ZDFzoom is a documentary and reportage format of the Second German Television , which has been broadcast since May 11, 2011 mostly weekly, every Wednesday at 10:45 p.m. according to the international journal .
The series started as part of a comprehensive program reform in 2011 by ZDF and replaced the ZDF.reporter format . The premiere ran under the title "Geronimo Secret Operation". Other programs included “The Law of the Stronger” with Günter Wallraff and “The Fukushima Lie” by Johannes Hano . According to the industry service kress , 44 consignments were initially commissioned. According to the editor-in-chief, Christian Dezer, it is an "underground information module" with " investigative approaches ", with an "acting author" as the "link between viewer and topic". Almost "all topics - from political to social, from economic to environmental" would be addressed. According to ZDF, the costs vary between 90,000 euros and 130,000 euros per issue, depending on the length of the approx. 35 annual productions.
reception
DocumentaryFilm.info called the “new documentary report format” a “prestige program of the new editor-in-chief Peter Frey ”, who hoped for “a leap in the quota for information topics.” When the broadcast started, “a solid reportage piece on the death of Osama bin Laden” was offered. In addition, they reacted quickly and temporarily suspended theGünter Wallraff report, The Power of the Stronger, which was actually planned for the start. However, the investigation was only temporary, although the use of “ re-enactments ” was due to the “need to replace missing original material”. That is not reprehensible either, “but for reports that are not under such time pressure, this stylistic device should be reduced.” The line “between documentation , docu-fiction and, in the worst case, docu-soap ” is thin. Although the premiere is a "good debut for ZDFzoom", it remains to be seen whether "the format can really stand out from the competition in the long run."
In March 2012, Spiegel Online praised the extensive research of the documentation Mister Karstadt about Nicolas Berggruen by Lutz Ackermann and Christian Esser . It is “the great achievement of the makers to pursue these supposedly social and ecological investments with considerable energy, which so far have not been questioned in critical reports about Berggruen.” The taz , on the other hand, called the format “pseudoinvestigative”: In the film According to the speaker, “critical questions” would be asked, “but the viewer hardly hears any of them. This signal word, like the many 'renewed inquiries', is part of the pseudo-investigative gesture of a format that degrades the authors to vicarious agents, to journalist actors. "
consequences
2011
episode
date
title
0 1
May 11, 2011
Geronimo secret files: The mystery of the death of Osama bin Laden
0 2
May 18, 2011
Crime scene vacation paradise
0 3
May 25, 2011
The Kachelmann case and the controlled truth (by Hansjürg Zumstein )
0 4th
June 1, 2011
Stress test for nuclear power - Fukushima and the consequences
0 5
June 8, 2011
Toxic City - German poison scrap for Ghana
0 6th
June 15, 2011
Help, i'm naked!
0 7th
June 22, 2011
The right of the fittest
0 8th
June 29, 2011
Traffic gridlock - Germany in permanent traffic jams
0 9
July 6, 2011
No mercy for inmate 179212?
10
July 13, 2011
Bloody business - on the trail of the organ trade in Kosovo
11
July 20, 2011
The fuel rip-off - How oil companies make cash
12
August 3, 2011
The Ice Cold Murderer of Norway - Who is Anders Behring Breivik?
13
August 10, 2011
Deadly danger - trapping in Germany
14th
17th August 2011
The price of love - who will take care of my children?
15th
August 24, 2011
Germ out of control - When the hospital makes you sick
16
August 31, 2011
Work until you drop - Burnout is a common disease
17th
September 14, 2011
The secret pullers - who really rules us?
18th
September 24, 2011
Shattered, disappointed, estranged - the Catholic Church and the crisis of confidence
19th
September 28, 2011
Tatort discotheque - when the party turns into a nightmare
20th
October 5, 2011
The daily roar - top performance from the medicine cabinet
21st
October 12, 2011
The Black Man - Hunt for Dennis' Child Killer
22nd
October 26, 2011
Fight for the child - when reports destroy families
23
November 2, 2011
The tricks of the insurers
24
November 9, 2011
Dangerous greed - the risky search for natural gas in Germany
25th
November 23, 2011
Fear about money - who is to blame for the Eurochaos?
