | 29 | Tod eines Aupair-Mädchens | 21 April 2009 |
| 99 | 30 | Ein teuflischer Plan | 28 April 2009 |

### Season 6

| Number (total) | Number (in series) | Episode name | Date of first broadcast |
| 100 | 1 | Bis an den Hals | 8 September 2009 |
| 101 | 2 | Ein klarer Fall | 15 September 2009 |
| 102 | 3 | Mein Freund der Mörder | 22 September 2009 |
| 103 | 4 | Liebesverrat | 29 September 2009 |
| 104 | 5 | Der Fluch der bösen Tat | 6 October 2009 |
| 105 | 6 | Wer sich in Gefahr begibt | 13 October 2009 |
| 106 | 7 | Todesfahrer | 20 October 2009 |
| 107 | 8 | Die letzte Reise | 27 October 2009 |
| 108 | 9 | Mann aus Stein | 3 November 2009 |
| 109 | 10 | Doppelgrab | 10 November 2009 |
| 110 | 11 | Nicht von schlechten Eltern | 17 November 2009 |
| 111 | 12 | Tod im Zoo | 24 November 2009 |
| 112 | 13 | Trilogie des Todes | 1 December 2009 |
| 113 | 14 | Tod auf dem Rhein | 8 December 2009 |
| 114 | 15 | Familienglück | 15 December 2009 |
| 115 | 16 | Tod einer Schriftstellerin | 22 December 2009 |
| 116 | 17 | Auf der Flucht | 29 December 2009 |
| 117 | 18 | Eine Landpartie | 5 January 2010 |
| 118 | 19 | Geister der Vergangenheit | 12 January 2010 |
| 119 | 20 | Die Frau im hellen Mantel | 26 January 2010 |
| 120 | 21 | Wer Wind sät | 2 February 2010 |
| 121 | 22 | Mörder Alaaf! | 9 February 2010 |
| 122 | 23 | Entführt | 23 February 2010 |
| 123 | 24 | Am seidenen Faden | 2 March 2010 |
| 124 | 25 | Schuldig | 16 March 2010 |
| 125 | 26 | Preis der Schönheit | 23 March 2010 |
| 126 | 27 | Krieg im Kleingarten | 30 March 2010 |
| 127 | 28 | Mord im Steinbruch | 6 April 2010 |
| 128 | 29 | Vorsicht, Falle! | 13 April 2010 |
| 129 | 30 | Ein echter Schuss | 20 April 2010 |

### Season 7

| Number (total) | Number (in series) | Episode name | Date of first broadcast |
| 130 | 1 | Mord zartbitter | 3 November 2010 |
| 131 | 2 | Das Vermächtnis | 9 November 2010 |
| 132 | 3 | Katz und Maus | 16 November 2010 |
| 133 | 4 | Mitten ins Herz | 23 November 2010 |
| 134 | 5 | Offene Rechnung | 30 November 2010 |
| 135 | 6 | Ein Bund fürs Leben | 7 December 2010 |
| 136 | 7 | Das Attentat | 14 December 2010 |
| 137 | 8 | Ein ehrenwertes Haus | 21 December 2010 |
| 138 | 9 | Ausgekocht | 28 December 2010 |
| 139 | 10 | Pokerfieber | 4 January 2011 |
| 140 | 11 | Die Berufenen | 11 January 2011 |
| 141 | 12 | Durch fremde Fenster | 18 January 2011 |
| 142 | 13 | Der Feind an meiner Seite | 25 January 2011 |
| 143 | 14 | Klassentreffen | 1 February 2011 |
| 144 | 15 | Sterbender Schwan | 8 February 2011 |
| 145 | 16 | Aufgeflogen! | 15 February 2011 |
| 146 | 17 | Gegen die Zeit | 22 February 2011 |
| 147 | 18 | Transit | 1 March 2011 |
| 148 | 19 | Näher mein Gott zu dir | 8 March 2011 |
| 149 | 20 | Hexen, Huren, Henker | 15 March 2011 |

