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Former district attorney Karin Lossow and Detective Chief Superintendent Julia Thiel, a formidable mother-daughter duo, solve criminal cases on the picturesque island of Usedom.

A series of television movies based on the works of Rosamunde Pilcher, a popular British writer of romance novels and short stories.

The shorter the better. That's what Andrea thinks when she gives her mother Helga a trip to Verona for her 75th birthday. A champagne reception, a visit to the opera and a nightcap - all precisely timed in 24 hours. Andrea fears that things won't go well between mother and daughter any longer. Unfortunately, the super-compact short vacation is under an unfavorable star: First, Andrea's brother Martin cancels at the last second, then all return flights are canceled due to a cloud of ash and, appropriately, the bus and train drivers across the country go on strike. Now what Andrea really wanted to avoid happens: she has to spend time all alone with her mother. However, not in a relaxed holiday environment, but on an adventurous return journey to Germany. Because something went wrong at work and Andrea is urgently expected in Hamburg to save a major order. On the way, the old mechanisms in the difficult relationship take hold: no matter what Helga does to help her daughter, Andrea dislikes it. While the elderly woman, who quickly "borrows" a car, is getting cooler and cooler, Andrea's nerves are on edge. With the Carabinieri on their heels, we head towards the Brenner Pass.

Revolving around cruises on a German luxury liner, the show features intertwining romantic story lines among passengers and crew, set against scenic locales with an uplifting, feel-good vibe and happy resolutions.

This "Das Traumschiff" spin-off follows two wedding planners and the couple that hired them. They are all traveling on a German cruise ship where the couple is about to get married and spend their honeymoon visiting places where they dock.

Commissioner Sarah Kohr is investigating to arrest criminals, with camouflage skills if necessary.

In einem Senioren-Pflegeheim häufen sich verdächtige Todesfälle: Sterben die Bewohnerinnen und Bewohner an Behandlungsfehlern oder durch die Hand eines "Todesengels"? Steckt womöglich ein menschenverachtendes Businessmodell dahinter? Aus diesem schrecklichen Verdacht entwickelt der preisgekrönte Regisseur Till Endemann nach dem Drehbuch von Martin Dolejs und Christine Heinlein in einem atmosphärischen Thriller eine dramatische Suche nach der Wahrheit. Als junge Anwältin muss sich Newcomerin Milena Tscharntke einer Gewissensentscheidung stellen, die ihre Karriere und die Beziehung zu ihrem von Joachim Raaf dargestellten Vater als Kanzleiinhaber zerstören kann. Als jovialer Mandant der renommierten Kanzlei glänzt Matthias Matschke in einer prägnanten Nebenrolle. Die junge Anwältin Mia Stocker tritt ihre erste Arbeitsstelle in der renommierten Kanzlei ihres Vaters an. Mia ist ohne ihren Vater aufgewachsen, umso größer ist für sie die Chance und die Herausforderung, ihm endlich näherzukommen. Ihr erster Fall scheint reine Routine zu sein: In einem Pflegeheim stirbt ein alter Herr an einer falschen Medikation. Mia vertritt den Betreiber des Pflegeheims, Richard Willenborg, einen alten Freund ihres Vaters. Zusammen mit ihrem ehrgeizigen Kollegen Jan Wilke gelingt es, die Schadensersatzklage abzuwehren und die Schuld auf die Pflegerin abzuwälzen: Dana Kowalzczyk hat offensichtlich aus Überforderung die Überdosis eines Beruhigungsmittels verabreicht. Doch so einfach liegen die Dinge nicht. Als Dana in der Haft ums Leben kommt, spürt Mia, dass mehr hinter dem vermeintlich klaren Fall steckt. Sie gräbt sich tiefer in die Materie und kommt millionenschweren, dunklen Machenschaften auf die Spur - eine Erkenntnis, die sie in Lebensgefahr bringt und die ihren Vater in ein ganz anderes Licht rückt.

A German secret service agent during her assignment abroad in Pakistan recognizes that attacks on civilians in Mumbai are imminent.

After some counterfeit medicine is found, an Interpol agent searches for evidence against the prominent and powerful chairmen of medical companies.

During a soccer game, young Hannes is hit in the head by a ball and falls into coma. He has suffered massive cerebral haemorrhages and the doctors declare him brain dead. His parents, Esther and her ex-husband Frank, face the most difficult decision ever: should they let Hannes go and have the life support devices turned off?

The retired Chief superintendent Jakob Franck who often had to inform relatives as a "death messenger", now hopes to lead a life beyond the dead.

