The Peppercorns (1999)
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.
Seasons & Episode
Underage Vietnamese women work in a nail salon for a pittance. The peppercorns reveal.
Milan and the dog Pepper accidentally meet an unscrupulous puppy dealer. Then Pepper disappears.
New team, new case: Jasina has found something with the detector in an abandoned factory and is knocked out. beaten.
Moritz's father is arrested for dealing in cocaine. But there is something fishy about it: the cocaine is nothing but flour.
After a color attack on Djamila's snack bar, a lead leads the peppercorns to the youngsters of HSV.
Leo sells her bike to a shady guy when the police shows up. She escapes and is acting very strange.
Who played online poker illegally with Mira's ID? This time the peppercorns are investigating undercover in the outdoor pool.
The traffic accident of a high school student under the influence of drugs leads the peppercorns to an allotment association.
Amy and her best friend Nika witness a theft. Why is Nika suddenly acting so distant afterwards?
Are the jackets that Leo is supposed to sell in the schoolyard fake? The peppercorns are in a real dilemma.
Djamila receives oil that she never ordered. The peppercorns quickly realize that something bigger is at stake here.
Hakim's classmate Tjelle is being blackmailed. Hakim's research leads to his mother, who is a pediatrician.
Amy finds a glitter pendant. At first nobody suspects that it could be valuable. Until someone vandalizes the headquarters.
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