Episode 1.6 reached the highest official rating in German television except sports broadcasts. It was watched by 27.97 million viewers (17 November 1985).
Was translated into 37 languages.
Originally composer Martin Böttcher wrote a title theme for this series, but it was changed to the theme by 'Hans Hammerschmid'. But the music wasn't lost, it was used instead for the series Forsthaus Falkenau (1989).
Armin Mueller-Stahl was offered the part of Prof. Brinkmann. Mueller-Stahl did not want to commit to a long-running TV-series at the time, so he turned the producers down.