Overview
- The season premiere became available on ARD Mediathek on Jan. 9 at 5:30 a.m., with Das Erste airing the season from Jan. 11 at 9:45 p.m.
- The opener features a museum-set case involving a supposed living mummy, a fresh corpse, and a missing ancient sarcophagus occupant.
- Neill Rea returns as DI Mike Shepherd alongside Fern Sutherland, Jarod Rawiri and Cristina Şerban Ionda.
- Season 8 consists of six feature-length episodes filmed in New Zealand’s Northland region.
- Further episodes are in the pipeline, with production on a twelfth season already underway.