''Kommissarin Lucas'' is a German series of telefilms set in

Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...

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, in southeastern Germany. It streams in some English-language countries as "Detective Ellen Lucas." The series had starred

Ulrike Kriener Ulrike is a Germanic female given name. Notable people named Ulrike include: * Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel (1722–1787), German noble * Ulrike von Levetzow (1804–1899), German noble and friend of Johann Wolfgang von Go ...

in the title role of Ellen Lucas, Chief Detective Commissioner and Michael Roll as Boris Noethen, First Commissioner.

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has been broadcasting the series since March 1, 2003. Each of the episodes are feature length and consequently only two to three are shown per year. Kriener won a

Bavarian TV Award Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (the Bavarian TV award) is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989. The prize symbol is the "Blue Panther", a figure from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. The prize money is €10,000 (Spec ...

in 2005 for her work in this series.

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* German crime television series 2003 German television series debuts 2010s German television series German-language television shows ZDF original programming {{Germany-tv-prog-stub 2000s German police procedural television series 2010s German police procedural television series 2020s German police procedural television series

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