26th
November 30, 2011
Expensive drops - the business with our water
27
December 7, 2011
Invisible Danger? - Nanotechnology in everyday life
2012
episode
date
title
28
January 11, 2012
The illegal gas business with baby dogs
29
January 18, 2012
Temporary work - job engine or exploitation?
30th
January 25, 2012
Deadly germs from factory farming
31
February 1, 2012
Doctor botch? Patients accuse
32
February 15, 2012
Dangerous kick - deadly drug on the rise
33
February 22, 2012
Twilight of the Tsars - cracks in the Putin system
34
March 7, 2012
The Fukushima lie
35
March 14, 2012
Mister Karstadt - The enigmatic Nicolas Berggruen
36
March 28, 2012
The wage slaves - cheap fashion from India
37
April 4, 2012
The yellow of the egg - In search of the happy chicken
38
April 11, 2012
Ahoy and alarm - how safe are cruise ships?
39
April 18, 2012
In the end poor - when there is not enough money in old age
40
April 25, 2012
Human trafficking in Europe - cheap supplies for German brothels
41
May 2, 2012
Not to us! - What to do with dangerous criminals?
42
May 9, 2012
Sunk, built in, buried - bankrupt vultures over the Rhine and Ruhr
43
May 16, 2012
The pirate hype - can politics be different?
44
May 23, 2012
Rent, buy, pay - the real estate agent's tricks
45
May 30, 2012
Bottled and served - how good is our mineral water?
46
June 6, 2012
Hops and malt lost! - How good is Germany's beer really?
47
June 20, 2012
Under power - the fight for the energy transition
48
4th July 2012
Home ownership trap - when building a house becomes a nightmare
49
July 11, 2012
White coats, black registers - self-service in the health system?
50
July 18, 2012
Advise and sell? - Billion dollar wealth advice
51
July 25, 2012
Mercilessly cheap - online shops on the rise
52
August 8, 2012
Poisonous light - the dark side of the energy-saving lamp
53
22nd August 2012
Third half riot - fan violence in football
54
5th September 2012
Whipping boys on the street - The brutal everyday life of German truck drivers
55
September 12, 2012
The Call Trap - How Call Centers Rip Off
56
September 26, 2012
All beans - how good is our coffee?
57
3rd October 2012
Chocolate, shampoo, sunscreen
58
October 10, 2012
Tied up in the home
59
19th October 2012
The throwers - on the trail of the food wasters
60
November 2, 2012
Poor rich America - On Park Avenue through New York
61
November 21, 2012
The wine tasting - can a good drop be cheap?
62
November 28, 2012
Nothing works anymore - when slot machines are addicting
63
5th December 2012
Bloody Treasures - Illegal antique trade in Germany
64
December 12, 2012
In the Christmas bakery - the dark side of our cookies
65
December 19, 2012
Mobile phone cost trap - the tricks of the mobile phone giant
2013
episode
date
title
66
January 9, 2013
The patient factory - How clinics make a profit
67
January 16, 2013
Postponed, planned, installed
68
January 23, 2013
The mini job scam
69
January 30, 2013
Advising and selling - How banks cup their customers
70
20th February 2013
Sick health insurers - competition on the back of the patient
71
February 27, 2013
Shrink-wrapped and packaged: How safe is our food?
72
March 6, 2013
Escape to the Caribbean - The tax tricks of the corporations
73
March 20, 2013
The shadow power - the dubious system of the rating agencies
74
March 27, 2013
Seductive fit-makers - the functional food business
75
April 10, 2013
Single dinner and power dating - the business of loneliness
76
17th April 2013
Dormant danger - the explosive legacy of wars
77
May 8, 2013
The silent poison - when pesticides make you sick
78
May 15, 2013
Hardly bought, already broken: The trouble with the electrical appliances
79
22. May 2013
Deadly deals - German weapons for the world
80
May 29, 2013
Left in the lurch - The trouble with the employers' liability insurance association
81
June 12th, 2013
Flood disaster with an announcement? - The failure of flood protection
82
19th June 2013
Limitless criminal? Citizens in fear - police under pressure
83
3rd July 2013
Beware of the crab! - The big business with the little animal
84
July 10, 2013
Landed and flooded - the dubious business with the container ships
85
17th July 2013
Deceptive package Almidylle? - The price war for our milk
86
July 24, 2013
The main thing is meat! Can you still trust the roast?
