Franz-Jürgen Zigelski

A woman who has grown estranged from her husband and is despairing of her life as a housewife takes a job as a sexworker after some initial hesitation. Since she performs her services in disguise, her anonymity is assured; but when her own husband suddenly seeks her services, the full extent of their marital misery is laid bare.

It is the fashion retailer that has shaped the lifestyle of millions of Germans over decades like no other. With 456 stores, it can be found in every major city in Germany, and 98 percent of Germans are familiar with the brand: C&A. Yet very few people know that behind this success lies a large family: the Brenninkmeyer family. With an estimated fortune of more than 25 billion euros, they rank among the wealthiest families in Europe. Yet the public knows almost nothing about this family of entrepreneurs.

The story of an impossible love between a 60 years old jobless bookkeeper and an unpredictable 40 years younger woman, who seems to be in big troubles.

The young adult Emil grows up in a conservative family in a small town in the 1960s. Because his father wants to make him a "real man," it is not easy for Emil to accept his own personality and therefore homosexuality. He only finds refuge in art, mainly painting.

Fun-loving Anna and her brittle lodger Mr. Kurtz are already living under the same roof as an old married couple. The balance of opposites threatens to tip when Anna's helper syndrome kicks in twice. Her friend Gundi, who has injured her knee, needs help with her everyday life and a barrier-free home, but she can hardly afford a new apartment on her meagre pension. Anna's ex Willi needs a place to stay even more urgently. Soon there is the danger of a senior citizens' flat share.

The well-known artist Olaf Schubert believes that his mother had a brief but hot affair with Mick Jagger in the 1960s, during the GDR era. He looks like Jagger's spitting image - that is, if you look closely…

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.

The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.