'Homeland' season 5 begins production in Berlin this summer

New Delhi: Showtime and Fox 21 Television Studios have announced today that season five of the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning series 'Homeland' will shoot on location in Germany, becoming the first American television series to shoot a full season entirely in Germany.

Produced by Fox 21 Television Studios, season five of the show picks up two years after Carrie Mathison's ill-fated tenure as Islamabad station chief. Struggling to reconcile her guilt and disillusionment with years of working on the front lines in the "war on terror," Carrie finds herself in a self-imposed exile inBerlin, estranged from the CIA and working for a private security firm.

Developed for American television by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, the series is based on the original Israeli series 'Prisoners of War' by Gideon Raff. In India, the series is set to premiere season five this fall on the premium English general entertainment channel, Star World Premiere HD, at the same time as its US premiere.