I.O.B. Spezialauftrag' (I.O.B. Special Mission) was a German crime television series after ''

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'' and ''

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'' that featured an American hero.

Premise

Mike Jackson is an American of German origin and was an

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agent. Now he is the best agent of an international detective agency and works in particular for their location in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

. The equipment of his Porsche included already in 1981 a video telephone. Occasionally a young

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n lady from

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assists him.

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

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, but FBI agents weren't any longer as popular in Germany as they had been at the time of the first wave of

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films with

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. Also

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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

External links

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Claus Wilcke's Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:I.O.B. Spezialauftrag German crime television series 1980 German television series debuts 1981 German television series endings Television shows set in Hamburg German-language television shows ZDF original programming