Wilsberg
Wilsberg
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Wilsberg

7.8 / 10
1995
9 seasons
89 episodes
DramaCrime

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.

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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.

  • Episode 1

    1.Episode 1

    20-02-199590m

    Münster. Private detective Wilsberg is given the task of solving a suspected murder. Since the case happened 16 years ago and was filed away by the police as a suicide, he initiall...

  • Episode 2

    2.Episode 2

    25-05-199890m

    Private detective Georg Wilsberg is looking for farmer Rabenalt's runaway adopted daughter Tanja. Immediately after he has brought the girl back, he receives a follow-up assignment...

  • Episode 3

    3.Episode 3

    22-11-199990m

    Private detective Georg Wilsberg is tasked with shadowing a client's wife and taking explicit photos of her in flagrante delicto. What begins as a harmless assignment develops into...

  • Episode 4

    4.Episode 4

    03-02-200190m

    The Münster private detective and antique dealer Georg Wilsberg is commissioned by an insurance company to observe a car repair shop near the harbor. Recently, a suspiciously high...

  • Episode 5

    5.Episode 5

    20-10-200190m

    Jutta Rausch, the Green City Treasurer of Münster, has received an anonymous threatening letter. As she is one of the supporters of a controversial construction project, her husban...

  • Episode 6

    6.Episode 6

    13-04-200290m

    When Georg Wilsberg drives to Havenbroich Castle to inspect a library, he is amazed when his former student love Maria suddenly appears. Maria, who has now become the mistress of t...

  • Episode 7

    7.Episode 7

    23-11-200290m

    When the body of Pastor Hollein is discovered in the confessional during a church concert, the tranquil episcopal city of Münster has its perfect scandal. This time, the chaotic pr...

  • Episode 8

    8.Episode 8

    03-05-200390m

    When the body of a young art student is found next to one of her works of art, everything looks like a murder of jealousy. But the chaotic private detective Georg Wilsberg discover...

  • Episode 9

    9.Episode 9

    18-10-200390m

    Private detective Georg Wilsberg is commissioned to investigate the circumstances of a strange accident in which Manni's uncle was seriously injured. Little by little, the chaotic...

  • Episode 10

    10.Episode 10

    14-02-200490m

    Private detective Wilsberg is tasked with solving the murder of politician Kerstenbrock, who was recently accused in the press of sexually harassing an intern. Inspector Springer s...

  • Episode 11

    11.Episode 11

    01-05-200490m

    That's just what private detective Georg Wilsberg needed: Alex's father has announced his visit and wants to know what progress his daughter's university career is making. Alex has...

  • Episode 12

    12.Episode 12

    06-11-200490m

    Joachim Rehmer, the head of the Münster building regulations office, is found dead on a railway track. Everything points to suicide, but his wife does not believe it was a suicide...

  • Episode 13

    13.Episode 13

    05-03-200590m

    The headstrong investigator Georg Wilsberg meets Katharina again, his great love from school days. While he himself occasionally struggles to make ends meet, she is now happily mar...

  • Episode 14

    14.Episode 14

    14-05-200590m

    This time, the case seems very simple for the unorthodox private investigator: A young woman, Susanne Diepenbrock, commissions Georg Wilsberg to search for her missing sister Jessi...

  • Episode 15

    15.Episode 15

    19-11-200590m

    Wilsberg in trouble: Tax inspector Ekki Talkötter has set up shop in the antiquarian bookshop and is making life difficult for Wilsberg.

  • Episode 16

    16.Episode 16

    7.0
    04-02-200690m

    The largest painting company in the city, Schlacke, undercuts almost every price offered by its competitors. Does the company employ illegal workers? Wilsberg is tasked with findin...

  • Episode 17

    17.Episode 17

    7.0
    05-03-200690m

    Wilsberg is on his way home. Suddenly a young girl on her bike appears in the headlights. She slams on the brakes and there's a loud crash, but luckily no one is seriously injured.

  • Episode 18

    18.Episode 18

    7.0
    02-12-200690m

    Wilsberg had an accident and had to undergo an operation. This meant that he was confined to his sick bed, but his instinct for crime was by no means paralyzed.

  • Episode 19

    19.Episode 19

    6.8
    17-02-200788m

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

  • Episode 20

    20.Episode 20

    7.5
    07-04-200790m

    Attacks in Münster caused uproar in the church. The grave of a gardener was broken into. His bones were placed in the famous Anabaptist cages at the Lamberti Church.

  • Episode 21

    21.Episode 21

    7.5
    27-05-200790m

    After the inauguration party of Alex's new law firm, Wilsberg witnesses Alex's former classmate Maike Lehmann having a drunken accident on the way home.

