High caseloads, hostility, unreliable customers: Many employees in German Jobcenters complain about the high workload. Our new ZDF.reportage accompanies their everyday life – between despair and hope. A film by Anja Leuschner and Franca Leyendecker: Alltag im Jobcenter – zwischen Beratung und Burnout.

“Mom, why are we here? What did you do? Why is daddy not allowed to come in?” Five-year-old Max asks questions like these every day. His mother Katharina, Max and his three siblings live in prison. We accompanied them for three years. A 37 Grad film by Franca Leyendecker and Daniela Hoyer: Mit Mama hinter Gittern.

Many experts are certain: the future of our nutrition lies in the seas. The oceans contain lots of promising resources, some of which we have not even realised to be usable as food. A film by Daniela Hoyer from the series ZDF planet e.: Quallenchips und Algenpesto.

Poisoned eagle-owls, stuffed lynx, crows that have died in traps: Wild animals are being killed illegally more and more frequently. Profilers, forensic scientists and environmentalists are on the trail of the offenders. A film by Andrea Zimmermann: Tod in der Wildnis: Auf der Jagd nach Giftmördern und Fallenstellern.

The Baltic Sea is in poor condition: fishing is dwindling, rare species are disappearing, dead zones are spreading. Is the ecosystem approaching a tipping point? A planet-e. documentary by Werner Bertolan: Ostsee in Not.

Germans prepare for a winter without gas heating: There’s a run on fan heaters, wood-burning stoves and firewood. A film by Anja Leuschner and Maike Wurtscheid: Angst vor der Gas-Krise.