Departure

As the youngest professor to have ever taught theoretical physics at his university, Felix is a genius. He also happens to be the great grandson of Albert Einstein. However, life has its challenges: Felix is terminally ill with hereditary Huntington’s disease, and he faces prison when accused of stealing illicit drugs to help manage his condition. He is saved from jail when the police recognize that his brilliance could help them solve some of their most complex and bizarre cases. Partnered with quick-witted detective Elena, Season Three sees Felix investigate cases including the murder of Bochum’s Currywurst King and the cyber-blackmail of Felix’s university. Also, Elena lands herself in hot water when she illegally puts out a call over Interpol to find her son’s wayward father. When the boy’s father returns, he’s more than Elena or Felix had bargained for.

SCRIPTED SERIES / CRIME

Written by Matthias Dinter, Martin Ritzenhoff Directed by Felix Stienz, Oliver Dommenget Starring Tom Beck, Annika Ernst, Rolf Kanies, Haley Louise Jones, Laura Berlin, Yung Ngo, Jana Pallaske, Merle Collet

Zeitsprung Pictures (Germany)

Primary school. A microcosm of society with its own playground rules, goodbye etiquette, teacher-parent evenings, and the lowest of jobs: checking the kids for head lice. That’s the world that newly divorced, child psychologist Hannah is thrown into at her daughter’s primary school. There are no rule books or integration courses: she must learn through trial and error. At first she avoids the ‘mom mafia’, but soon finds herself an active member of five group chats, and with the dubious honor of being nominated ‘Lice Mother’. In Season Two, Hannah is promoted to Class Mother and shakes up the strict hierarchy of parents. Meanwhile, the school struggles with a diminishing number of students, so teachers are on their best behavior to impress parents and children alike. It’s hard being an adult at primary school in this hilarious comedy series.

SCRIPTED SERIES / COMEDY

Written by Ilse Warringa, Diederik Ebbinge, Eva Aben Directed by Jan Albert de Weerd, Diederik Ebbinge, Jelle de Jonge Starring Jennifer Hoffman, Ilse Warringa and Diederik Ebbinge Produced by BING Film & TV for AvroTros/NPO3 (the Netherlands)

The city of Berlin is in a state of panic. A serial killer has just claimed their twenty-third victim, and the police are under pressure to make an arrest. When Maximilian Rapp confesses to the murders, the killer’s reign of terror appears to be over. But CID detective Tara Schöll isn’t convinced; the arrest was too easy, and some facts just aren’t adding up. Soon after, Schöll and her police partner uncover evidence that proves Rapp couldn’t be responsible for all 23 of the murders. To avoid a public scandal, Schöll must now reopen the case and find the real killer without anyone outside the police department finding out. To make matters more complicated, Rapp has offered to help in the investigation. It soon becomes clear that he has a unique perspective on the crimes, and a suspicious ability to spot even the smallest of clues.

SCRIPTED SERIES / CRIME

Written by Birgit Maiwald, Alex Eslam, Sven Poser, Uwe Kossmann, Markus Hoffmann, John H. Karsetn, Sven Böttcher, Annika Tepelmann, Johannes Lackner Directed by Felix Herzogenrath, Edzard Onneken

Starring Franz Dinda, Shadi Hedayati, Bernhard Piesk, Wilfried Hochholdinger, Sinha Melina Gierke, Tim Wilde, Meral Perin

H&V Entertainment (Germany)

You can’t help but love Nicole Pütz. She talks fast, sees the world in a unique way, and has a heart of gold. But this ambitious girl also has a big dream – to open a chain of nail salons with her best friend Ebru.

Unfortunately, the banks look for more than a charismatic personality when deciding whether or not to lend money. They want to see a business plan, and some level of education. So the ambitious Nicole buys a high school graduation certificate and enrolls herself in Business Management classes. But studying is harder than it looks. Nicole may think she’s ready for higher learning – but higher learning is definitely not ready for Nicole!

At the same time she must cope with her hilariously dysfunctional family: her dog-obsessed mother, her wild little sister, and her clueless brother – but if anyone can, it’s Nicole!

SCRIPTED SERIES / COMEDY

Written by Frederik Hunschede, Elena Senft, Christine Lehnen, Oliver Welter, Anneke Jansen, Thomas Sieben, René Förder, Stephan Pächer, Sandra Schröder, Annekathrin Lang Directed by Wolfgang Groos, Tobias Wiemann

Starring Hanna Plaß, Yasemin Cetinkaya, Holger Stockhaus, Milena Dreissig, Vivien Sczesny, Anselm Ferdinand Bresgott, Nicolas Wolf

ITV Studios (Germany)