The Peppercorns - Season 21 - Eps 11: Copper theft
Early one morning while jogging, Pfefferkorn Malin hears a scream and spots an injured man who appears to have fallen off a building facade. But before she can make out his face, the figure flees, leaving Malin alone to face the police. It turns out that someone has been trying to steal copper pipes. Naturally, the Pfefferkorns want to solve the case, especially since Malin fears the perpetrator might be from her climbing club. However, when she is caught breaking into a locker, she is suspended from training – and feels misunderstood by everyone.
About The Peppercorns
Title: The Peppercorns
First Air Date: 1999-12-27
Last Air Date: 2025-04-26
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.8/10 (from 10 votes)
Language: DE
Seasons: 21
Total Episodes: 273
Network: NDR Fernsehen KiKa Das Erste
Genres: Action & Adventure, Kids, Family, Crime
Production Companies: Studio Hamburg, Letterbox Filmproduktion, Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion
Synopsis
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.
