About this season
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.
Episodes (13)
1. Würmer für die Braut
Aired 22 March 2001 • 30 min
2. Der Fluch der Mumie
Aired 23 March 2001 • 30 min
3. Der Bär ist los
Aired 26 March 2001 • 30 min
4. Vivi Einstein
Aired 27 March 2001 • 30 min
5. Katharina ist weg
Aired 28 March 2001 • 30 min
6. Jurmala
6.0Aired 29 March 2001 • 27 min
7. Der Schwarzbrenner
Aired 30 March 2001 • 30 min
8. Graffiti
Aired 2 April 2001 • 30 min
9. Hooligans
Aired 7 April 2001 • 30 min
10. Der Pirat
Aired 8 April 2001 • 30 min
11. Cems Oma
Aired 11 April 2001 • 30 min
12. Der silberne Elefant
Aired 12 April 2001 • 30 min
13. Fröhliche Weihnachten
Aired 13 February 2002 • 30 min