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An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

With Hansel and Gretel's woodcutter father being too poor to provide for the family, their stepmother persuades him to abandon them while foraging in the forest. Wandering hungry, they find and feast on a witch's cabin made of gingerbread covered in all kinds of candy and other treats. The seemingly hospitable crone owner soon cages Hansel to be fattened as her own feast, while Gretel serves as her maid. the pair must outsmart the hag to survive and escape or be eaten.

When King Ansgar's doctors declare him terminal, devoted youngest son Prince Lennart sets out to find the legendary magical cure: the water of life. Being kind to ugly forest sorceress Salwa, who appeared as a beggar, he receives cryptic instructions that prove necessary when he reaches the enchanted castle of Princess Frederike, whose court and suitors are all petrified while she's a mere ghost. Lennart solves the riddles and earns the water and they fall in love, but he must rush home. Meanwhile, his big brother Prince Falk has also set out; he hasn't found anything but bumps into Lennart and manages to steal the water and pretend he brought the cure, to convince the king to appoint him successor to the throne. Lennart can only stop him with proof, which might arrive in the person of his beloved.

Games- and gambling-obsessed king Wilbur is all but amused when his heiress daughter Ella agrees to wed street musician Jasper, who is flushed into the dungeon for subjects who didn't let the king win, witches and alleged criminals. Ella gets a forged letter claiming Jasper change his mind, but he escapes and teams up with five other weird-gifted fellow outcasts: strong man Lukas, infallible shooter Benjamin, tornado-speedy Markus, plants witch Flora and frost-breathing Lisa. Jasper masquerades as a count to wager against the realm's never-beaten runner Theodor the princess' hand. The king keeps cheating, and his whole palace is equipped for it.

"Little Heroes" is the story of two friends Lena and Basti, who aspire to be real action heroes. Lena and Basti are inseparable and love playing firefighters in an old car on Lena's family's backyard. When Lena finds out that the local youth fire department is looking for new recruits, the two friends see their big chance. But the first exercises are more difficult than expected, and Lena and Basti's friendship is put to the test: Basti sprays Lena with the heavy water hose, to loud laughter from the other children. She embarrasses him in front of the other children because he is afraid of fire. Lena actually feels sorry right away, because that was very unfair of her - but now she has to rescue her new friends Hannah and Lars' ball from the tree on the property. And she's afraid of heights. Bravely, she makes it to the top, but suddenly the ladder slips beneath her feet, and Lena is trapped in the tree - no one hears her cries for help. Then she remembers her walkie-talkie, which keeps her in touch with Basti day and night. At the last minute, Basti arrives and saves Lena. He's a good firefighter after all. Back at the fire department, Lena helps Basti with the new exercise. Together with the entire youth fire brigade team, they tackle the task - because they've learned one thing: Together, you're stronger than alone.

Luis is fed up. For eight years he was the center of his parents' lives. But then IT came, the little sibling. And in no time at all it's vying for his place. But Luis doesn't give up that quickly, he wants his parents back and it's clear to him: the baby has to go. The attempt to smuggle the baby out of the house unnoticed with the help of his best friend Cem, past the sleeping mother, turns out to be a pure obstacle course, culminating in a wild chase with the neighbour's dog.

They couldn't be more different: Tilly, queen of pranks, Sophie, sporty and cool, Lilia, who loves make-up and styling, and Marla, who always has her nose in a book. But they have something in common. All four were sent to a camp by their parents to make friends. The very different loners, who ended up in the same place by chance, can't do much with each other at first.

Prisoner Edmund Frank is offered a large amount of money by the editor of a magazine, to tell the real story of his crime and the hiding place of the one million Mark he stole from the bank he worked for.

After receiving a dubious Phone call at work, Eva Konalsky, a typist working at a Steel Factory disappears without a trace. The Saarbrücken Police sends the two cops Liersdahl and Schäfermann to investigate. Both of them have a very different view of how police work should be done and they are not very fond of each other at first. When another person of the Steel Factory's personnel is murdered they both have to do their best to solve the case.

The East German authorities are calling the West German Police for assistance on a case. The body of a boy was found at a Truck Stop near Leipzig. The boy wears shoes made in West Germany. Some time later the assistance call is withdrawn. Phoning his colleague in East Berlin, a man he worked together with in the past, investigator Paul Trimmel in Hamburg is told: "There is no work for you here." But Trimmel investigates on his own. He finds out that the wealthy Erich Landsberger is the illegitimate father of the dead kid. Landsberger and his other son have moved to Frankfurt. Trimmel pays him a visit there. The man is of no great help for him, but Trimmel gets an unexpected clue from Landsberger's little son. He has to go to Leipzig himself to find out more. So he leaves the Transit Route near the city, pretending his car broke down, takes a Taxi and goes looking for Eva Billsing, the dead boy's mother. She is not home when Trimmel arrives. The next day Trimmel encounters Eva's boyfriend Peter Klaus, who works for the East German Police, and talks him into letting him have a word with Eva. At least Klaus gives in to Trimmel and the things Eva tells him help solve the case.

A dead woman found in the Donau, is the wife of a very important guest of the Austrian Government. Oberinspektor Marek is asked to investigate the case very gently.

Brigitta Beerenberg calls the police to inform them she has killed her husband in self-defense. Trimmel wants her to be examined by a psychiatrist.

Max Bergusson hijacks flight AE612 from Milaan to Beirut. His wife's murderer is on board and he demands the captain to fly to Hamburg instead. Before he boards the plane, he informs Hauptkommissar Trimmel through a curious message.

After a few days away from home with his girlfriend constructor Breuke from Sieverstedt hurries home to convince his wife he is not having an affair. On the road home he hits a bicyclist, but drives on instead of calling an ambulance. Arriving at his house he deliberately hits the post of the driveway gate to disguise the damage of the accident. All the while he is unaware that his wife is watching him. Hauptkommissar Finke arrives in the village after the local police has taken Peter Reichert as a suspect. His assistant wants to investigate further. Meanwhile Breuke is being blackmailed by an unknown person. Then an actual murder takes place.

In Frankfurt con man Johannes Stein is making easy money with his latest trick: He is selling "Gold" to unsuspecting people. He too talks the Wimper family into buying some, later to be stored in a Swiss bank. After seeing proof, Grandpa Wimper is eager to buy. Little does he know about that "Gold". When Stein tries to sell some more to a business tycoon, he gets busted and has to flee. It's now up to investigator Konrad to track down the swindler and to arrest him.

Kressin is back in Cologne, where he works for the customs office. Soon he is ordered to a new case. A gang of bootleggers keep outwitting the customs authorities. Kressin's colleagues can't find any evidence of a crime. Everytime the suspicious trucks are checked at the border, their load is always correct, as declared. Kressin now has to find the liquor and the bootleggers' HQ.

Customs officer Kressin is on holiday in Hamburg and sees the tour guide acting suspiciously. He ignores it, but the day after the guide is found dead in the water.