[2] The participating networks were ZDF from Germany, ORF from Austria, SRG from Switzerland, RAI from Italy, Televisión Española from Spain, Antenne 2 from France and Channel 4 from the United Kingdom.
With national networks at that time still relying on self-produced programs, a big part of Eurocops' allure was that it offered viewers in one country a first-hand look at what crime series in other countries looked like.
Its first broadcast was on November 6, 1988 with a Swiss production called "Tote reisen nicht" (English: The dead don't travel).
Not only was the title music a haunting electronic theme composed by Jan Hammer (Playing Piano's, Synthesizers & Gretch Drums), it was accompanied by a wild camera ride in which a camera circles over a map of Europe, shows the different cities in which the episodes play and for each city shows a picture of the local detective with his name and title.
Finally the camera zooms out into a picture of the police badge of the country in which the episode in question plays.