  • Episode 22

    22.Episode 22

    7.5
    12-01-200890m

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

  • Episode 23

    23.Episode 23

    6.2
    08-03-200890m

    Alex's first case is about murder. Thomas Winter's wife has been strangled. Thomas is considered a suspect, but protests his innocence. Alex helps him escape.

  • Episode 24

    24.Episode 24

    6.5
    26-04-200890m

    This time it is Inspector Springer herself who needs Wilsberg's help. A young policewoman dies shortly before she was supposed to meet Anna. But that can't have been an accident.

  • Episode 25

    25.Episode 25

    6.5
    27-12-200890m

    Wilsberg goes to celebrate his 30th graduation anniversary, even though he hates such class reunions. Shortly afterwards, his old school friend is murdered, but his body disappears...

  • Episode 26

    26.Episode 26

    6.5
    11-04-200990m

    After a party, a woman is found seriously injured on the street. Ekki's car is parked nearby. Anna Springer arrests the hungover Ekki, but he refuses to make any statement.

  • Episode 27

    27.Episode 27

    6.2
    25-04-200990m

    Wilsberg is hired by Marie Kaiser to spy on her husband. The professor is cheating on her. When Wilsberg observes Kaiser, he is shot during lovemaking.

  • Episode 28

    28.Episode 28

    7.2
    21-12-200990m

    December 24th afternoon: Wilsberg buys a Christmas tree at the Münster Christmas market. At the same time, Ekki is bored at the Christmas party with his colleagues from the tax off...

  • Episode 29

    29.Episode 29

    6.5
    20-03-201090m

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

  • Episode 30

    30.Episode 30

    6.2
    25-11-201090m

    After a visit to the Bullenball, Michael Klarmann is shot. Ekki, who was standing right next to him, is injured. From then on, Ekki believes that he was actually the target.

  • Episode 31

    31.Episode 31

    6.5
    09-04-201190m

    When private detective Georg Wilsberg receives a call from Inspector Springer at night, he is shocked. There is a dead, naked callboy lying in her hotel room.

  • Episode 32

    32.Episode 32

    6.2
    11-06-201190m

    Ekki has an attractive new girlfriend: Denise. When she repeatedly talks about her ex-lover Lotze, Ekki becomes suspicious and asks Wilsberg to shadow Denise.

  • Episode 33

    33.Episode 33

    6.5
    29-09-201190m

    Ekki is burned out and is looking for distance and silence in the Melkwegen monastery. But Overbeck is also undercover in the monastery. And Wilsberg is investigating the murder of...

  • Episode 34

    34.Episode 34

    6.5
    25-01-201290m

    The son of the couple Melanie and Thomas Rensing has been kidnapped. Ekki is able to persuade Wilsberg to help his cousin's family, as they do not want to inform the police.

  • Episode 35

    35.Episode 35

    6.5
    18-02-201290m

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

  • Episode 36

    36.Episode 36

    6.5
    07-04-201290m

    Georg Wilsberg is tasked with tracking down 17-year-old Marc, the son of his old school friend. He finds out that Marc is involved in drug deals - and worse.

  • Episode 37

    37.Episode 37

    6.5
    26-01-201390m

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

  • Episode 38

    38.Episode 38

    6.5
    06-03-201390m

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

  • Episode 39

    39.Episode 39

    6.2
    31-08-201390m

    Ekki has inherited his aunt's house and the field that goes with it. But this causes him a lot of problems. The corpse that he and Wilsberg find in the house is just one of them.

  • Episode 40

    40.Episode 40

    6.2
    16-10-201390m

    Richard Breiderhoff is accused of killing his wife. Meanwhile, Anna Springer has a blind date with Richard's brother. However, he has evil intentions.

  • Episode 41

    41.Episode 41

    6.5
    08-01-201490m

    Alex finds an amateur porn video of herself on the Internet. She immediately asks her godfather Georg Wilsberg for help before her boss finds out and her career is over.

  • Episode 42

    42.Episode 42

    6.5
    01-03-201490m

    This time, Ekki and his colleagues from the tax office are themselves being audited. But then irregularities in the operational processes are discovered and a colleague allegedly c...

  • Episode 43

    43.Episode 43

    7.2
    22-03-201490m

    Wilsberg has barely made a small profit from selling a rarity when two masked burglars steal the money. But Wilsberg doesn't let that happen.

  • Episode 44

    44.Episode 44

    6.5
    17-12-201490m

    Ekki can't believe it: The famous model Sonja Conrad is standing in his friend Wilsberg's antique shop and asks the detective for help. A stalker is supposedly after her.

  • Episode 45

    45.Episode 45

    7.2
    03-01-201590m

    Kamilla Marks, the owner of the Markshof Castle Hotel, is shot. Alex gets the suspect Enno Fellner as his client. He is said to have raped Kamilla years ago.

