Various Genres Form ZDF Enterprises’ MIPCOM Slate

MAINZ: Drama, entertainment formats and factual series are some of the genre highlights ZDF Enterprises is set to present at MIPCOM.

ZDFE.drama’s lineup is led by the third season of Bron/Broen (The Bridge), which has been sold to more than 160 countries all over the world. Another Scandinavian thriller is The Fourth Man, which revisits the 1975 terrorist attack on the West German embassy. Rounding out the drama slate is Wataha, about a bomb attack that leaves a single Border Guard member alive.

ZDFE.entertainment offers The Game Begins, in which celebrities face off against a team of kids, and the general-knowledge show Quiz Champion. Meanwhile, Crime Watch XY presents unsolved criminal cases in the form of ten-minute film reconstructions.

At the top of this fall’s highlights for ZDFE.factual is How Climate Made History, which explains how major historical events such as wars were affected by climatic phenomena, along with the achievement showcase Human Limits and the botany-focused The Secret Garden.

For a younger crowd, ZDFE.junior will launch a third season of Mako Mermaids and the preschool show Coconut the Little Dragon. Also joining the lineup will be the animated series Four and a Half Friends, based on a set of popular kids’ books.