    derrick is a german tv series produced by telenova film und fernsehproduktion in association with zdf, orf and srg between 1974 and 1998 about detective chief inspector (oberinspektor) stephan derrick (horst tappert) and his loyal assistant, inspector (kriminalhauptmeister) harry klein (fritz wepper), who solve murder cases in munich and surroundings (with three unsolved cases in total). on 2 may 2013 zdf announced it would no longer carry reruns of the show, after it emerged that tappert had been untruthful in discussing his service in the waffen-ss in world war ii.http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/german-tv-pulls-crime-show-after-ss-scandal_263891.html ==history== all 281 60-minute episodes were written by veteran screenwriter herbert reinecker and produced by helmut ringelmann. as a rule, new derrick episodes were broadcast on friday night at 20:15. the series received enormous popularity and was aired in more than 100 countries worldwide. the series' discontinuation in october 1998 came as horst tappert had reached the age limit he had set himself. horst tappert is the only german actor who has ever had fan clubs abroad including the netherlands and france.http://www.welt.de/print-welt/article660343/harry-hol-schon-mal-den-wagen.html in france derrick is known as inspecteur derrick; in italy, the show is called lâispettore derrick. in chinese it is known as dÃ© li kÃ¨. ==evolution of concept== the series took a noticeable turn towards psychological drama as time progressed and derrick approached retirement age. acting on a hunch, derrick would ignore a number of possible suspects right from the start and, instead of doing the legwork often shown in police movies, would follow the main suspect to his or her favourite haunts and involve them in lengthy conversations, claiming that he had to get to know them better. towards the end of the show the murderer, now revolted by what they had done, would then be prepared to conf
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