The Peppercorns (1999)
Release Date
27 Dec, 1999
Runtime
00:30: (HH:MM)
Total Episode/Season
260/20
Synopsis
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.
Original Title
Die Pfefferkörner
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Season 01
27 Dec, 1999
Season 02
22 Mar, 2001
Season 03
02 Jan, 2003
Season 04
26 Feb, 2004
Season 05
15 Mar, 2008
Season 06
11 Apr, 2009
Season 07
09 Oct, 2010
Season 08
05 Feb, 2011
Season 09
08 Oct, 2012
Season 10
16 Nov, 2013
Season 11
25 Oct, 2014
Season 12
07 Nov, 2015
Season 13
20 Nov, 2016
Season 14
12 Nov, 2017
Season 15
24 Nov, 2018
Staffel 16
23 Nov, 2019
Season 17
20 Feb, 2021
Season 18
15 Jan, 2022
Season 19
11 Mar, 2023
Season 20
11 May, 2024