The Peppercorns

The Peppercorns

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.

2. The Stolen Eagle

8.0Mar 15, 2025 · 28 min

Jasina finds herself in the middle of a dramatic chase, during which she is secretly given a mini USB stick. The data stored on it leads the Peppercorns to the trail of an illegal wildlife trafficking ring. A bald eagle promptly disappears from the zoo—but unfortunately, so does Jasina, who was on the trail of the perpetrators... And all of this happens on the very day the Peppercorns have to say goodbye. Amy keeps her cool amidst all the excitement and passes the baton to two potential successors.