R. I. S. – Die Sprache der Toten is a German television series broadcast by Sat.1 since 2007. The R. I. S. in the title is an acronym for Rechtsmedizinische Investigative Sonderkommission, referring to the fictional police investigation unit that is the focus of the series. The series, a crime drama, is a remake of an Italian television series entitled RIS Delitti Imperfetti.The first season ended on 10 June 2007. The second and final season with another 13 episodes began airing 15 November 2007.

Documentary filmmaker Paul Krewer follows his friend Thomas Ritter in the Peace Race, aiming to capture a winner’s story. When Ritter crashes and falls back, Krewer shifts focus to underdog Steve Baxter’s grit and teammate Falck’s unexpected lead. In a dramatic final stage, Ritter stages a comeback to win overall—and vows to uncover whether Falck’s last-minute mechanical failure was chance or conspiracy.

Julian is a psychiatric patient and wants to walk from Berlin to southern Germany. He believes that through the power of walking he can heal his friend's father, who has died of a heart condition. First, he runs into Ju, a young doctor, who he soon meets again by chance. She feels unhappy, searches for her heart and spontaneously joins the likeable dreamer on his way to Tuttlingen, where the sick man lives. In a tourist resort, they are joined by a frustrated wife and mother.

9-year-old Friedrich surprises a burglar.

The famous forensic phonetician Matthias Hegel is a luminary in his field. Even the slightest deviation in the sound of a voice is enough for him to distinguish truth from lies and thus convict criminals. But now the police consultant confesses to having committed a gruesome murder.

The Remains were a 1960s garage rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, who were given the honor of supporting The Beatles on their final U.S. tour in 1966. 　　The doc sees the band, which toured across Europe in 2006 after recording a new album – Movin’ On in 2002, in a variety of settings: a rehearsal, the Underground Garage radio show, Amoeba Music, Guitar Center, cruising in a vintage Caddy, standing outside the iconic Capitol Records building, walking on Sunset Boulevard, and an LA club. It is about the bond between four close friends and the passion they still had for playing music together decades after breaking up and not quite reaching their final destination.

Borchert and his office manager Dominique know little about Regula Gabrielli's past. The youthful indiscretions of his highly esteemed legal assistant come to light when she becomes involved in a murder case.

In this mystical-realist Hungarian ghost story, Irma asks her half-brother and her allegedly best friend to spend the weekend at the family summer cabin with her. They haven’t seen one another for a long time and Irma surprises them with her late-stage pregnancy. She also shares something even more unexpected with them: she feels that she will die tomorrow.

S.I.S., or Special Investigation Squad, is an elite branch of the LAPD. A new psychopath terrorizing Los Angeles proves to be their hardest case yet.