Barbara Assmann

The clownish security chief of a West German business is obsessed with protecting his factory from fancied and real breaches, especially from groups such as The Red Army Faction. Ferdinand's paranoia and methods can't be contained by his company. The sympathetically-drawn Ferdinand's ludicrous actions recall those of the cynical, disastrous axis between fascism and big business in 1930's Europe: satire of the rise of private security.

Five vixens from Venus are sent to Earth to bring back sperm samples to their planet, which is dying out because there are no men left on it. After they land, they find that it's not all that difficult persuading Earthmen to help them in their quest.

La série s'articule autour de quatre commissaires principaux : le Commissaire Erwin Köster (Siegfried Lowitz, 1977-1985), le Commissaire Leo Kress (Rolf Schimpf, 1986-2007), le Commissaire Rolf Herzog (Walter Kreye, 2008-2012) et le Commissaire Richard Voss (Jan-Gregor Kremp, depuis 2012). L'audience de la série n'a jamais souffert de ces changements de distribution. Le Renard réunit régulièrement près de 6 millions de téléspectateurs. Elle a entamé son passage vers la modernité en optant pour la diffusion en 16/9, adoptant un rythme sensiblement plus soutenu, des décors de plus en plus modernes au gré des évolutions technologiques et proposant la VOD aux téléspectateurs allemands, à l'instar de tous les Krimi de la ZDF.