Tatort
| Tatort | |
|---|---|
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| Theme music composer | Klaus Doldinger |
| Country of origin | West Germany (1970–1990) Germany (1990–present) Austria Switzerland |
| Original language | German |
| No. of seasons | 50 |
| No. of episodes | 1,252[1] |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Das Erste |
| Release | 29 November 1970 – present |
Tatort is a TV serial. It has been running in German-speaking TV since 1970. It is the longest-running TV serial in German TV. In English, the title, tranlates as crime scence. The serial is about police solving a fictional criminal case; in most cases a murder case. The first episode was called Taxi nach Leipzig. Originally, it was only the (then West-) German official TV producing it. Today, it is produced as a collaboration between German, Austrian and Swiss state-run TV stations.
Today, about 35 episodes are produced each year. Each episode lasts about 90 minutes. Tatort has a very high viewership, with up to 10 million viewers per episode.