87
July 31, 2013
Profit is king - the rude methods of the burger chain
88
7th August 2013
Insulation madness or climate rescue? The sense and nonsense of energetic renovation
89
11th September 2013
World Wide War - The secret battle the data
90
18th September 2013
Electricity price tricks - who has to pay for the energy transition
91
September 25, 2013
Pilots at the limit - when tiredness flies with you
92
2nd October 2013
The false advisors - in the clutches of Postbank
93
October 9, 2013
Rent equals return? - The business of the real estate giants
94
October 16, 2013
Throw away fashion - the PRIMARK principle
95
October 30, 2013
The interest rate trap - How banks collect their customers
96
November 13, 2013
The daily poison - risk pesticides
97
20th November 2013
Bad Mine - Good Money - The dirty business with coal
98
4th December 2013
On the wrong track - what's wrong with the railway?
99
18th December 2013
Sweet and dangerous - the bitter side of sugar
2014
episode
date
title
100
January 8, 2014
Zoomed in - what happened to our stories
101
15th January 2014
Expensive tablets - pills, prices and the pharmaceutical industry
102
22th January 2014
The Compassion Business - The Dark Side of Volunteering
103
January 29, 2014
Squeezed and squeezed - the bitter business with oranges
104
5th February 2014
Child protection in the pillory - coroners accuse
105
12th of February 2014
Gurlitt and the Treasure of the Century - Of victims, perpetrators and millions
106
February 26, 2014
Deceiving, tricking, threatening - the Fukushima lie
107
5th March 2014
Chicken scraps on the move - The business with our waste
108
March 26, 2014
Unequal Opponents - How communities fight for their power grids
109
April 2, 2014
The football empire - the business of Fifa
110
April 16, 2014
Refuel, rest, pay - how rest stops cash in
111
April 30, 2014
Caution craftsmen! When things are messed about on construction sites
112
May 7, 2014
Pills for the psyche - are our children made sick?
113
May 14, 2014
Dirty Shipping - Cheap transportation at the expense of health
114
May 21, 2014
Free trade is a secret - who will benefit from the transatlantic agreement?
115
May 27, 2014
Conspiracy Against Freedom (2): Big Brother in the White House
116
4th June 2014
Danger from the stable - deadly germs - powerless politics?
117
June 11, 2014
Our amateurs - real professionals? - How soccer Germany is really doing
118
2nd July 2014
Patients on the sidelines - when only the return counts in the clinic
119
July 16, 2014
Broken savings - are we threatened with a traffic blackout?
120
23rd July 2014
Credit or bankruptcy
121
July 30, 2014
Third-class colleagues - the trick with the work contract
122
August 6, 2014
Risk implants
123
August 13, 2014
From the madness of the bureaucracy - Germany controls and watches
124
20th August 2014
Where the fun ends - the dark side of Legoland, Sea Life and Co
125
August 27, 2014
Dangerous kick - deadly drug on the rise
126
September 10, 2014
Biofuel - Deadly enemy of the orangutans
127
September 24, 2014
Faith, Love, Capital - The Catholic Church and its Finances
128
October 1, 2014
Germany in the airport madness
129
October 8, 2014
Will Auto-Deutschland hit the wall?
130
15th October 2014
The business of poverty
131
October 29, 2014
The cheap scam from H&M
132
5th November 2014
Hunger!
133
November 12, 2014
Chaos instead of concepts - Germany and the refugees
134
3rd December 2014
Ticking time bombs - how dangerous are underground storage facilities?
