The Peppercorns (1999)
Die Pfefferkörner is a German television series produced by Der Kinderkanal. The peppercorns are five friends from Hamburg: Jana Holstein Coutre, Natasha "Tascha" Jaonzäns, Philip "Fiete" Overbeck, Cem Gülec and Vivien "Vivi" Overbeck, Fiete's eight year old sister. After school, the young detectives meet at a high level of a spice warehouse of the company Overbeck & Associates, which belongs to Fiete and Vivi's parents in the first part, but is later given to Fiete and Vivi to look after. Here, in the historic warehouse district, the five friends have their headquarters. With smarts, combined delivery and support of the Internet, they find their cases here. The detectives convict polluters, animal dealers and drug smugglers. They also help each other with personal problems they encounter. Cem has lost his parents in a car accident and sometimes feels sad and lonely. Jana lives with her divorcee mother, a lawyer who is rarely at home. Natasha comes from Latvia. Her parents initially have very strict rules in terms of her education, that make Natasha unhappy. Fiete has problems showing his feelings and hides them behind grumpiness and hostility towards girls, until he falls in love with Natasha. Vivi is suffering from her role of the youngest member of the group. She believes that she must constantly struggle for recognition.
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Episode 1 - At the nail salon
Release Date: 2023-03-11Underage Vietnamese women work in a nail salon for a pittance. The peppercorns reveal.
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Episode 2 - Pups in danger
Release Date: 2023-03-11Milan and the dog Pepper accidentally meet an unscrupulous puppy dealer. Then Pepper disappears.
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Episode 3 - The missing coin
Release Date: 2023-03-18New team, new case: Jasina has found something with the detector in an abandoned factory and is knocked out. beaten.
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Episode 4 - The Cocoa Octopus
Release Date: 2023-03-18Moritz's father is arrested for dealing in cocaine. But there is something fishy about it: the cocaine is nothing but flour.
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Episode 5 - Secret Truths
Release Date: 2023-03-25After a color attack on Djamila's snack bar, a lead leads the peppercorns to the youngsters of HSV.
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Episode 6 - Trust test
Release Date: 2023-03-25Leo sells her bike to a shady guy when the police shows up. She escapes and is acting very strange.
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Episode 7 - Gambled
Release Date: 2023-04-01Who played online poker illegally with Mira's ID? This time the peppercorns are investigating undercover in the outdoor pool.
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Episode 8 - Neighbor's garden
Release Date: 2023-04-01The traffic accident of a high school student under the influence of drugs leads the peppercorns to an allotment association.
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Episode 9 - Best Friends Forever
Release Date: 2023-04-08Amy and her best friend Nika witness a theft. Why is Nika suddenly acting so distant afterwards?
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Episode 10 - Everything just fake
Release Date: 2023-04-08Are the jackets that Leo is supposed to sell in the schoolyard fake? The peppercorns are in a real dilemma.
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Episode 11 - The Oil Mafia
Release Date: 2023-04-15Djamila receives oil that she never ordered. The peppercorns quickly realize that something bigger is at stake here.
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Episode 12 - Long-term consequences
Release Date: 2023-04-22Hakim's classmate Tjelle is being blackmailed. Hakim's research leads to his mother, who is a pediatrician.
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Episode 13 - The only chance
Release Date: 2023-04-22Amy finds a glitter pendant. At first nobody suspects that it could be valuable. Until someone vandalizes the headquarters.