Martin Sommer, Mayor of Lauterbronn, has problems. The small town in the Tauber Valley is idyllic, but structurally weak and heavily dependent on agriculture. As more businesses are lost, the single father of a teenage daughter worries about the future of the town and community finances. The silver lining is the offer of an international beverage manufacturer. Because Lauterbronn has a resource that can be used commercially: extensive groundwater deposits of very good quality. The company PureAqua, represented by its German representative Rainer Gebhard, makes a lucrative offer for extraction rights, secures jobs and is supported by state politics, for which Julia Roland, water officer at the Ministry of the Environment, is on duty. With an expert report, which certifies Lauterbronn's virtually inexhaustible deep water reserves, possible objections are calmed, including those of Martin. He supports the deal and releases land for a test well. Nevertheless, resistance forms, which becomes more and more violent. Ava, Martin's daughter, vehemently opposes her father's plans and becomes the front figure of a citizens' initiative. The protest against the sell-off of water rights is vocal and combative. He is particularly embittered with the farmer Bernhard Schultz, who could not prevent the well from being drilled on the land he leased. His farm is already suffering from the increasing drought, and the privatization of groundwater resources is a scandal for him, which he uses drastic means to draw attention to. Martin didn't expect so much headwind. And he feels let down by Julia Roland and politics. Martin considers rowing back. But is that still possible?

Twenty years ago, the parents of Nora emigrated. On the first visit, they explain to Nora that they will stay forever. They feel most at home in their daughter's apartment. But she prefers to live alone. Complications are inevitable.

Handsome Sam Bright seems unwilling to succeed his mother June as manager of the family hotel. Instead he trains as professional dancer, teamed up with Alice Meier, who serves as potential 'ideal daughter in law' but never gets any promise, ignoring Sam is gay and deeply in love with fellow dancer Ben Leighton, who grows tired of being invisible and somewhat jealousy of Alice, who runs away when told the truth, but that's just the push Sam needs in the end to face Ben, June and their future. Hanno Flemming sold his firm after a burnout and founded a charity which plans to invest in the Zambian cheetah farm of Dr. Elsa Bakel, an iconic researcher and activist for the feline species, who refuses to 'waste time' on reporter Britta Klein except for a fee. *Initially ignoring his interest, and that her board decided to retire her as old-fashioned in favor of local foster son Dr. Kito Balewa, Elsa rudely pushes 'busybody' Hanno away. Britta dares not confess to coincidental co-passenger Hanno she's his mystery Internetflirt, having used aliases, but they grow closer. Hanno's cousin, Hanna Liebhold, helps him make Elsa see sense, which only works after Hanno helps save Elsa's favorite cheetah from a lion attack.

The 'dream ship' sails to Columbia with a blind passenger, German rascal Eric Sommer, who scammed his way through most of the Americas in his gap year. Medicine student Ella Linne noticed and dobs to captain Parger, whom Grimm and Hanna persuade to let him work for his passage, including fetching a vital spare part at the notoriously often-closed (matrons-run) port authority. In the process Eric and Ella become friends and collaborators, rendering him mores responsible, her more aware, self-reliant and sensitive, changing both lives. Botanist Bastian Schwarzer boarded to study coffee plants, seemingly a perfect match with plantation official Anne, who goes berserk I his bed finding out he may well have got the heart of her late husband. *Attractive German-Turkish pensioner Nazim Günay has an instant crush on fellow senior widow Rose Förster, whose first name is the German equivalent of his late wife. Rose's best friend Hortense Meier spares no effort to match them, but Rose fears the cultural differences. Captain Parger isn't the only crew member mesmerized by the star passenger: retired national football goalie Roman Weidenfeller, who graciously enables a medical charity benefit 'tournament' for a sick passenger.

Captain Max Parger steers the "Traumschiff" to Marokko, cruise director Liebhold drags him along on Saharan dunes snowboard excursion, surprised by his motor driving and rescue when she falls. Modern painting expert Clara Philipp accompanies a five-piece private collection of French impressionists to rich Moroccan collector Soller in Marrakech. Despite staff captain Grimm's acclimatized safekeeping help, she finds one switched. Prime suspect is her new friend aboard, Pit Manshold, self-declared investment consultant, actually a gifted forger, who rescued her when lost in the 'souk', thanked by accompanying her in the collector's palace. New ship photographer Ken Becker looks down upon mulatto Lilani, who quickly starts an affair with ship fitness trainer Lennart Albers, but Ken stalks them having found out she's the incognito Berlin-educated bastard daughter of an African tribal 'king', whose father expects her to resume PR work during his official visit to Marrakech, but Lennart and Lilani fall in love, Ken tries to turn Lennart against her by disclosing her secrecy. Senior passenger Rolf Maraun, the cruise bar pianist, is not amused that Rosi Hager, his former show song partner, stalks his every step, demanding a show reunion at a 'schlager' festival she already signed up for. Only ship doctor Sander learns their secret as they get sympathetic virus infections.

Lars Meyer is bitter an injury ended his national football career and his marriage. Aboard he befriends kid fan Timo Brandt, before realizing the boy is invited by his aunt, Lard's ex, crew member Nele Berghaus. Yet he engages to help convince the parents a top sport academy isn't a bad academic move, and they go pirate treasure hunting on a desolate island, but their boat drifts away. The captain and XO, who were diving for whale-watching, find them. A blind reporter's shy PA Kornelius Busch is besotted by a show dancer aboard and gets a virtual Cyrano. Suave businessman Frank Baum and his admiring brother Thomas rival for passenger Birgit Röhl.

