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Eurocops

Eurocops is a European television crime TV-series produced between 1988 and 1992. It is a co-production between seven European TV stations in which each station produced a number of episodes which were then pooled, dubbed and otherwise adapted when needed and broadcast by all participating stations, a format used earlier in the German crime series Tatort. The participating networks were ZDF from Germany, ORF from Austria, SRG from Switzerland, RAI from Italy, Televisión Española from Spain, Antenne 2 from France and Channel 4 from the United Kingdom.

Eurocops
StarringHeiner Lauterbach
Country of originGermany
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes70
Production
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original networkZDF
Original release6 November 1988 (1988-11-06) –
1993 (1993)

A direct consequence of the 'pooled production' format was that all episodes by one particular network had a strong local -even national- feel and were distinctly different from the episodes produced by other networks. Not only were they filmed in the network's own country with local actors, but they were also written by local screenwriters, thus reflecting that nation's specific taste for crime dramas. With national networks at that time still relying on self-produced programs, a big part of Eurocop's allure was that it offered viewers in one country a first-hand look at what crime series in other countries looked like.

Despite being a pan-European TV series, the three German speaking networks did more than half of the filming with Germany and Austria filming 15 episodes on their own and one more joint production. Switzerland contributed another 12. Of the four non-German speaking countries, Italy made 13 episodes and France made 8, whereas Spain and the UK made only 4 and 3 episodes respectively.

All in all, in a span of five and a half years, seventy-one episodes were produced. Typically they were broadcast once a month. In Germany, ZDF broadcast the series on every fourth Friday as part of its Friday night crime lineup. (The three other Fridays it would broadcast episodes from other homemade crime series). Its first broadcast was on November 6, 1988 with a Swiss production called "Tote reisen nicht" (English: The dead don't travel).

Introduction and title music

A little sensation for its time was the title sequence. Not only was the title music a haunting electronic theme composed by Jan Hammer (Playing Piano's, Synthesizers & Gretch Drums), it was accompanied by a wild camera ride in which a camera circles over a map of Europe, shows the different cities in which the episodes play and for each city shows a picture of the local detective with his name and title. Finally the camera zooms out into a picture of the police badge of the country in which the episode in question plays. Still a novelty for this time, the title was completely computer generated.

Cast and crew

Germany

  • Produced by: Monaco Film, Munich for ZDF
  • Directors: Georg Althammer, Werner Kließ
  • cast:
  • City: Cologne

Austria

  • Produced by: ORF
  • Directors: Rud'i Nemeth, Peter Müller
  • cast:
    • Bernd Jeschek as Peter 'Bernd' Brucker
    • Bigi Fischer as Bigi Herzog
    • Hermann Schmid as Oberinspektor Nurmeier
  • City: Vienna

Switzerland

Italy

France

Spain

United Kingdom

See also

External links

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Eurocops to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Eurocops is a European television crime TV series produced between 1988 and 1992 It is a co production between seven European TV stations in which each station produced a number of episodes which were then pooled dubbed and otherwise adapted when needed and broadcast by all participating stations a format used earlier in the German crime series Tatort The participating networks were ZDF from Germany ORF from Austria SRG from Switzerland RAI from Italy Television Espanola from Spain Antenne 2 from France and Channel 4 from the United Kingdom EurocopsStarringHeiner LauterbachCountry of originGermanyNo of seasons6No of episodes70ProductionRunning time60 minutesReleaseOriginal networkZDFOriginal release6 November 1988 1988 11 06 1993 1993 A direct consequence of the pooled production format was that all episodes by one particular network had a strong local even national feel and were distinctly different from the episodes produced by other networks Not only were they filmed in the network s own country with local actors but they were also written by local screenwriters thus reflecting that nation s specific taste for crime dramas With national networks at that time still relying on self produced programs a big part of Eurocop s allure was that it offered viewers in one country a first hand look at what crime series in other countries looked like Despite being a pan European TV series the three German speaking networks did more than half of the filming with Germany and Austria filming 15 episodes on their own and one more joint production Switzerland contributed another 12 Of the four non German speaking countries Italy made 13 episodes and France made 8 whereas Spain and the UK made only 4 and 3 episodes respectively All in all in a span of five and a half years seventy one episodes were produced Typically they were broadcast once a month In Germany ZDF broadcast the series on every fourth Friday as part of its Friday night crime lineup The three other Fridays it would broadcast episodes from other homemade crime series Its first broadcast was on November 6 1988 with a Swiss production called Tote reisen nicht English The dead don t travel Contents 1 Introduction and title music 2 Cast and crew 2 1 Germany 2 2 Austria 2 3 Switzerland 2 4 Italy 2 5 France 2 6 Spain 2 7 United Kingdom 3 See also 4 External linksIntroduction and title music EditA little sensation for its time was the title sequence Not only was the title music a haunting electronic theme composed by Jan Hammer Playing Piano s Synthesizers amp Gretch Drums it was accompanied by a wild camera ride in which a camera circles over a map of Europe shows the different cities in which the episodes play and for each city shows a picture of the local detective with his name and title Finally the camera zooms out into a picture of the police badge of the country in which the episode in question plays Still a novelty for this time the title was completely computer generated Cast and crew EditGermany Edit Produced by Monaco Film Munich for ZDF Directors Georg Althammer Werner Kliess cast Heiner Lauterbach as Thomas Dorn Eva Kryll as Karin City CologneAustria Edit Produced by ORF Directors Rud i Nemeth Peter Muller cast Bernd Jeschek as Peter Bernd Brucker Bigi Fischer as Bigi Herzog Hermann Schmid as Oberinspektor Nurmeier City ViennaSwitzerland Edit Produced by SRG cast Alexander Radszun as Christian Merian Wolfram Berger as Peter Brodbeck City BaselItaly Edit Produced by RAI2 Music by Stefano Mainetti 9 episodes cast Diego Abatantuono as Commissario Bruno Corso Bruno Pagni as MarcoFrance Edit Produced by France 2 cast Patrick Raynal as Commissaire Nicolas Villars Bertrand Lacy as Commissaire Luc Rousseau Etienne Chicot as Jerome Cortal Francois Perrot City MarseilleSpain Edit Produced by Velarde Films for Television Espanola cast Alvaro de Luna as Subcomisario Andres CrespoUnited Kingdom Edit Produced by Picture Palace Productions for Channel 4 Director Malcom Craddock cast John Benfield as Detective Constable George Jackson Linda Henry as Linda Jackson Jonathan Phillips as Stonehead David Bradley as RoperSee also EditList of German television seriesExternal links EditEurocops at IMDb EUROCOPS BFI http krimiserien heimat eu e eurocops htm https web archive org web 20120530132040 http www tvsi de krimiserien eurocops php odeonfilm de Folgen der Monaco Film heute Odeon Film Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eurocops amp oldid 1110448604, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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