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Season 1

(1995)

Overview

Georg Wilsberg is an antiquarian in Münster. He used to be a lawyer but lost his license. Since then he has been working as a private detective. The always clammy Wilsberg urgently needs this income. In addition, he depends on the support of his friends, especially because of the car.

Cast

Leonard Lansink as Georg Wilsberg
Leonard Lansink

as Georg Wilsberg

Rita Russek as Anna Springer
Rita Russek

as Anna Springer

Roland Jankowsky as Overbeck
Roland Jankowsky

as Overbeck

Oliver Korittke as Ekkehardt Talkötter
Oliver Korittke

as Ekkehardt Talkötter

Episodes

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February 20, 1995

Münster. Private detective Wilsberg is given the task of solving a suspected murder. Since the case happened 16 years a…

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May 25, 1998

Private detective Georg Wilsberg is looking for farmer Rabenalt's runaway adopted daughter Tanja. Immediately after he …

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November 22, 1999

Private detective Georg Wilsberg is tasked with shadowing a client's wife and taking explicit photos of her in flagrant…

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February 3, 2001

The Münster private detective and antique dealer Georg Wilsberg is commissioned by an insurance company to observe a ca…

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October 20, 2001

Jutta Rausch, the Green City Treasurer of Münster, has received an anonymous threatening letter. As she is one of the s…

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April 13, 2002

When Georg Wilsberg drives to Havenbroich Castle to inspect a library, he is amazed when his former student love Maria …

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November 23, 2002

When the body of Pastor Hollein is discovered in the confessional during a church concert, the tranquil episcopal city …

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May 3, 2003

When the body of a young art student is found next to one of her works of art, everything looks like a murder of jealou…

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October 18, 2003

Private detective Georg Wilsberg is commissioned to investigate the circumstances of a strange accident in which Manni'…

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February 14, 2004

Private detective Wilsberg is tasked with solving the murder of politician Kerstenbrock, who was recently accused in th…

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May 1, 2004

That's just what private detective Georg Wilsberg needed: Alex's father has announced his visit and wants to know what …

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November 6, 2004

Joachim Rehmer, the head of the Münster building regulations office, is found dead on a railway track. Everything point…

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March 5, 2005

The headstrong investigator Georg Wilsberg meets Katharina again, his great love from school days. While he himself occ…

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May 14, 2005

This time, the case seems very simple for the unorthodox private investigator: A young woman, Susanne Diepenbrock, comm…

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November 19, 2005

Wilsberg in trouble: Tax inspector Ekki Talkötter has set up shop in the antiquarian bookshop and is making life diffic…

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Episode 16 7.0

February 4, 2006

The largest painting company in the city, Schlacke, undercuts almost every price offered by its competitors. Does the c…

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Episode 17 7.0

March 5, 2006

Wilsberg is on his way home. Suddenly a young girl on her bike appears in the headlights. She slams on the brakes and t…

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Episode 18 7.0

December 2, 2006

Wilsberg had an accident and had to undergo an operation. This meant that he was confined to his sick bed, but his inst…

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Episode 19 6.8

February 17, 2007

Wilsberg is supposed to look after many pretty girls at a beauty contest. Someone is after one of the models and has ev…

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Episode 20 7.5

April 7, 2007

Attacks in Münster caused uproar in the church. The grave of a gardener was broken into. His bones were placed in the f…

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Episode 21 7.5

May 27, 2007

After the inauguration party of Alex's new law firm, Wilsberg witnesses Alex's former classmate Maike Lehmann having a …

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Episode 22 7.5

January 12, 2008

Georg Wilsberg has a problem: A young Russian woman, living illegally in Germany, is found dead in a hotel room - murde…

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Episode 23 6.2

March 8, 2008

Alex's first case is about murder. Thomas Winter's wife has been strangled. Thomas is considered a suspect, but protest…

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Episode 24 6.5

April 26, 2008

This time it is Inspector Springer herself who needs Wilsberg's help. A young policewoman dies shortly before she was s…

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Episode 25 6.5

December 27, 2008

Wilsberg goes to celebrate his 30th graduation anniversary, even though he hates such class reunions. Shortly afterward…

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Episode 26 6.5

April 11, 2009

After a party, a woman is found seriously injured on the street. Ekki's car is parked nearby. Anna Springer arrests the…

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Episode 27 6.2

April 25, 2009

Wilsberg is hired by Marie Kaiser to spy on her husband. The professor is cheating on her. When Wilsberg observes Kaise…

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Episode 28 7.2

December 21, 2009

December 24th afternoon: Wilsberg buys a Christmas tree at the Münster Christmas market. At the same time, Ekki is bore…

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Episode 29 6.5

March 20, 2010

Private detective Georg Wilsberg is commissioned by Torsten Schmitt to shadow his wife Elvira because of an alleged aff…

