ZDF Magazin Royale - Season 9

Entertainment and relevance in a new dimension. The roots of the late-night show combined with journalistic research – welcome to the new era of social satire with Jan Böhmermann.

15 Episodes

Chronically ill, but Nobody believes You

Season 9 - Episode 1

Sometimes all you need is a cup of tea, and you'll be fine! The tiredness gets better if you put your phone away! This is what people in Ger...

Why we can’t live with or without Dust

Season 9 - Episode 2

Dust can be created when feces and urine meet, dust can trigger allergies, be vacuumed, make movies magical, accelerate climate change, aven...

Cloudy with a Chance of Product Placement

Season 9 - Episode 3

Instead of working outdoors, weather forecasters are slumbering in stuffy TV studios, waiting to ruin everyone's evening with one word: "Rai...

Endangered Species: Local Journalism

Season 9 - Episode 4

In some regions of eastern Germany, there are free advertising papers that resemble local newspapers. In them, Grandpa Kurt finds obituaries...

Gaming Communities: The last apolitical Place on Earth

Season 9 - Episode 5

Gaming, Twitch, Steam – even in the world of computer games, there's a catch: people, especially men, in internet subcultures. How apolitica...

Gaming, Scrolling, Swiping – Trapped in the Net

Season 9 - Episode 6

Already that late? Just a quick check of my DM inbox. Oh, Jan Hofer uploaded a Reel. This TikTok shows how to make your own chocolate. A You...

The Ghost Office in Bismarckwald

Season 9 - Episode 7

In the heart of the beautiful Sachsenwald forest in Schleswig-Holstein, the promised land of the young CDU veteran Daniel Günther, one can o...

TOP SECRET: What Former Intelligence Chiefs do in Retirement

Season 9 - Episode 8

Some of the former intelligence chiefs want to give it another try in retirement: out of the German intelligence services and into the well-...

The Second-hand Business and its dark Sides

Season 9 - Episode 9

Humana, Think Twice, and even Picknweight. No vintage football jersey or fake leather jacket is safe from Jan. That's why the secondhand hun...

Show your Backbone!

Season 9 - Episode 10

Sticking to your word, standing up straight – there are many words for the proverbial backbone. What does it mean to show backbone, both in ...

The Multi-Million Dollar Business with Refugee Accommodation

Season 9 - Episode 11

Accommodations for refugees are often run by private companies. This generates a lot of money. Where does it say that human rights and profi...

The Final Fight – Why City Kids can’t park and Village Kids can’t listen

Season 9 - Episode 12

City dwellers think matcha latte comes straight from the purple cow, and villagers are afraid of electricity. There are many prejudices when...

The Last Swipe: Are Dating Apps on the Verge of Extinction?

Season 9 - Episode 13

To avoid being asked why you're still single this Christmas, dating apps are currently in full swing. But the companies behind them are appa...

Nius: Where Rights get a Platform

Season 9 - Episode 14

In the fight against the woke zeitgeist of the German media landscape, a brave unit of online journalists at Nius is not deterred by annoyin...

How Exclusion is sold as Inclusion

Season 9 - Episode 15

Inclusion - Deficient! People with disabilities in Germany often face barriers. They cannot participate in activities that are taken for gra...