ZDF Magazin Royale (Season 6)

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.

Save Yourself (If you can afford it) (Episode 1)
Air date: 2023-02-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Germany has a bunker shortage. Therefore, the hard-working, ultra-rich perpetrators of the crisis must take their fate into their own hands.
Orangutans – Endangered Champions (Episode 2) 7.0
Air date: 2023-02-10
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: Why not like someone for once? After all, there aren't only assholes in the world, are there? Well, in the human world... Orangutans have clean lives, shiny fur without split ends, and their mothers lovingly care for their children.
Christian Schmidt – What’s on? (Episode 3)
Air date: 2023-02-17
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Christian Schmidt has been High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2021 and is something of a problem bear. "High Representative" sounds like Superman's next nemesis, but it's an office with a lot of power and special powers.
Money-back-guarantee (Episode 4) 8.0
Air date: 2023-02-24
Runtime: 32 min
Overview: We're talking to you about the most contagious virus since the dawn of humanity: enthusiasm and success. Now some people might say, "Wait, those are two different things." Simple formula: You always have more than one of the good things in your pocket.
Iran's most brutal Guard Active in Germany (Episode 5) 7.0
Air date: 2023-03-03
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: Five months later, we take a closer look at a topic that's still relevant today: the protests in Iran and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. They use torture, terror, and violence to maintain the Ayatollah's rule.
Dignity, Piety and chic Urns (Episode 6) 7.0
Air date: 2023-03-10
Overview: One thing is certain in life: death. For relatives, it's a real bummer, because Grandpa Alois also wants a proper burial. But what actually happens between the deathbed and the grave? It's a good thing Grandpa Alois doesn't have to experience that anymore.
World Records for sale! (Episode 7) 8.0
Air date: 2023-03-17
Runtime: 33 min
Overview: At Guinness World Records you will not only find absurdities such as the longest beard or the most cups in one hand, but also records set by governments whose basic democratic understanding is not really record-breaking.
Nuhr in "Zweiten" (Episode 8) 7.5
Air date: 2023-03-24
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: Satire in its purest form. Dieter Nuhr has been a fixture in German cabaret for many years and is now hard to imagine without him. He dissects current political events with biting humor.
Free at the top (Episode 9) 6.0
Air date: 2023-03-31
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: There's no reason to be ashamed of a bald head, just as there is no reason to be ashamed of a Harley under the carport or the gin collection in the in-house bar. Germany's most oppressed minority lives among us and holds (some) system-relevant jobs.
Strolling between Concrete and Nail Boards (Episode 10) 7.0
Air date: 2023-04-14
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: German city centers: Always there for you, but never the way you'd like. A gray concrete jungle, the same old snack bars and optician shops. And if you're under 80, a woman, or poor, leisure activities become difficult.
Fear Space on Four Wheels (Episode 11) 7.0
Air date: 2023-04-21
Runtime: 34 min
Overview: The path to your driver's license: theory lessons, theory test, practical lessons, practical test. Stress-free learning in a pleasant environment – just like in a real school. Only the classroom, aka driving school car, is a bit more cramped and often more oppressive.
The big ZDF Magazine Live Show (Episode 12) 6.0
Air date: 2023-04-28
Runtime: 73 min
Overview: Anyone can produce a show from tape. But going live is the pinnacle of linear television. So the team dressed up, cursed a lot beforehand, and simply let the tapes roll.
The USA, our Weapons and Us (Episode 13) 7.0
Air date: 2023-05-05
Runtime: 32 min
Overview: We like to buy German brand-name products, and we're no exception when it comes to guns. But please don't confuse us with the gun nuts over there in the US. After all, they also choose German and Austrian quality workmanship for their guns.
From Great Britain with Love (Episode 14) 7.0
Air date: 2023-05-12
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: British week(s) on ZDF Magazin Royale! Baron Steffen Glamour von Bickendorf joins the big names on "You" and "You."
Efficient and Discreet: The ICMPD (Episode 15) 7.0
Air date: 2023-05-19
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: The International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) is an international organization that has adopted a motto: Good foreigners in, bad foreigners out!
Under false Flags (Episode 16) 7.0
Air date: 2023-05-26
Runtime: 33 min
Overview: We're crazy about the sea. And when you say sea, you also have to say container shipping. Behind all this are friendly family businesses that care more about the taste of salt on your tongue than about trivialities like fair wages.
Twitter: With Freedom to Ruin (Episode 17) 5.0
Air date: 2023-06-02
Runtime: 32 min
Overview: Twitter after the Musk takeover: Why do you suddenly have so many right-wing accounts recommended in your timeline? Why are some of the accounts you follow only displayed sparsely? How political is the purchase of the platform really?
With Fantasy Fees to the Event Empire (Episode 18) 8.0
Air date: 2023-06-09
Runtime: 32 min
Overview: Whether it's Southside, Rock am Ring, or Deichbrand – who makes these entertainment fireworks possible? Eventim, of course, our trusted ticket provider. Well, often you have no other choice.