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"Savior of the Seas: Deadly Stranding" in the first
"Savior of the seas: Deadly stranding": Environmental visionary Reno Finnings (Hannes Jaenicke, left) with his partner Pit Wagner (Daniel Roesner)
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In the first, the "rescuers of the seas" (Das Erste) must prevent a mass extinction of whales. "Kommissarin Lucas" (ZDF) is involved in a car accident with unforeseen consequences. "The Jungle Book" (Sat.1) tells the story of the foundling Mowgli as a real film.
8:15 p.m., Das Erste, Savior of the Seas: Deadly stranding, drama
The marine biologist Reno Finnings (Hannes Jaenicke) founded the Global Ocean Foundation (GOF) to save the seas, for which he is seeking support. His partner Pit Wagner (Daniel Roesner) heads a GOF team that looks after a protection zone off Mauritius. In order to designate a second protection zone in the vicinity, Reno seeks cooperation with the powerful Minister Opaline (Gontse Ntshegang) and the luxury hotelier Aigner (Raymond Thiry). However, his partner Pit refuses. When a dead baby whale washes up on the beach, the marine activists track down a garbage scandal.
8:15 p.m., ZDF, Commissioner Lucas: Nuremberg, crime thriller
Commissioner Ellen Lucas (Ulrike Kriener) is on the way to her new office in Nuremberg when another car crashes into her side. Lucas discovers a dead woman in the trunk of the accident vehicle. The driver fled the scene of the accident with a boy. Lucas' new colleagues quickly found out: The driver's name is Franz Vegener, is the grandson of the dead and has just been released from prison. Did he kill his own grandmother Grete Saller (Irina Wanka)?
8:15 p.m., Sat.1, The Jungle Book, Jungle Adventure
The human boy Mowgli (Neel Sethi) is abandoned in the jungle and raised by wolves from then on. In the midst of his animal family, he lived carefree for years until Tiger Shir Khan extended his claws to him. Mowgli decides to find his way back to the people. Accompanied by the panther Baghira and the bear Balu, he sets off …
8:15 p.m., RTL two, my wife, her in-laws and I, comedy
Pam (Teri Polo) and Greg (Ben Stiller) head to Miami with Pam's parents to meet Greg's parents. Worlds collide at the meeting: Greg's father (Dustin Hoffman) is a left-wing liberal retired lawyer and his mother (Barbra Streisand) is a sex therapist. Ex-CIA man Jack (Robert De Niro) is now doing everything possible to prevent the wedding between his daughter and Greg.
8:15 p.m., Tele 5, Fred Vargas: Flee far and fast, thriller
The plague in Paris? In the 21st century? The rumor of an epidemic outbreak is making the rounds. At the same time, digits scribbled on house doors appear in the city: In the Middle Ages, the upside down 4 meant protection against deadly disease. The first corpse will soon be found: it is black, like black death. With unusual methods, Commissioner Adamsberg (José Garcia) gets to the bottom of the matter.