28 minSeason 22 • Episode 4
LatestA young refugee is suspected of stealing a donation. The Peppercorn Gang fights against prejudice and finds the real thief.
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.
Production
Historic Hamburg warehouse district = accidental aesthetic goals.
Writing
Surprisingly thoughtful handling of divorce, death, strict parenting.
Creator
Katharina Mestre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
22 seasons and 283 episodes make this Germany's longest-running children's series — your faves could never.
The Speicherstadt warehouse setting is a UNESCO site; the show accidentally preserved 90s Hamburg gentrification-before-it-happened.
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