  • Episode 46

    46.Episode 46

    7.5
    14-02-201590m

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

  • Episode 47

    47.Episode 47

    7.2
    11-04-201590m

    Micki Hobelmeyer is acquitted in a rape trial. Wilsberg does not trust the verdict. He knows Micki from his student days and is not on good terms with him.

  • Episode 48

    48.Episode 48

    6.5
    10-10-201590m

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

  • Episode 49

    49.Episode 49

    7.5
    28-11-201590m

    Ekki causes trouble. He triggers a bomb alarm in the tax office. During the SEK operation, the male cleaner Hemidi is overpowered and a ticking toy is confiscated.

  • Episode 50

    50.Episode 50

    6.2
    02-01-201690m

    Lawyer Alex is representing her friend Ekki Talkötter in a damages lawsuit. Ekki slipped on spilled yogurt in the supermarket and tore a ligament.

  • Episode 51

    51.Episode 51

    6.5
    16-04-201690m

    Wilsberg is hanging around under a false identity with property developer Michael Lobland. He has everything Wilsberg doesn't have: a fancy car, a smartphone and money that needs t...

  • Episode 52

    52.Episode 52

    7.2
    17-12-201690m

    Ekki is getting married. Wilsberg can't believe it. And he's supposed to be the best man. Despite his doubts about whether Kerstin Buckebrede is the right one, he can't say no to E...

  • Episode 53

    53.Episode 53

    7.5
    14-01-201790m

    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 problem. With skill he finds out that it is Hanni Haffner.

  • Episode 54

    54.Episode 54

    7.2
    04-02-201790m

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

  • Episode 55

    55.Episode 55

    6.2
    11-11-201790m

    When high school graduate Emelie Boll disappears, wild speculation about the missing person case and the suspected perpetrator begins under the hashtag "woistemelie". Ekki Talkötte...

  • Episode 56

    56.Episode 56

    6.2
    02-12-201790m

    Ekki was offered a "tax CD" that allegedly incriminated everyone of importance and name in Münster. Wilsberg is supposed to help Ekki to check the credibility.

  • Episode 57

    57.Episode 57

    6.5
    23-12-201790m

    Wilsberg was actually looking forward to a Christmas party with Ekki, Alex and Anna. But that won't happen, as everyone has other plans or, like Anna, is "sick".

  • Episode 58

    58.Episode 58

    7.2
    06-01-201890m

    Wilsberg has allowed Anna to persuade him to go on holiday to Norderney together. His enthusiasm is limited, especially when he finds out that Anna's goddaughter Merle is coming al...

  • Episode 59

    59.Episode 59

    6.5
    03-03-201890m

    Tax investigator Matthias Lehnhoff's birthday party comes to an abrupt end after an argument with his wife. Wilsberg and Ekki find Lehnhoff dead near the restaurant shortly afterwa...

  • Episode 60

    60.Episode 60

    6.5
    08-09-201890m

    Elena Warnetzki lives in an allotment colony, fishes food out of garbage containers and leads a life without television, computer, smartphone and, above all, without money.

  • Episode 61

    61.Episode 61

    6.8
    03-11-201890m

    Retirement - that could actually be a nice thing. But Paul Dietze - Wilsberg's friend - has nothing to celebrate. The hard-earned savings are gone.

  • Episode 62

    62.Episode 62

    6.5
    12-01-201990m

    Sister Christa, who takes care of the finances of her monastery, has invested money on the stock market and has shown a lucky hand: 1.5 million euros in speculative profits.

  • Episode 63

    63.Episode 63

    6.5
    02-03-201990m

    Wilsberg has a guilty conscience: his new client Britta Mantzke is found dead near the Aasee. Inspector Springer and Overbeck assume it was suicide.

  • Episode 64

    64.Episode 64

    7.5
    02-11-201990m

    Ekki is invited to Bielefeld for a friend's company anniversary. Wilsberg accompanies Ekki to see his friend Manni in Bielefeld. But the meeting doesn't happen.

  • Episode 65

    65.Episode 65

    7.8
    30-11-201990m

    Private detective Wilsberg falls victim to a burglary. Worse than the shock of the crime is that the money he had saved for his cruise with Anna Springer was stolen.

  • Episode 66

    66.Episode 66

    7.5
    11-01-202090m

    Ekki is invited to Bielefeld for a friend's company anniversary. Wilsberg accompanies Ekki to see his friend Manni in Bielefeld. But the meeting doesn't happen.

  • Episode 67

    67.Episode 67

    6.5
    08-02-202090m

    Wilsberg has to go to the island of Norderney - with Tessa Tilker, a lawyer colleague of Alex from Bielefeld, who needs his expertise in inheritance law.

