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Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime

A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Annual awarding of the Grimme Awards.
Grimme Award

Der letzte Bulle is a German television series that was first aired in 2010. The series is about a cop from the 1980s put into a modern police department in Essen.
Der letzte Bulle

Three people's fates are interwoven in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D., during which Germanic warriors halt the spread of the Roman Empire.
Barbarians

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Friesland

Based upon the Catalan drama series Polseres vermelles, the series focuses on a group of teenagers living together as patients in a hospital's pediatric ward.
The Red Band Society

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Rampensau

In the midst of the impassable landscape at the foot of the Alps, a young group of serious offenders is undergoing an experiential educational program intended to rehabilitate them. All of a sudden, a member of the program dies a violent death. Nobody knows exactly what happened, and the youths face a difficult decision. Should they wait for the authorities to recover the body and investigate the crime? Or, escape and take their fate into their own hands? The group doesn't have much in common with each other, though one thing unites them; all of them have had really bad experiences with the authorities and don‘t expect to be treated fairly. Since they don't know who the perpetrator is, they only have one option: to run. Up the mountains, up the highest peaks of the Alps. It seems hopeless until they stumble onto a complex cave system where they can find shelter from wind, weather, and their pursuers.
Wild Republic

In the midst of a masculinity crisis, four friends in their forties are losing their throne, privileges and identity; years ago, they would have been alpha males in charge of their lives, but they have had to live in the era of equality.
Dudes

Thomas Dekker is a normal truck driver. However, when he is asked to transport a container for a certain Van Deik from Hamburg to North Africa, his life is thrown into chaos. After being pursued by the Federal Criminal Police Office, Thomas realizes that he is supposed to be transporting a banknote printing press and refuses to carry out the assignment. On the way to Van Deik, the young actor Adi throws himself in front of his truck. Thomas takes him with him, and soon the two find themselves in big trouble.
Dekker & Adi - Wer bremst verliert!

In the summer of 1985, an American movie also ignites young people in the GDR: "Beatstreet" ensures full cinemas and subsequently a new phenomenon in the streets - breakdancing! The 18-year-old Frank is electrified and founds the "Break Beaters" with like-minded friends in Dessau. The troupe dances on the streets and soon forms the spearhead of the breakdance movement in the GDR. But sooner than they would have liked, the street dancers came to the attention of the state. And they like to keep control over the leisure activities of their youth. Because what the GDR cannot ban, it tries to control - ergo the project must become socialist! So breakdancing becomes "acrobatic show dancing" and the "Break Beaters" are built up as a showcase troupe, sent around the country and soon celebrated like rock stars. But fame comes at a price and Frank slowly realizes that the price is pretty high.
Dessau Dancers

16-year-old Lara takes nude photos for her boyfriend, which soon flood social media. Lara's phone has been hacked, the photos published, and she's being blackmailed.
Nackt. Das Netz vergisst nie.

Timo is in his late 20s, a former Bundesliga soccer player and has fallen from grace. He has been known as the "disgrace of Altona" ever since he botched a penalty kick in a cup match. After countless escapades, his professional career is over. He now earns his living as a bouncer in a bar. But his family situation is much worse than his professional downfall: his ex-wife Nicki is now living with Robert, his ex-manager. He only sees their three children Tom, Luis and baby Lilly three days a week.
Väter allein zu Haus: Timo

Annika's life and experiences as a young woman include peculiar sex, an unfortunately cold best friend, a terrible tutor/boyfriend, and a sensible and beautiful boyfriend (Kai). Her family life and lie collide in such a way that it is impossible for her to tell the truth even when she desperately wants to.
Wahrheit oder Pflicht

Gerd has three children from three different wives. He also owns a small craft business. But he has promised Michaela that he will look after their daughter Laura as soon as she starts school. This allows Michaela to resume her work as a nurse. The condition for Michaela accepting Gerd's marriage proposal is that he takes on this task and fulfills it responsibly.
Väter allein zu Haus: Gerd

Behind supposedly natural deaths, young mortician Lisa Taubenbaum discovers murders and turns the whole town against her. When an inspector from Stuttgart arrives, the investigation begins and Lisa gets heavily involved.
Die Bestatterin – Der Tod zahlt alle Schulden

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