Release Date

20 Oct, 1967

Runtime

01:30: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

601/58

Synopsis

Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst is a German television programme broadcast since October 1967 on ZDF that aims to combat and solve crimes. Until 2003 it was produced in co-operation with the Austrian public service broadcaster ORF and Schweizer Fernsehen, a division of the Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse. It was the basis for the BBC show Crimewatch, the Dutch show Opsporing Verzocht and its US equivalent America's Most Wanted. The goal of the programme is to throw light on unsolved offences with the aid of viewers. Each episode contains three to five short films, each lasting about ten minutes, in which a real criminal case is reconstructed. The cases are mostly complex ones in which the criminals and chains of events are still unknown. In addition cases are discussed in the studio in which, for example, the identities of criminals or unknown murder victims are sought with the aid of a photo. Viewers can use the telephone or Internet to give information. According to a study by the programme's editorial department, about forty percent of cases shown on the programme are solved.

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Specials

18 Oct, 1997

Season 1

20 Oct, 1967

Season 2

09 Jan, 1968

Season 3

24 Jan, 1969

Season 4

23 Jan, 1970

Season 5

22 Jan, 1971

Season 6

14 Jan, 1972

Season 7

19 Jan, 1973

Season 8

25 Jan, 1974

Season 9

17 Jan, 1975

Season 10

16 Jan, 1976

Season 11

28 Jan, 1977

Season 12

20 Jan, 1978

Season 13

12 Jan, 1979

Season 14

11 Jan, 1980

Season 15

23 Jan, 1981

Season 16

15 Jan, 1982

Season 17

14 Jan, 1983

Season 18

13 Jan, 1984

Season 19

11 Jan, 1985

Season 20

17 Jan, 1986

Season 21

09 Jan, 1987

Season 22

15 Jan, 1988

Season 23

13 Jan, 1989

Season 24

12 Jan, 1990

Season 25

11 Sep, 1991

Season 26

10 Jan, 1992

Season 27

15 Jan, 1993

Season 28

14 Jan, 1994

Season 29

13 Jan, 1995

Season 30

12 Jan, 1996

Season 31

10 Jan, 1997

Season 32

16 Jan, 1998

Season 33

15 Jan, 1999

Season 34

21 Jan, 2000

Season 35

19 Jan, 2001

Season 36

18 Jan, 2002

Season 37

17 Jan, 2003

Season 38

08 Jan, 2004

Season 39

13 Jan, 2005

Season 40

12 Jan, 2006

Season 41

11 Jan, 2007

Season 42

20 Feb, 2008

Season 43

14 Jan, 2009

Season 44

13 Jan, 2010

Season 45

12 Jan, 2011

Season 46

11 Jan, 2012

Season 47

16 Jan, 2013

Season 48

08 Jan, 2014

Season 49

14 Jan, 2015

Season 50

20 Jan, 2016

Season 51

11 Jan, 2017

Season 52

31 Jan, 2018

Season 53

09 Jan, 2019

Season 54

15 Jan, 2020

Season 55

13 Jan, 2021

Season 56

12 Jan, 2022

Season 57

18 Jan, 2023

Season 58

17 Jan, 2024

Actors