ZDF Magazin Royale (Season 5)

Jan Böhmermann welcomes his viewers every Friday to his new late-night satire on ZDF and presents socially relevant topics, paired with wit and irony.

  • Poster for Germans and their Water: It's complicated

    Germans and their Water: It's complicated (Episode 1) 8.0

    Air date: 2022-09-02

    Runtime: 32 min

    Overview: Water – H2O, as we Quarks viewers call it. This super element is a true all-rounder, versatile, and something we take for granted in Germany. But: We have a water problem.

  • Poster for Animal Diseases, man-made

    Animal Diseases, man-made (Episode 2)

    Air date: 2022-09-09

    Runtime: 33 min

    Overview: Animals – man's best friends. That is, when they're not spreading deadly diseases. It's incredibly annoying! Zoonoses are infectious diseases that are transmitted between animals and humans.

  • Poster for In-game purchases – Fake Currency, Real Overdraft

    In-game purchases – Fake Currency, Real Overdraft (Episode 3) 6.0

    Air date: 2022-09-16

    Runtime: 33 min

    Overview: Microtransactions? Sounds kind of boring. Things get interesting when little Johannes can't leave his bedroom for nine weeks and suddenly €15,000 is debited from his dad's account via PayPal.

  • Poster for Satellites: Toys of Billionaires

    Satellites: Toys of Billionaires (Episode 4)

    Air date: 2022-09-23

    Runtime: 33 min

    Overview: Will Star Wars soon become a reality? And what do satellites have to do with it?

  • Poster for Bye Bundestag: Politicians looking for a Job

    Bye Bundestag: Politicians looking for a Job (Episode 5) 8.0

    Air date: 2022-09-30

    Runtime: 34 min

    Overview: What do members of parliament actually do after their time in the Bundestag? Some have been hit hard. One wrong step, one careless moment, one casual signature, and they're in it: lobbying.

  • Poster for Cyberclown Security Risk

    Cyberclown Security Risk (Episode 6) 5.0

    Air date: 2022-10-07

    Runtime: 33 min

    Overview: Who is responsible for cybersecurity in Germany? And what is the common thread doing here again? The trail leads... to the Kremlin!

  • Poster for How noble is Wine really?

    How noble is Wine really? (Episode 7) 6.0

    Air date: 2022-10-14

    Runtime: 32 min

    Overview: Wine drinkers have style, solid wood bookshelves, and can explain complex issues like the Middle East conflict or the dangers of cancel culture in just a few words. But they can only do all of this with a liquid companion in hand.

  • Poster for There's a Party

    There's a Party (Episode 8) 7.0

    Air date: 2022-10-21

    Runtime: 29 min

    Overview: How about a good mood for a change? And what helps better than music? Lots of music!

  • Poster for Pssst! The NSU Files

    Pssst! The NSU Files (Episode 9) 7.0

    Air date: 2022-10-28

    Runtime: 31 min

    Overview: Dear Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Honestly, the 90s, 00s, and 10s weren't your era. Even today, things aren't always running smoothly, and you've shredded a few files on the NSU and right-wing extremism too many.

  • Poster for A Broadcast for Everyone?

    A Broadcast for Everyone? (Episode 10) 8.0

    Air date: 2022-11-04

    Runtime: 33 min

    Overview: Public broadcasting: Incorrect distribution of funds, poor working conditions and outdated structures in the committees.

  • Poster for Player Agent Business Model

    Player Agent Business Model (Episode 11) 8.0

    Air date: 2022-11-11

    Runtime: 34 min

    Overview: Sometimes dad's tirades aren't enough to catapult little Lucas into the Bundesliga. That's when professionals step in: player agents, managers for football talents so young that they occasionally lose a baby tooth while heading the ball.

  • Poster for People, Learning, Dancing, Money

    People, Learning, Dancing, Money (Episode 12)

    Air date: 2022-11-18

    Runtime: 33 min

    Overview: A school without pressure to perform and stuffy classrooms. In harmony with nature, perhaps even with a petting zoo – Waldorf schools. A concept with extraordinary approaches and a questionable inventor with a penchant for racial theory and esotericism.

  • Poster for The Lindner-Lehfeldt Complex

    The Lindner-Lehfeldt Complex (Episode 13) 7.0

    Air date: 2022-11-25

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: The greatest threat to Germany is, OF COURSE, left-wing extremism and its most cunning advocate: the FDP.

  • Poster for Transphobia is a Trend

    Transphobia is a Trend (Episode 14) 8.0

    Air date: 2022-12-02

    Runtime: 32 min

    Overview: There is agitation against trans people. Journalists, activists, academics, and even veteran feminists take to the streets to protest self-determination or write "opinion-driven" articles in "liberal" daily newspapers.

  • Poster for Welcome to the Welcome Authority

    Welcome to the Welcome Authority (Episode 15) 7.0

    Air date: 2022-12-09

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Besides a factual debate about THOSE UP THERE with the family and dried-out wreaths with real candles, what's a must at Christmas? An Advent calendar. That's why we want to open a very special Advent calendar with you.

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