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Episode 30 6.2

November 25, 2010

After a visit to the Bullenball, Michael Klarmann is shot. Ekki, who was standing right next to him, is injured. From t…

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Episode 31 6.5

April 9, 2011

When private detective Georg Wilsberg receives a call from Inspector Springer at night, he is shocked. There is a dead,…

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Episode 32 6.2

June 11, 2011

Ekki has an attractive new girlfriend: Denise. When she repeatedly talks about her ex-lover Lotze, Ekki becomes suspici…

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Episode 33 6.5

September 29, 2011

Ekki is burned out and is looking for distance and silence in the Melkwegen monastery. But Overbeck is also undercover …

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Episode 34 6.5

January 25, 2012

The son of the couple Melanie and Thomas Rensing has been kidnapped. Ekki is able to persuade Wilsberg to help his cous…

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Episode 35 6.5

February 18, 2012

The Bielefeld running gag reaches its climax in this episode. A conspiracy theorist is murdered and Manni, who once mov…

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Episode 36 6.5

April 7, 2012

Georg Wilsberg is tasked with tracking down 17-year-old Marc, the son of his old school friend. He finds out that Marc …

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Episode 37 6.5

January 26, 2013

One of Alex's clients is found dead after a meeting. Alex then disappears without a trace.

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Episode 38 6.5

March 6, 2013

Ekki is about to move in with his steady girlfriend Silke. But shortly afterwards he is hit on by the pretty Charlotte.…

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Episode 39 6.2

August 31, 2013

Ekki has inherited his aunt's house and the field that goes with it. But this causes him a lot of problems. The corpse …

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Episode 40 6.2

October 16, 2013

Richard Breiderhoff is accused of killing his wife. Meanwhile, Anna Springer has a blind date with Richard's brother. H…

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Episode 41 6.5

January 8, 2014

Alex finds an amateur porn video of herself on the Internet. She immediately asks her godfather Georg Wilsberg for help…

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Episode 42 6.5

March 1, 2014

This time, Ekki and his colleagues from the tax office are themselves being audited. But then irregularities in the ope…

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Episode 43 7.2

March 22, 2014

Wilsberg has barely made a small profit from selling a rarity when two masked burglars steal the money. But Wilsberg do…

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Episode 44 6.5

December 17, 2014

Ekki can't believe it: The famous model Sonja Conrad is standing in his friend Wilsberg's antique shop and asks the det…

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Episode 45 7.2

January 3, 2015

Kamilla Marks, the owner of the Markshof Castle Hotel, is shot. Alex gets the suspect Enno Fellner as his client. He is…

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Episode 46 7.5

February 14, 2015

Wilsberg owes the tax office several thousand euros in back payments. On top of that, he is involved in a car accident …

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Episode 47 7.2

April 11, 2015

Micki Hobelmeyer is acquitted in a rape trial. Wilsberg does not trust the verdict. He knows Micki from his student day…

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Episode 48 6.5

October 10, 2015

Overbeck has fallen victim to knockout drops. Wilsberg is tasked with finding out what happened last night and proving …

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Episode 49 7.5

November 28, 2015

Ekki causes trouble. He triggers a bomb alarm in the tax office. During the SEK operation, the male cleaner Hemidi is o…

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Episode 50 6.2

January 2, 2016

Lawyer Alex is representing her friend Ekki Talkötter in a damages lawsuit. Ekki slipped on spilled yogurt in the super…

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Episode 51 6.5

April 16, 2016

Wilsberg is hanging around under a false identity with property developer Michael Lobland. He has everything Wilsberg d…

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Episode 52 7.2

December 17, 2016

Ekki is getting married. Wilsberg can't believe it. And he's supposed to be the best man. Despite his doubts about whet…

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Episode 53 7.5

January 14, 2017

In the antique shop there is an old lady who doesn't know how she got there or where she lives. Wilsberg has a care pro…

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Episode 54 7.2

February 4, 2017

After a heated argument in a Münster bar, a young woman remains depressed at her seat. Wilsberg starts talking to her -…

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Episode 55 6.2

November 11, 2017

When high school graduate Emelie Boll disappears, wild speculation about the missing person case and the suspected perp…

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Episode 56 6.2

December 2, 2017

Ekki was offered a "tax CD" that allegedly incriminated everyone of importance and name in Münster. Wilsberg is suppose…

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Episode 57 6.5

December 23, 2017

Wilsberg was actually looking forward to a Christmas party with Ekki, Alex and Anna. But that won't happen, as everyone…

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Episode 58 7.2

January 6, 2018

Wilsberg has allowed Anna to persuade him to go on holiday to Norderney together. His enthusiasm is limited, especially…

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Episode 59 6.5

March 3, 2018

Tax investigator Matthias Lehnhoff's birthday party comes to an abrupt end after an argument with his wife. Wilsberg an…