  • Episode 68

    68.Episode 68

    6.5
    18-04-202090m

    Wilsberg's friend Ekki urgently needs help. Ekki's ex-girlfriend Silke Sestendrup introduces him to his daughter Hanna. Ekki is supposed to pay maintenance retroactively for the la...

  • Episode 69

    69.Episode 69

    6.5
    28-11-202090m

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

  • Episode 70

    70.Episode 70

    7.2
    02-01-202190m

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

  • Episode 71

    71.Episode 71

    7.5
    20-02-202190m

    A voluntary social credit system is introduced in Münster. The surveillance that comes with it is not a thorn in the side of most people. Everyone takes part, except Wilsberg.

  • Episode 72

    72.Episode 72

    7.2
    22-05-202190m

    Private detective Wilsberg is asked to help the owner of a tailor shop who feels harassed by her landlord. Shortly afterwards, a neighbor in the shop is murdered in front of her ey...

  • Episode 73

    73.Episode 73

    8.2
    11-12-202190m

    Detective Inspector Overbeck is supposed to give an explosive lecture to a select audience of experts. However, his presentation is interrupted by a mysterious threat.

  • Episode 74

    74.Episode 74

    7.5
    15-01-202290m

    The Münster police want to modernize and are considering including genetic genealogy in investigations. Overbeck's big moment seems to have come.

  • Episode 75

    75.Episode 75

    8.2
    16-04-202290m

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

  • Episode 76

    76.Episode 76

    7.5
    01-10-202290m

    Meat manufacturer Thomas Heitbrink is accused of poor hygiene in the company. His lawyer Dr. Tessa Tilker instructs Wilsberg to find out who wants to harm the company.

  • Episode 77

    77.Episode 77

    7.5
    07-01-202390m

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

  • Episode 78

    78.Episode 78

    7.2
    18-03-202390m

    A dead journalist leads Georg Wilsberg into the world of influencers. And as if solving a murder wasn't enough, Wilsberg's friends also urgently need his help.

  • Episode 79

    79.Episode 79

    6.2
    14-10-202390m

    This episode is about the murder of a publisher who not only made friends with his publication. Wilsberg's friend Tessa Tilker therefore had a lot to do as the publisher's lawyer....

  • Episode 80

    80.Episode 80

    6.5
    13-01-202490m

    Private detective Georg Wilsberg is confronted with a murdered taxi driver. It soon becomes clear that the mysterious case goes far back into the city of Münster's past.

  • Episode 81

    81.Episode 81

    6.2
    13-04-202490m

    Private detective Wilsberg is supposed to find evidence that a family expert was manipulated. But before he can really investigate the matter, the psychologist falls victim to fata...

  • Episode 82

    82.Episode 82

    6.5
    11-05-202490m

    Georg Wilsberg's friend Ekki Talkötter comes under suspicion of murder after a dead IT technician is found at Lake Aasee. Ekki had previously argued with him in the office.

  • Episode 83

    83.Episode 83

    7.0
    05-10-202490m

    Anna Springer is taking a break from her job to write a book about her experiences as a detective. Meanwhile, a young saleswoman is found dead in a delivery van at the Münster week...

  • Episode 84

    84.Episode 84

    7.2
    11-01-202590m

    Disguised as a guest lecturer, private detective Wilsberg investigates a stalking case at the university. When a student dies, the homicide squad also gets involved in the case.

  • Episode 85

    85.Episode 85

    7.5
    08-02-202590m

    A murdered lawyer from her firm gets Tessa Tilker into trouble. During his research, private detective Wilsberg comes across details that soon put Ekki Talkötter in danger. Ekki is...

  • Episode 86

    86.Episode 86

    7.0
    17-05-202590m

    Wilsberg learns that Edgar wanted to meet with the whistleblower Frederik Meissner in order to obtain explosive material about a water price increase. During his research on behalf...

  • Episode 87

    87.Episode 87

    8.0
    15-11-202590m

    Student Jana Haumann claims to have heard a recording from a digital voice assistant announcing a murder. She contacts private detective Wilsberg for help.

  • Episode 88

    88.Episode 88

    03-01-202688m

    A series of burglaries is keeping the region on edge. When a murder occurs during another break-in, both the Münster criminal police and private detective Wilsberg investigate the...

  • Episode 89

    89.Episode 89

    04-04-202690m

    Private investigator Georg Wilsberg is investigating for a client who feels cheated out of his deceased great-aunt's house. In her apartment, Wilsberg discovers a body. The unknown...

  • Ep 90

    90.Episode 90

    TBA90m
  • Ep 91

    91.Episode 91

    TBA90m

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