ates ▁international ▁in ▁ 1 7 ▁episodes . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁episodes ▁he ▁often ▁did ▁some ▁semi - legal ▁work ▁for ▁the ▁German ▁police . ▁Production ▁slow ed ▁down ▁over ▁the ▁years , ▁there ▁is ▁one ▁new ▁episode ▁per ▁year ▁at ▁most . ▁The ▁latest ▁episode ▁was ▁a ired ▁on ▁Nov ▁ 1 0 th ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁All ▁the ▁Sch im ans ki ▁episodes ▁were ▁produced ▁by ▁the ▁German ▁television ▁station ▁W DR ▁except ▁the ▁two ▁mov ies , ▁which ▁were ▁produced ▁by ▁Bav aria ▁Film ▁and ▁Constantin ▁Film . ▁ ▁Sch im ans ki ▁was ▁consist ently ▁written ▁as ▁the ▁pro tot yp ical ▁pro let arian ▁living ▁very ▁closely ▁to ▁the ▁crim inals ▁he ▁normally ▁was ▁obliged ▁to ▁per sec ute . ▁Con sequently , ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁cases ▁deal ▁with ▁under priv ile ged ▁vict ims ▁and ▁upper ▁class ▁crim inals ▁or ▁at ▁least ▁suspect s , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁rather ▁un common ▁concept ▁in ▁West ▁German ▁TV - sh ows ▁of ▁that ▁era . ▁Com ing ▁from ▁the ▁industrial ▁city ▁of ▁D uis burg ▁in ▁the ▁Ru hr ▁Area , ▁George ▁port rayed ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁rug ged , ▁often ▁un k empt ▁simple ▁man ▁( uns oph istic ated , ▁but ▁not ▁un int ellig ent ) ▁who ▁often ▁swe ars ▁but ▁never ▁back s ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁fight ▁and ▁keeps ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁honour ▁for ▁minor ities . ▁In ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁episodes ▁he ▁we ars ▁a ▁well - w orn ▁grey ▁or