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Episode 60 6.5

September 8, 2018

Elena Warnetzki lives in an allotment colony, fishes food out of garbage containers and leads a life without television…

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Episode 61 6.8

November 3, 2018

Retirement - that could actually be a nice thing. But Paul Dietze - Wilsberg's friend - has nothing to celebrate. The h…

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Episode 62 6.5

January 12, 2019

Sister Christa, who takes care of the finances of her monastery, has invested money on the stock market and has shown a…

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Episode 63 6.5

March 2, 2019

Wilsberg has a guilty conscience: his new client Britta Mantzke is found dead near the Aasee. Inspector Springer and Ov…

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Episode 64 7.5

November 2, 2019

Ekki is invited to Bielefeld for a friend's company anniversary. Wilsberg accompanies Ekki to see his friend Manni in B…

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Episode 65 7.8

November 30, 2019

Private detective Wilsberg falls victim to a burglary. Worse than the shock of the crime is that the money he had saved…

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Episode 66 7.5

January 11, 2020

Ekki is invited to Bielefeld for a friend's company anniversary. Wilsberg accompanies Ekki to see his friend Manni in B…

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Episode 67 6.5

February 8, 2020

Wilsberg has to go to the island of Norderney - with Tessa Tilker, a lawyer colleague of Alex from Bielefeld, who needs…

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Episode 68 6.5

April 18, 2020

Wilsberg's friend Ekki urgently needs help. Ekki's ex-girlfriend Silke Sestendrup introduces him to his daughter Hanna.…

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Episode 69 6.5

November 28, 2020

Wilsberg and Ekki suddenly become entangled in a case of cyberbullying and fake news. It involves slander, paid lying c…

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Episode 70 7.2

January 2, 2021

Finding evidence is Wilsberg's daily bread. But obtaining evidence to prove an employee's theft is not.

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Episode 71 7.5

February 20, 2021

A voluntary social credit system is introduced in Münster. The surveillance that comes with it is not a thorn in the si…

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Episode 72 7.2

May 22, 2021

Private detective Wilsberg is asked to help the owner of a tailor shop who feels harassed by her landlord. Shortly afte…

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Episode 73 8.2

December 11, 2021

Detective Inspector Overbeck is supposed to give an explosive lecture to a select audience of experts. However, his pre…

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Episode 74 7.5

January 15, 2022

The Münster police want to modernize and are considering including genetic genealogy in investigations. Overbeck's big …

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Episode 75 8.2

April 16, 2022

Wilsberg and Ekki are invited to lunch in a moated castle by lawyer Dr. Tessa Tilker. When another guest arrives, Tessa…

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Episode 76 7.5

October 1, 2022

Meat manufacturer Thomas Heitbrink is accused of poor hygiene in the company. His lawyer Dr. Tessa Tilker instructs Wil…

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Episode 77 7.5

January 7, 2023

When a young employee of a start-up has an accident in front of Wilsberg and Ekki, the question arises: was it an accid…

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Episode 78 7.2

March 18, 2023

A dead journalist leads Georg Wilsberg into the world of influencers. And as if solving a murder wasn't enough, Wilsber…

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Episode 79 6.2

October 14, 2023

This episode is about the murder of a publisher who not only made friends with his publication. Wilsberg's friend Tessa…

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Episode 80 6.5

January 13, 2024

Private detective Georg Wilsberg is confronted with a murdered taxi driver. It soon becomes clear that the mysterious c…

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Episode 81 6.2

April 13, 2024

Private detective Wilsberg is supposed to find evidence that a family expert was manipulated. But before he can really …

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Episode 82 6.5

May 11, 2024

Georg Wilsberg's friend Ekki Talkötter comes under suspicion of murder after a dead IT technician is found at Lake Aase…

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Episode 83 7.0

October 5, 2024

Anna Springer is taking a break from her job to write a book about her experiences as a detective. Meanwhile, a young s…

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Episode 84 7.2

January 11, 2025

Disguised as a guest lecturer, private detective Wilsberg investigates a stalking case at the university. When a studen…

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Episode 85 7.5

February 8, 2025

A murdered lawyer from her firm gets Tessa Tilker into trouble. During his research, private detective Wilsberg comes a…

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Episode 86 7.0

May 17, 2025

Wilsberg learns that Edgar wanted to meet with the whistleblower Frederik Meissner in order to obtain explosive materia…

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Episode 87 8.0

November 15, 2025

Student Jana Haumann claims to have heard a recording from a digital voice assistant announcing a murder. She contacts …

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January 3, 2026

A series of burglaries is keeping the region on edge. When a murder occurs during another break-in, both the Münster cr…

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April 4, 2026

Private investigator Georg Wilsberg is investigating for a client who feels cheated out of his deceased great-aunt's ho…