TV tips: Dangerous dreams in the "crime scene"

In "Tatort" (Das Erste) the most important witness to a murder suffers from nightly visions. A farm in "Altes Land" (ZDF) becomes a refuge for three women. In "Reader Player One" (ProSieben) the scavenger hunt begins in a virtual game world.

8:15 p.m., Das Erste, crime scene: Parasomnia, crime thriller

The 14-year-old Talia (Hannah Schiller) surprised a murderer in her house shortly after his act and thus becomes the most important witness for the investigation team Gorniak (Karin Hanczewski), Winkler (Cornelia Gröschel) and Schnabel (Martin Brambach) from Dresden. But the teenager doesn't remember anything, because Talia has developed psychological self-protection since her mother's accidental death a few years ago: When she sees something that overwhelms her emotionally, her consciousness suppresses what she has seen and changes it into a fictional reality. Since then, she has also been prone to parasomnia – with sleepwalking and violent startling from sleep.

8:15 p.m., ZDF, Altes Land, family saga

As a young girl, Vera (Iris Berben) arrives with her mother as a war refugee from East Prussia in the Altes Land. Contrary to all expectations, Vera not only finds a place to put down roots there, but also a family in her stepfather Karl (Milan Peschel). The farm becomes her whole life, which she vehemently defends against any intruder with her idiosyncratic manner. The only one who has access to Vera is her immediate neighbor and friend since childhood, Hinni (Peter Kurth).

8:15 p.m., ProSieben, Ready Player One, Sci-Fi-Action

Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) regularly takes refuge in the online simulation game OASIS. When its inventor James Halliday dies, it is announced that he has hidden an "Easter Egg" in the game. Whoever finds this first gets Halliday's fortune and control of OASIS. Wade enthusiastically participates in the search, but soon has to face unexpected dangers – in the game and in reality.

8:15 p.m., VOX, Grill den Henssler, cooking show

Chef King Steffen Henssler does what he does best: grilling celebrities at the stove. It is important for three stars to kill him in the cooking battle. Guests are singer Luca Hänni, the singing duo Marianne and Michael Hartl and the actress Chryssanthi Kavazi. The "Grill den Henssler" jury trio will decide who gets the most points and thus also a prize money for a good cause. Pots and emotions boil over.

8:15 p.m., RTL, skyscraper, action

When the former FBI chief of operations Will Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson) starts his new job as head of security in the tallest skyscraper in the world, he has little idea that his family will soon be a matter of life and death. When a fire breaks out on the 96th floor of the skyscraper, hundreds of people are trapped – including Sawyer's wife and children. A race against time begins in which Sawyer must save lives and find the arsonists.