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Host Avi Jakobs links fashion to social issues such as gender inclusion, sustainability and diversity, and explores the influence of subcultures such as hip-hop on the world of fashion.
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 26.10.2027.

Comedy series about the challenges of multi-generational living. Starring Akeem van Flodrop, Sina Martens, Gabriela Maria Schmeide and Peter Lohmeyer.
Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 20.07.2024.

In this comedy series, two very different families live side-by-side in a semi-detached house in the Berlin countryside. Will they get along or could this be a recipe for disaster? Starring Milan Peschel, Minh-Khai Phan-Thi and Maryam Zaree.
Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 09.08.2025.

A comedy series starring Phil Laude as the narrow-minded and rule-obsessed teacher Frank Stimpel, who is transferred to a school in a socially disadvantaged area because of a racist slur and is confronted with difficult cases and extreme situations.
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 20.04.2025.

A three-part documentary about musician Olli Schulz’s journey across Germany and his reflections on the current state of the country and society.
Watch on ARD Mediathek.

The drama series tells six different short stories about relationships in the time of the Covid pandemic. Starring Jürgen Vogel, Natalia Belitski, Lea Zoe Voss, Maryam Zaree and others.
Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 23.08.2025.

Crime series by and starring Bjarne Mädel, based on the novels by Sven Stricker. Chief Inspector Sörensen suffers from an anxiety disorder and transfers to a supposedly quieter town in Nordfriesland, where he hopes life will be more peaceful. Things are not as uneventful as he might have hoped though.
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 11.10.2024.
 

Coming-of-age series from director Axel Ranisch, based on the novel by Sönke Andresen. Two students imprison the headmaster of their school in his apartment and force him to confess intimate secrets remotely through a PC. With Lorenzo Germeno, Anh Khoa Tran and Thorsten Merten.
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 06.04.2024.

In this drama, the planned House of Womxn panel at the International Women’s Conference is in trouble: too white! It has to be more diverse... Starring Thelma Buabeng, Minh-Khai Phan-Thi, Şafak Şengül and Jane Chirwa.
Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 05.10.2024.

In this mystery thriller series, journalist Norah is told by a beggar that she will kill a man called Arthur Grimm on 13 August. Following the ominous prophecy, strange things start to happen in Norah’s life... Based on the novel by Melanie Raabe. Starring Deleila Piasko and Andreas Pietschmann.
Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 09.08.2024.

At Wolff-Dieter Meurer's funeral, family and friends gather at his farm in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to pay their respects. Old wounds and family secrets are revealed. With Charly Hübner, Devid Striesow, Claudia Michelsen, Christine Schorn and others, directed by Jan Georg Schütte.
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 13.11.2025.

A series about the professional and private lives of young German gourmet chefs. 
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 03.12.2025.

In this documentary series we follow three friends on their cycling adventure from Munich to Paris. Their journey takes 20 days, a distance of around 1,300 kilometres and involves steep climbs of more than 10,000 metres.
Watch on ARD Mediathek.

This three-part documentary is a fascinating insight into the lives of the people who make sure we have fresh, delicious bread on our tables every day: Bakers, millers and farmers.
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 15.10.2025.

Three documentaries about the bereaved families of the victims of the right-wing terrorist attacks in Munich 2016, Halle 2019 and Hanau 2020.
Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 20.07.2025.

The series looks behind the scenes of the world's largest folk festival, the Oktoberfest, and shows what it takes to organize this massive event.
Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 19.09.2029.

Summer 1974: The West German national football team lost in the preliminary round against the East German squad but was able to triumph in the final against the Dutch - a German-German double victory. Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 01.06.2029.

The series follows four people in search of their biological parents and their own identities.
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 10.04.2026.

The documentary series portrays people and their stories from Chemnitz as the city prepares to become the European Capital of Culture 2025.
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 31.12.2025.

This drama series tells the story of 17-year-old Ronnie, who is admitted to a youth psychiatric ward due to anorexia and undergoes a therapeutic process until she recovers.
Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 28.11.2025.

8-part comedy series about five friends struggling through the ups and downs of everyday life in the big city. Starring Sarah Gailer, Fabian Hinrichs, Thomas Schubert.
Watch on ZDF Mediathek bis 06.09.2025.