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Inspector Mehmet Özakin is a by-the-book cop in Istanbul, constantly fighting a battle on two fronts: against the criminals in the city of 15 million on the one hand, and against the bureaucratic laziness of his fellow countrymen on the other. He always manages to solve his cases with Mediterranean charm and his trusty oddball sidekick Mustafa, who suffers from a seriously domineering mother and a case of Oedipal insecurity. Together, the unlikely duo chase down killers and crooks amid the stunning scenery.

German comedy show hosted by Torsten Sträter.

Stimpel's life plan and the pre-drawn civil service career are shaken when he is transferred from his small-town school to a comprehensive school because of a racist saying. Here Stimpel can expect pedagogical hardship cases and emotional extreme situations that were not provided for in the manual for teachers at problem schools.

With its "Heimatkrimi" series, the BR is trying something on a small scale that ARD started with on a large scale with the "Tatort", broken down to Bavaria and its various regions. Exciting criminal cases with a lot of local color and attention to detail, without slipping into the provincial.

BKA commissioner Frank Müller is found as a "body in water" in Prague. His colleague Jan Koller is then sent to the capital of the Czech Republic to investigate - because he comes from the city on the Vltava. However, the theater-loving policeman does not associate the city with beautiful childhood memories, but rather one or the other trauma. In Prague, the patrol officer Klára Majerova is put to his side: She has just been demoted and is given the job mainly because she has sufficient knowledge of German to work with. She hopes to be able to recommend herself for rehabilitation, but the German commissioner brings her to despair with his unorthodox approach.

The comedy about the German Sattmann family, who are enthusiastic holidaymakers in Tyrol year after year, doesn't skimp on clichés. The satire about the broken relationship between Teutonic tourists and alpine natives achieved high ratings to kneel down.

Euer Ehren is the adaptation of the Israeli hit series "Kvodo", which caused a sensation around the world. Grimme award winner Sebastian Koch embodies in "Your Honour" a star lawyer who breaks with law and justice in order to do the supposedly right thing as a father.

Berlin criminal investigator Sara Stein cultivates a low-key style. No superwoman, she abhors violence and relies on her gift for convincing others that she's trustworthy. Above all, she enjoys working in Berlin and Tel Aviv. Her being Jewish is a major asset, since she can navigate sure-footedly through the morass of explosive and impenetrable conflicts among Jews, Arabs and Palestinians. Sara's a team worker, whether she and her colleagues are working on the case of a murdered woman DJ in Berlin or that of a manslaughter out of compassion in Tel Aviv. Though she falls in love with the Israeli pianist David, she is fiercely independent and reluctant to commit herself. She lives for her cases and, beyond this, for a dream of peace in her beloved Israel.

A piece of pine-wood is carved into a puppet by a poor old toy maker. The puppet suddenly comes to life for feeling exciting adventures along with a female wood cricket.

Late night show hosted by Carolin Kebekus.

The crime series takes place in picturesque Urbino: Roberto Rossi leads an actually peaceful life as a small town policeman, but mysterious murders turn his life upside down.

Documentary series about Germany's triumph at the 2014 World Cup: the 7:1 win over Brazil and Mario Götze's final goal are unforgettable, but alongside the euphoria, the national team experienced setbacks and emotional trials. Benedikt Höwedes, the secret World Cup hero, travels back to Brazil with ARD and shares his extraordinary view of the tournament, talks about a dramatic car accident and hair loss in the team quarters. National coach Joachim Löw, final hero Bastian Schweinsteiger and top scorer Thomas Müller also provide exclusive, personal insights.

Kir Royal (From the Life of a Gossip Reporter) is a six-part television series by Helmut Dietl from 1986. It is a parody of the Munich Abendzeitung, her gossip reporter Michael Graeter and the editor Anneliese Friedmann. The series about the boulevard reporter Baby Schimmerlos plays in the Munich Schickeria of the 1980s. The series is named after the then popular aperitif Kir Royal.

Chief Commissioner Benedikt Beissl (Andreas Giebel) has been ensuring law and order in Berchtesgaden for decades. To his displeasure, one day he gets assigned a new partner. So far, the solitary Commissioner liked to do things on his own. His new colleague Jerry Paulsen (Peter Marton) is the son of a black GI and an innkeeper's daughter from Bad Aibling. He is quite daring and a team player, and moved from Hamburg to Bavaria for reasons of love. But Jerry's chosen one is, of all people, Beissl's oldest daughter...

Gritty police thriller about a German father-daughter team working with French colleagues to battle organized crime in the German border town of Kehl.

Großstadtrevier is a German television series, broadcast on Germany's Das Erste of the ARD. First aired on 16 December 1986, the show is one of the most popular television series in the country. It follows the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.

The life and struggle of the Dassler brothers. Founders of the brands of Adidas and Puma.

Lindenstraße is the longest running weekly soap on German TV. It deals with the drama, romance and problems of the people living in that street.

Gossip, love and intrigue. Lurzer KG, a company for trimming equipment, is a perfectly normal company with perfectly normal employees and a perfectly normal everyday office life - in other words, perfectly normal madness! The morning quarrel about parking spaces, the midday canteen gossip, the supposedly clandestine hanky-panky after office hours, the annoyance about stubborn, patriarchal superiors, jealousies and intrigues, but also honest helpfulness among colleagues are conditions that occur in every good German office.