### Season 8

| Number (total) | Number (in series) | Episode name | Date of first broadcast |
| 150 | 1 | Der letzte Einsatz | 18 October 2011 |
| 151 | 2 | Früchte des Zorns | 25 October 2011 |
| 152 | 3 | Playback | 1 November 2011 |
| 153 | 4 | Auf immer und ewig | 8 November 2011 |
| 154 | 5 | Operation Mord | 15 November 2011 |
| 155 | 6 | Gesichtskontrolle | 22 November 2011 |
| 156 | 7 | Der Todespfeil | 29 November 2011 |
| 157 | 8 | Waschen, schneiden, töten | 6 December 2011 |
| 158 | 9 | Die falsche Frau | 13 December 2011 |
| 159 | 10 | Mord im Veedel | 20 December 2011 |
| 160 | 11 | Der kurze Ruhm des Alexander K. | 27 December 2011 |
| 161 | 12 | In tödlicher Beziehung | 3 January 2012 |
| 162 | 13 | Bauernopfer | 10 January 2012 |
| 163 | 14 | Endstation Mord | 17 January 2012 |
| 164 | 15 | Ein Schuss, kein Tor | 24 January 2012 |
| 165 | 16 | Die Römer von Bocklemünd | 31 January 2012 |
| 166 | 17 | Zeugin in Angst | 7 February 2012 |
| 167 | 18 | Zahn um Zahn | 14 February 2012 |
| 168 | 19 | Sonne, Mord und Sterne | 21 February 2012 |
| 169 | 20 | Helden | 28 February 2012 |

### Season 9

| Number (total) | Number (in series) | Episode name | Date of first broadcast |
| 170 | 1 | Mord nach Schulschluss | 9 October 2012 |
| 171 | 2 | Der letzte Welpe | 16 October 2012 |
| 172 | 3 | Silvanas Geheimnis | 23 October 2012 |
| 173 | 4 | Fischer gegen Fischer | 30 October 2012 |
| 174 | 5 | Der Mann auf dem Dach | 6 November 2012 |
| 175 | 6 | Tödliche Verkettung | 13 November 2012 |
| 176 | 7 | Mit Hieb und Stich | 20 November 2012 |
| 177 | 8 | Bis zum letzten Atemzug | 27 November 2012 |
| 178 | 9 | Blaulicht | 4 December 2012 |
| 179 | 10 | Die Akte Becker | 11 December 2012 |
| 180 | 11 | Unter Verdacht | 18 December 2012 |
| 181 | 12 | In der Falle | 8 January 2013 |
| 182 | 13 | Mord nach Mitternacht | 15 January 2013 |
| 183 | 14 | Kanzlerklau | 22 January 2013 |
| 184 | 15 | Atemlos | 29 January 2013 |
| 185 | 16 | Verschwunden | 5 February 2013 |
| 186 | 17 | Unter Druck | 19 February 2013 |
| 187 | 18 | Tödliche Sprechstunde | 26 February 2013 |
| 188 | 19 | Das Bankgeheimnis | 5 March 2013 |
| 189 | 20 | Der Kinderzimmermillionär | 12 March 2013 |

### SOKO – Der Prozess

| Titel | Erstausstrahlung im ZDF |
| Der Prozess | 1 October 2013 |

### Season 10

| Number (total) | Number (in series) | Episode name | Date of first broadcast |
| 190 | 2 | Der stille Mord | 8 October 2013 |
| 191 | 3 | Die unbekannte Freundin | 15 October 2013 |
| 192 | 4 | Späte Mädchen | 22 October 2013 |
| 193 | 5 | Tod im Stall | 29 October 2013 |
| 194 | 6 | Das Mädchen mit dem Flügelpferd | 5 November 2013 |
| 195 | 7 | Tod eines Entführers | 12 November 2013 |
| 196 | 8 | Im Schutz der Nacht | 19 November 2013 |
| 197 | 9 | Die Gunst der Stunde | 26 November 2013 |
| 198 | 10 | Ein Fall für Camilla | 3 December 2013 |

### Season 11

| Number (total) | Number (in series) | Episode name | Date of first broadcast |
| 214 | 1 | Eine Frage der Gerechtigkeit | 14 October 2014 |
| 215 | 2 | Du sollst nicht töten | 21 October 2014 |
| 216 | 3 | Durststrecke | 28 October 2014 |
| 217 | 4 | Schutzengel | 4 November 2014 |
| 218 | 5 | Auf der schiefen Bahn | 11 November 2014 |
| 219 | 6 | Tanz ohne Wiederkehr | 18 November 2014 |
| 220 | 7 | Falschgeld | 25 November 2014 |
| 221 | 8 | Väter und Söhne | 2 December 2014 |
| 222 | 9 | Die Unverbesserlichen | 9 December 2014 |
| 223 | 10 | Tod am Telefon | 16 December 2014 |
| 224 | 11 | Schlagerterror | 23 December 2014 |
| 225 | 12 | Der Büchermord | 30 December 2014 |
| 226 | 13 | Tod eines Rappers | 13 January 2015 |
| 227 | 14 | Der stumme Tenor | 20 January 2015 |
| 228 | 15 | Der Friedhofsmord | 27 January 2015 |
| 229 | 16 | Die Frau im Bus | 3 February 2015 |
| 230 | 17 | Verfluchte Millionen | 10 February 2015 |
| 231 | 18 | Camilla und die tote Nonne | 17 February 2015 |
| 232 | 19 | Mord am Hochsitz | 24 February 2015 |
| 233 | 20 | Partitur eines Todes | 3 March 2015 |
| 234 | 21 | Der Fluch der Libelle | 10 March 2015 |
| 235 | 22 | Ihr letzter Wille | 17 March 2015 |
| 236 | 23 | Kein Weg zurück | 24 March 2015 |
| 237 | 24 | Rasender Puls | 31 March 2015 |
| 238 | 25 | Falscher Fuffziger | 7 April 2015 |

