ZDF Magazin Royale (Season 7)

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 Speech is Silver, Right-wingers Hoard Gold

    Speech is Silver, Right-wingers Hoard Gold (Episode 1) 7.0

    Air date: 2023-09-01

    Runtime: 32 min

    Overview: Unity and justice and hoarding gold. Gold is the all-rounder and therefore extremely popular – especially among Nazis, aristocrats, and Reich citizens. So gold manages to have an even more unpleasant core target group than Gönrgy.

  • Poster for Speaking of the Devil

    Speaking of the Devil (Episode 2) 6.0

    Air date: 2023-09-08

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Today, the focus is on ritual violence. It's said to originate, for example, from satanic cults that use brutal rituals to control the personalities of their victims. However, there's no evidence for this. Or does a psychotherapist know better?

  • Poster for Why Germans should love Liechtenstein

    Why Germans should love Liechtenstein (Episode 3) 8.0

    Air date: 2023-09-15

    Runtime: 34 min

    Overview: Get out of Germany and get a taste of something new! If we want to improve our German, the following places remain: Austria, Switzerland, Mallorca, everything around Lake Garda, campsites in the Netherlands, and Liechtenstein.

  • Poster for Advertising on our own Behalf (for Germany)

    Advertising on our own Behalf (for Germany) (Episode 4) 7.0

    Air date: 2023-09-22

    Runtime: 31 min

    Overview: Somehow, Germany has lost its spirit. And what do you do with once-popular brands that no one wants to know about anymore? You give them a new coat of paint and label them with "with a new recipe." Let's get to work. Because #YouAreGermany.

  • Poster for Crime Scene Group Chat: What Police Officers find funny

    Crime Scene Group Chat: What Police Officers find funny (Episode 5) 8.0

    Air date: 2023-09-29

    Runtime: 33 min

    Overview: Police officers send each other racist, anti-Semitic, and other degrading memes on WhatsApp. Things they find really funny. But how are these "satire" chats actually viewed by their own colleagues in the police force?

  • Poster for What the Police have to do with the NSU 2.0

    What the Police have to do with the NSU 2.0 (Episode 6) 8.0

    Air date: 2023-10-06

    Runtime: 32 min

    Overview: Are officers from Frankfurt's 1st Police Station involved in the "NSU 2.0" threatening letters? What role does a homemade wedding cake play? Satirical investigator Jan Böhmermann searches for the perpetrator(s).

  • Poster for Bundestag Travel Agency

    Bundestag Travel Agency (Episode 7) 7.0

    Air date: 2023-10-20

    Runtime: 32 min

    Overview: Out of the stuffy Bundestag offices and into adventure. Travel fever knows no political leanings! But oh dear: The budget is almost used up before the summer holidays! How do you get to the next crisis zone with an empty travel budget?

  • Poster for Hands off my Kidney

    Hands off my Kidney (Episode 8) 8.0

    Air date: 2023-10-27

    Runtime: 31 min

    Overview: Most Germans take their organs with them to the grave. Every eight hours, someone in Germany dies because they don't receive a life-saving donor organ. Is the organ shortage solely our fault, or is it (once again) those at the top?

  • Poster for Bee vs. Bark Beetle

    Bee vs. Bark Beetle (Episode 9)

    Air date: 2023-11-03

    Overview: A larger-than-life duel despite competitors the size of thumbnails – and the battle seems clear. The bee is great because it produces honey and pollinates flowers, the bark beetle is evil because it destroys trees. Is it really that simple?

  • Poster for More Nutrition – Harmless Hype?

    More Nutrition – Harmless Hype? (Episode 10) 7.0

    Air date: 2023-11-10

    Runtime: 32 min

    Overview: Delicious shakes, puddings, iced coffees, and much more. These delicacies can also help you lose weight—what's the catch? Despite reputable advertising faces like Carmen Geiss and Rezo, could these products possibly even have unwanted side effects?

  • Poster for Turn it up!

    Turn it up! (Episode 11) 8.0

    Air date: 2023-11-17

    Runtime: 33 min

    Overview: It's time for the ZDF Magazin music episode! THE music festival of the year with Alli Neumann, Apsilon, Oliver Tree, Domiziana, Ski Aggu, Badmómzjay, Blumengarten, and a special surprise act, now on your favorite MainStage: the ZDF Mediathek.

  • Poster for Cancel with Lawsuits

    Cancel with Lawsuits (Episode 12) 7.5

    Air date: 2023-11-24

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: You can hear it on every corner of the internet: Cancel culture. But what does it mean? When you're not supposed to sing racist songs anymore? When you're not even allowed to light a cigarette in the office? Or when media lawyers want to suppress free reporting?

  • Poster for Safe Space for Men in Germany: Marriage

    Safe Space for Men in Germany: Marriage (Episode 13) 8.0

    Air date: 2023-12-01

    Runtime: 32 min

    Overview: Same-sex marriage has been legal in this country for six years. However, the government still prefers the following scenario: the man earns more than the woman, the woman stays at home. And the government also offers generous incentives for this form of marriage.

  • Poster for LinkedIn: Business, Digging, Bullshit

    LinkedIn: Business, Digging, Bullshit (Episode 14) 8.0

    Air date: 2023-12-08

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Networking is no longer done at wobbly bar tables at trade fairs, but digitally! Tincon, Maker Faire, OMR, re:publica, and the like – they're all united on LinkedIn.

  • Poster for How Germany talks about the Middle East War

    How Germany talks about the Middle East War (Episode 15) 8.0

    Air date: 2023-12-15

    Runtime: 29 min

    Overview: The war in the Middle East has never been so clear and easy to understand. It's obvious: Who is to blame, who is anti-Semitic, who is racist, and who—and this is ultimately the most important thing—is right?

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