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TV tips on Wednesday
8:15 p.m., ZDF, Breisgau: taking and giving, thriller
The Freiburg investigators Tanja Wilken (Katharina Nesytowa) and Dennis Danzeisen (Joscha Kiefer) are confronted with the past of Dennis’ uncle Daniel. René Klettner (Ludwig Trepte) is rescued half dead from the Dreisam. When he wakes up from the coma, he accuses Daniel Danzeisen of all people. The motive: revenge. Klettner’s wife Susanne (Tinka Fürst) had seriously injured Daniel years ago during an operation.
8:15 p.m., RTL, Mario Barth reveals! Outrage comedy
Big, bigger, Bundestag! Our House of Representatives has been getting bigger and bigger for years! And that costs – especially us taxpayers! Mario Barth shows where the tax millions are burned – for example in the engines of the jets at the airport, which blow out the millions on their empty flights. Or on the visitor tours. For a whopping 32 million, our MPs show selected people the capital.
8:15 p.m., The First, Family Legacy, Drama
Georg (Walter Kreye) and Regine Schlegel (Sabine von Maydell), both behavior researchers, die in a traffic accident while their three adult children are making preparations for their 40th wedding anniversary. Because of the fact that there doesn’t seem to be a will and everyone has very different ideas about what should happen to their parents’ house, old conflicts break out again.
8:15 p.m., RTLzwei, Pixels, sci-fi action
In 1982, a spacecraft was launched into space to broadcast a message of peace to extraterrestrial beings. Unfortunately, this is misunderstood by the aliens and they attack Earth in the form of video game characters. Arcade champions Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), Will Cooper (Kevin James), Ludlow Lamonsoff (Josh Gad) and Eddie Plant (Peter Dinklage) are the only hope. They must use their expertise to defeat the aliens.
8:15 p.m., kabel eins, The Hunger Games – Catching Fire, sci-fi drama
After Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) survive the Hunger Games and become heroes of the downtrodden populace, President Snow suddenly changes the rules. In the next games, all previously victorious tributes will compete against each other. There is no escape for Katniss and Peeta either – they must once again face the brutal fight.