In Cornwall there is a gin distillery: after the dead of her mother Jacky is in the charge of the distillery and wants to make a new gin.Her father Ronald thinks that Jacky is dedicating too much time of her life to the distillery.At London Alice, Jacky's sister who is cook, has had problems with the boss of the restaurant and has resigned.Her colleague tells her that there is an interesting job in the Carib in Sait Bartolomew.But first Alice will travel to Cornwall for the 60 birthday of her father.Alice arrives at home: Ronald tells her that Jacky works too much and need some help for administration of the distillery.Alice becomes bad tempered and says that she can manage alone.Ronald has gone to the plant nursery of Eleonore and spoke with her about his plan about the distillery.Alice has received a phone call from Mr. Marigo the restaurant owner in the Carib.Then she meets Thomas, the doctor, but Thomas has to leave for an emergency.Alice goes home ,she meets Freddy, the assistant of Alice, she says him that she has headache and Freddy says her that Alice has medicine in her office.When Alice was looking at the medicine, Jacky appears and becomes angry; she doesn't need the care of her sister.

Unter dem Kommando von Kapitän Parger nimmt das "Traumschiff" Kurs auf Mauritius, die märchenhafte Insel im Indischen Ozean. Als Roman Hilbert an Bord geht, fällt ihm sofort die Ähnlichkeit der Tanzlehrerin Jana Stern zu seiner verstorbenen Ehefrau auf. Die beiden kommen ins Gespräch, und Jana merkt, dass Roman sehr einsam zu sein scheint. Aufgrund der Erinnerungen, die Jana in Roman weckt, lädt er sie ein, mit zu seinem Hotel auf Mauritius zu kommen. Jana freut sich auf den Ausflug, doch schon bald stellt sie fest, dass in dem Hotel auch Romans Sohn Niklas arbeitet, der überhaupt nicht glücklich über die Anwesenheit seines Vaters zu sein scheint. Jana möchte herausfinden, was hinter der Distanz zwischen Vater und Sohn steckt, und merkt gleichzeitig, wie sich zwischen ihr und Niklas Gefühle entwickeln. Die Schiffsärztin Jessica Delgado scheint nicht unbedingt erfreut darüber, dass ihr Vater Bernd spontan mit auf die Reise nach Mauritius kommt. Das Verhältnis der beiden ist eher angespannt. Bernd lässt sich seine Enttäuschung darüber, dass Jessica "nur" Schiffsärztin geworden ist, schnell anmerken. Doch auch Jessica wurde von Bernd enttäuscht, denn er hat sich schon mehrmals verschuldet und nie wirklich Verlässlichkeit gezeigt. Und er hat ihr nie das Gefühl gegeben, bedingungslos an sie zu glauben. Als er Jessica und Kapitän Parger einlädt, mit ihm an Land zu kommen, ist sie zunächst skeptisch, aber willigt dennoch ein. Leider erweist sich ihre Skepsis als begründet, da Bernd versucht, den Kapitän zu bestechen. Er möchte erreichen, dass dieser seinen Rum an Bord verkauft, um, wie Jessica kurz darauf erfährt, erneute Schulden zu begleichen. Kapitän Parger lehnt ab, bemerkt Jessicas Enttäuschung über ihren Vater und beschließt, mit ihr den Gipfel des Berges Le Morne Brabant zu erklimmen, da sie den Aufstieg bei früheren Versuchen nicht geschafft hatte. Die beiden erreichen ihr Ziel, und Jessica merkt, dass sie die Bestätigung ihres Vaters nicht braucht, um stolz auf sich zu sein. Mit sich selbst im Reinen kehrt sie zurück an Bord, wo ihr Vater sie ein letztes Mal um Hilfe bittet. Das Ehepaar Sabine und Thomas Budarek ist mit ganz unterschiedlichen Zielen an Bord des "Traumschiffs" gekommen. Sabine möchte die Zeit mit ihrem Ehemann genießen und die Insel Mauritius erkunden. Thomas hingegen hat nur eines im Kopf: Die Blaue Mauritius - die berühmteste Briefmarke der Welt, von der es nur zwölf Exemplare gibt. Als er jedoch erfährt, dass das Museum, das die besagte Briefmarke ausstellt, geschlossen ist, vergeht ihm die Lust auf die Reise, und er möchte nicht mehr an Land gehen. Kurzerhand beschließt Sabine, ihn mit der Lüge, es gäbe noch eine 13. Briefmarke, auf die Insel zu locken. Jedoch bereut sie dies schnell, da Thomas sich auf nichts anderes mehr einlassen möchte, außer darauf, die Urenkelin des Gouverneurs der Insel zu finden, der den Druck der Blauen Mauritius in Auftrag gegeben hatte. Als Sabine ihm schließlich doch die Wahrheit sagt, ist er empört, und die Ehe droht zu zerbrechen. Letztlich merkt Thomas aber, wie sehr er seine Frau liebt, und schreibt ihr einen Brief, um sich zu entschuldigen. Die Liebe der beiden kann am Ende über alle Streitigkeiten siegen.