dubbed version of the series is still running in 2014 at TV station called Tamasha. In India, an English dubbed version of the series ran on a state run TV station called Doordarshan during the 1980s. In Italy, an Italian dubbed version of the series is still running in 2015 at TV station called TV2000. In Kenya, an English dubbed version of the series ran on a state run media corporation called Kenya Broadcasting Corporation during the 1980s to 1990s. In Uganda, an English dubbed version appeared on state television station, UTV, for much of the 80s and 90s alongside other popular German series like Tele-match and Didi's comedy show. The license was owned by Transtel Cologne. In the United Kingdom, the series was transmitted by several ITV regions during 1987, including LWT, Yorkshire, Central and HTV. In Cameroun, a French dubbed version was still being aired on State television station even up to 2014 In The Netherlands the series was broadcast by TROS Television, including several reruns during the 2000s. References in popular culture Derrick was briefly referenced in Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis. "Inspektor Derrick" is referenced in Elfriede Jelinek's Die Kinder der Toten. The series was parodied on the Norwegian comedy show Åpen Post. It was humoristically claimed that NRK had bought the rights to produce dubbed remakes of the series' original episodes after the show stopped airing in Germany. However, NRK could not afford expensive remakes, leading to a very simplistic (and, in the viewers' eyes, ridiculous) approach to the show, involving uninspired actors and a strong lack of action. Derrick has been parodied in the Netherlands in a series called Jiskefet. Herman Koch played the role of inspector Tampert (this name is a corruption of Tappert) and Michiel Romeyn that of his assistant. The parody contained a lot of faux-German and emphasized the slowness of the original series. In the Netherlands a new phone number was introduced in 2000, to reach the police authorities for non-urgent requests. A TV campaign was launched in 2002 to make the number more well-known, entitled "Geen spoed – wel politie" (no urgency – but still police). The TV spot showed Tappert at his house, preparing bratwurst, while being constantly disturbed by phone calls from people trying to reach the police. Books Derrick was also used as the protagonist for a series of books published in Germany and Italy: Das große Derrick