### Season 12

| Number (total) | Number (in series) | Episode name | Date of first broadcast |
| 239 | 1 | Das letzte Versprechen | 6 October 2015 |
| 240 | 2 | Tod durch Ertrinken | 13 October 2015 |
| 241 | 3 | Vorurteile | 20 October 2015 |
| 242 | 4 | Nackte Tatsachen | 27 October 2015 |
| 243 | 5 | Bickendorfer Büdchen | 3 November 2015 |
| 244 | 6 | Der Kölschbaron | 10 November 2015 |
| 245 | 7 | Schatten am Fenster | 17 November 2015 |
| 246 | 8 | Blutspuren | 24 November 2015 |
| 247 | 9 | Zombie mit Sahne | 1 December 2015 |
| 248 | 10 | Knockout | 8 December 2015 |
| 249 | 11 | Blutige Abrechnung | 15 December 2015 |
| 250 | 12 | Weiterbildung Mord | 22 December 2015 |
| 251 | 13 | Alte Wunden | 29 December 2015 |
| 252 | 14 | Nico | 5 January 2016 |
| 253 | 15 | Chancenlos | 12 January 2016 |
| 254 | 16 | Verstummt | 19 January 2016 |
| 255 | 17 | Nach so vielen Jahren | 26 January 2016 |
| 256 | 18 | Scham | 2 February 2016 |
| 257 | 19 | Verhängnisvolles Date | 9 February 2016 |
| 258 | 20 | Der einzige Ausweg | 16 February 2016 |
| 259 | 21 | Hammerfrauen | 23 February 2016 |
| 260 | 22 | Außer Kontrolle | 1 March 2016 |
| 261 | 23 | Blutiges Brautkleid | 8 March 2016 |
| 262 | 24 | Kruppkas letzte Fahrt | 15 March 2016 |
| 263 | 25 | Tödlicher Alleingang | 23 March 2016 |

### Season 13

| Number (total) | Number (in series) | Episode name | Date of first broadcast |
| 264 | 1 | Unerwartete Begegnung | 4 October 2016 |
| 265 | 2 | Zimmer frei | 11 October 2016 |
| 266 | 3 | Tödliche Therapie | 18 October 2016 |
| 267 | 4 | Mörderisches Wochenende | 25 October 2016 |
| 268 | 5 | Tödliche Melodie | 1 November 2016 |
| 269 | 6 | Im Zwielicht | 8 November 2016 |
| 270 | 7 | Loverboy | 15 November 2016 |
| 271 | 8 | Buchstabiere Mord | 22 November 2016 |
| 272 | 9 | Wetten, dass ...? | 29 November 2016 |
| 273 | 10 | Die Beatles von Bocklemünd | 6 December 2016 |
| 274 | 11 | Tödliche Lügen | 13 December 2016 |
| 275 | 12 | Krüger ist tot! | 20 December 2016 |
| 276 | 13 | Vier Freundinnen und ein Todesfall | 27 December 2016 |
| 277 | 14 | Tod eines Lebenskünstlers | 3 January 2017 |
| 278 | 15 | Schmutzige Wäsche | 10 January 2017 |
| 279 | 16 | Verbrannt | 17 January 2017 |
| 280 | 17 | Der Mann mit der Geige | 24 January 2017 |
| 281 | 18 | Letzte Meile | 31 January 2017 |
| 282 | 19 | Arrivederci Bruno | 7 February 2017 |
| 283 | 20 | Messerscharf | 14 February 2017 |
| 284 | 21 | Schwere Jungs | 21 February 2017 |
| 285 | 22 | Der Stinker | 28 February 2017 |
| 286 | 23 | Alte Meister | 7 March 2017 |
| 287 | 24 | Eingeschlossen | 14 March 2017 |