Jan Böhmermann
Director
ZDF Magazin Royale (2020)
Season 4
Jan Böhmermann welcomes his viewers every Friday to his new late-night satire on ZDF and presents socially relevant topics, paired with wit and irony.
Released Nov. 6, 2020
Episode 31 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.political-satire, tmdb.late-night-show, imdb.investigative, imdb.current-events, imdb.politics, imdb.media, imdb.german-politics + 2 more, imdb.satire, imdb.satire-comedy
Production Companies: Unterhaltungsfernsehen Ehrenfeld
Network: ZDF
S4E1 - We need Global Vaccine Distribution
Why are we still in the middle of a fucking pandemic despite the vaccine? The research team at ZDF Magazin Royale has discovered: There's a world outside of Germany. AND who would have thought: When it comes to vaccinations, the world splits in half!
Jan. 28, 2022, midnight
S4E2 - The Problem with Psychotherapy Places
Thanks to Freud, there has been an effective treatment for mental illness for over 100 years: psychotherapy! While it helps, in Germany it's easier to get a free PCR test than a psychotherapy appointment.
Feb. 4, 2022, midnight
S4E3 - Who is Peter Thiel?
Eternal life & world domination - who is Peter Thiel, the future boss of Austria's disgraced former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz?
Feb. 11, 2022, midnight
S4E4 - The Problem with German Culture of Remembrance
When was the last time you thought about National Socialism? Over half of all Germans don't like to think about it and would prefer to put an end to the topic.
Feb. 18, 2022, midnight
S4E5 - What's Happening here? - Putin's War in Europe
What a week! There's another war in Europe. War in the 21st century! Should we update all our news apps around the clock and follow the Klitschkos' Instagram stories, or just put our smartphones away?
March 4, 2022, midnight
S4E6 - Porn on the Internet
Paying for things online? Never! Especially not for pornography, which is accessible 24/7. And the age restriction is even easier to bypass than the Sanifair turnstile. So, all good, right?
March 11, 2022, midnight
S4E7 - Direction of Frustration: Deutsche Bahn
Honestly, our relationship with Deutsche Bahn is a case of couples therapy. They keep standing us up and making us wait, but in the end, we still find ourselves standing hopefully on one of their tracks. And they take our money, too.
March 18, 2022, midnight
S4E8 - The Godfather of Schlager
Music, dance, life, passion – nowhere are these powerful concepts more united than in pop music. And pop shows are always on TV! Brilliantly produced events with special effects, stars, and all of it packed into a compact 180 minutes.
March 25, 2022, midnight
S4E9 - The Power of Viktor Orbán
Right-wing populist rulers are all the rage! And the current show is about one of these right-wing poster boys: Viktor Orbán – formerly liberal, now right-wing nationalist.
April 1, 2022, midnight
S4E10 - Look like you're on Instagram
If you click through the timelines and hashtags, you'll quickly find yourself talking about cosmetic surgeries from fitness influencers. And these surgical procedures are advertised there just as casually as the latest running shoes from the human fountain of youth, Kai Pflaume.
April 8, 2022, midnight
S4E11 - Clemens Tönnies – Born to Slaughter
Clemens Tönnies has them all: the mini wiener chain, the grill torch, and the crispy ham – all the delicious meat products made from ground cartilage, hooves, and bacon that we love so much on the grill. What's going on behind the butchered pigs of the slaughterhouse empire?
April 22, 2022, midnight
S4E12 - Putin's Puppets in Germany
We were all deceived by Vladimir Putin—and above all, DISAPPOINTED. But at least we're now on the right side in a war. All of Germany is against Putin. Except for a few who spread Putin's propaganda here, too.
April 29, 2022, midnight
S4E13 - Fynn Kliemann: Building Shit (DIY)
Fynn Kliemann has all sorts of things in his portfolio: DIY, NFTs, and so on. But what do you do when a global pandemic suddenly appears? How can you give something back to society?
May 6, 2022, midnight
S4E14 - What Germany thinks about Opinion Research
"That's a lot of opinion for so little knowledge." This sentence is often heard in editorial conferences and got us thinking. Who's constantly calling the landline, and what does the Sunday question have to do with Germans' sex lives?
May 13, 2022, midnight
S4E15 - Deportations, Oligarch Money and Poison Gas
We love vacations. Whether it's winter or summer break, we're basically always on some beach with cocktails and diving lessons included. We especially enjoy traveling with TUI. Let the ozone hole be the ozone hole for a while and chill out.
May 20, 2022, midnight
S4E16 - 404: police not found
Who is actually responsible for prosecuting hate speech online? Each of the 16 federal states is responsible for its own actions – what could possibly go wrong? The Internet police patrol car urgently needs to be inspected.
May 27, 2022, midnight
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