I.O.B. Spezialauftrag

I.O.B. Spezialauftrag' (I.O.B. Special Mission) was a German crime television series after Percy Stuart and Sergeant Berry that featured an American hero.

I.O.B. – Spezialauftrag (I.O.B. – Special Mission)
Created byRainer Horbelt
Ulrich Stark
Herbert Lichtenfeld
Arne Elsholtz
StarringClaus Wilcke
Hans Wyprächtiger
Gerlinde Doeberl
Karin Eckhold
Theme music composerSiegfried Franz
Country of originGermany
No. of series2
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerHamburgische Film- und Fernsehproduktion Schlüter/Lockau
Running time25 minutes
Release
Original networkZDF
Original release10 March 1980 (1980-03-10)

Premise

Mike Jackson is an American of German origin and was an FBI agent. Now he is the best agent of an international detective agency and works in particular for their location in Hamburg.[1] The equipment of his Porsche included already in 1981 a video telephone.[2] Occasionally a young Austrian lady from Vienna assists him.[3]

Reception

The series was not as successful as "Percy Stuart". It had been produced by the same company, Claus Wilcke was again the star and there were also guest stars such as Iris Berben, but FBI agents weren't any longer as popular in Germany as they had been at the time of the first wave of Jerry Cotton films with George Nader. Also Elvis Presley hadn't made and feature films for a long time and subsequently German spectators were certainly less impressed by the fact that Claus Wilcke had dubbed him. However, there were no re-runs and neither has the series been released on DVD yet.

References
  1. "Der Deutsch-Amerikaner Mike Jackson (Claus Wilcke), der bereits für das FBI gearbeitet hat, ist der Top-Agent im Hamburger Büro der internationalen Organisation I.O.B." Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  2. "Er fährt einen grünen Porsche, der mit modernster Technik inklusive Bildtelefon ausgerüstet ist". Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  3. "Mit ihm gemeinsam ermittelt Catherine Burger (Gerlinde Doeberl), eine junge Österreicherin aus Wien". Retrieved 4 May 2011.
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