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Comedy “Fortunately back” on ZDF
“Fortunately back”: After Kurt (Michael Brandner, left) pushed a police officer (Mac Steinmeier, center) at the demo and brought him down, Luise (Michaela May) speaks to him
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The retro trip of two retirees in “Zum Glück zurück” (ZDF) gets out of hand. In “Irland-Krimi” (Das Erste) the psychologist Cathrin Blake has to mediate in a perpetrator-victim conversation.
8:15 p.m., ZDF, Fortunately back, comedy
Teacher Anne Sandmeier (Diana Amft) has lost her own happiness somewhere between family, work and being there for everyone else. A weekend in Paris with her husband Nils (Maximilian Grill), that’s it! To make matters worse, her parents Luise (Michaela May) and Kurt (Michael Brandner) suddenly decide that they “want to live like before” again. The two let themselves drift, meet new people, have in-depth discussions around the campfire and smoke weed instead of looking after their grandchildren. Anne’s world is getting more and more out of hand.
8:15 p.m., The First, The Ireland Crime: Forgiveness, Crime
The decades of struggle in Northern Ireland left deep wounds that have not yet healed. Criminal psychologist Cathrin Blake (Désirée Nosbusch) is faced with the delicate task of mediating in a perpetrator-victim conversation. 10 years ago, as a New IRA terrorist in his early 20s, Greg O’Leary (Gavin Fullam) was involved in an explosives attack that killed a bystander. Greg is ready to face a discussion with Daniel Ward (Parnell Scott), son of the slain.
8:15 p.m., Tele 5, Eliminators, action thriller
Thomas (Scott Adkins) has to behave inconspicuously. The ex-FBI agent lives under witness protection and under a false name with his eight-year-old daughter Carly in London. One evening there are burglars in his house. When Thomas (aka Michael) confronts them, there are dead. His cover is blown. Now professional killers are after him and Carly.
8:15 p.m., ZDFneo, The Bourne Identity, agent thriller
A stranger (Matt Damon) is discovered seriously injured by a fishing boat in the middle of the sea. He cannot remember his name or his past. When an implant with a Swiss bank account number is found under his skin, he sets off for Zurich. There he finds out that he must have worked under the name Jason Bourne as an agent in the civil service and as a contract killer.
9.45 p.m., Das Erste, Rebecka Martinsson – According to old custom, crime thriller
Rebecka Martinsson (Sascha Zacharias) remains committed to her decision to stay in her home in northern Sweden. In the remote mountain region of Tornedalen, the public prosecutor is taking on an opaque case. A guerrilla war has broken out between reindeer herders, who belong to the traditional Sami community, and the enterprising mountain guide Putte Larsson (Martin Sundbom). The young breeder Jon Åppas (David Arnesen) accuses Larsson that illegal hunting tours endanger the young animals of his clan.