Thomas Hitzlsperger

Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.

TV presenter Markus Lanz invites prominent guests and experts from all areas of public life to his colourful talk show. As a rule, there are four guests, introduced individually to contribute their personal experiences to the topics.

Das aktuelle sportstudio is a German sport magazine on German broadcaster ZDF.

Paul Pogba, Moise Kean, Dejan Lovren, Nadia Nadim, Shanice van de Sanden and Guram Kashia share their personal experiences of discrimination and how these issues are affecting people in football. Their stories are supported by football greats like Megan Rapinoe, José Mourinho, Ruud Gullit, Olivier Giroud, Tyrone Mings, Kalidou Koulibaly, and Pernille Harder.

Hard to imagine, but true: According to current estimates, out of 500,000 active male football professionals worldwide, under ten (10) are openly homosexual. While homosexuality hardly plays a role in other areas of life today, the topic seems to be completely taboo in professional football. The feature-length documentary THE LAST TABOO lets those who broke exactly this taboo tell their very personal stories alongside Thomas Hitzlsperger. Like the British professional footballer Justin Fashanu (*1961 in London; † 1998 in London), who broke this taboo for the first time in 1990 and paid for it with his life. His niece Amal tells his story. Marcus Urban, on the other hand, was about to make the jump to the Bundesliga as a teenager and, by deciding to come out, he also went against his big dream. The stories of the US professional Collin Martin and the British player-coach Matt Morton, on the other hand, suggest that normality is not far away.

A documentary of the German national soccer team’s 2006 World Cup experience that changed the face of modern Germany.

Rylan Clark shares his experiences of homophobia and his complicated relationship with football. He also meets people involved in the sport to ask why it's not a wholly welcoming place for gay men and how homophobia has an impact on those exposed to it.