135
17th December 2014
Homeless children in Germany
2015
episode
date
title
136
January 14, 2015
Ready to die for Allah - Islamists in Germany
137
January 21, 2015
At the expense of the elderly - what goes wrong in nursing homes
138
January 28, 2015
Haiti - help, hope, anger
139
4th February 2015
The billion-dollar madness - how funding is wasted
140
February 11, 2015
Always trouble with the mail
141
February 18, 2015
Germany and the bought sex
142
February 25, 2015
Beware of the credit trap
143
4th March 2015
Is the rent brake failing? - Why living is getting more and more expensive
144
March 18, 2015
The Dortmund story
145
April 1, 2015
The ARAL system - gas station tenants under pressure
146
April 8, 2015
Millions in the Name of the People - How Judges Distribute Fines
147
April 15, 2015
School meals: poor!
148
April 22, 2015
The fraudulent packaging - How eco-friendly are Tetra Pak and Co.?
149
April 29, 2015
Ikea, Höffner & Co. - Where do our cheap furniture come from?
150
May 12, 2015
Quarrel about smoking weed - how useful is the release of cannabis?
151
May 13, 2015
Share and suffer - the ruffles of the share economy
152
May 20, 2015
The suffering of those suffering from pain
153
May 27, 2015
Films, series and sex from the net - How lawyers cash in on viewers
154
3rd June 2015
Doer or benefactor? - The power of the agricultural giants
155
17th June 2015
The power of Amazon - cheap but merciless?
156
June 24, 2015
Escape under the truck - Europe's dispute over asylum policy
157
July 1, 2015
Lawn desired - why Germany's car companies don't want a speed limit
158
July 8, 2015
The power of Aldi, Edeka & Co. - customer warfare at any price
159
15th July 2015
Can Europe still be saved?
160
July 22, 2015
Bitter strawberries - How harvest workers suffer
161
July 29, 2015
Received from the dentist?
162
August 12, 2015
For the love of animals - how far can activists go?
163
19th August 2015
Outside and inside ...? TUI's business
164
August 26, 2015
Independent vehicle workshops on the test bench - How good are ATU, pitstop & Co
165
2nd September 2015
One state - two worlds? - Immigrants in Germany
166
September 9, 2015
Security gaps at Frankfurt Airport - serious deficiencies in the controls
167
23rd September 2015
The Red Cross system
168
September 30, 2015
Backstage! Concertmaker in the spotlight
169
October 7, 2015
Dirty gold: The shiny business with the noble metal
170
October 14, 2015
Last days, good days? - Palliative care in Germany
171
October 28, 2015
The helicopter fiasco in the Bundeswehr
172
November 11, 2015
The Zschäpe case: what did the intelligence services know?
173
18th November 2015
Trail to Moscow - Why did Litvinenko have to die?
174
December 9, 2015
Nice presents - toys from China
175
December 16, 2015
A year in Almanya - between asylum and rejection
2016
episode
date
title
176
January 13, 2016
Zoomed in 2016 - What happened to our stories
177
20th January 2016
Emergency number 112 - What is the German rescue service suffering from?
178
January 27, 2016
Police in need - overloaded and saved up?
179
3rd February 2016
Kalashnikovs for terrorists - arms smuggling in Europe
180
February 10, 2016
Savings banks in crisis - when customers lose confidence
181
February 24, 2016
FIFA - The foul game of the mighty
182
March 2, 2016
Integration jumble - big plans, small steps
183
March 23, 2016
The Germanwings crash - the disaster and many questions
184
March 30, 2016
Jihad in Europe - Why the threat of terrorism is growing
185
April 6, 2016
Will Volkswagen survive?
186
4th May 2016
Sun, wind and anger: will the energy transition be slowed down?
187
May 11, 2016
The business with the refugees - in times of need the cash registers ring
188
May 18, 2016
Profit instead of conscience? - Expensive fashion - cheaply produced
189
May 25, 2016
The nursing trap
190
June 1, 2016
Community was yesterday - Europe without a future
191
June 8, 2016
The refugee chancellor - what drives Angela Merkel?
192
June 29, 2016
The Disease Business - How We Are Made Patients
193
4th july 2016
Generation Jihad - German Youth and Terror
194
July 11, 2016
In the crosshairs of the health insurance companies - patients between cost pressure and profit
195
July 13, 2016
Touch me ... - Why touch is so important
196
20th July 2016
Can stars lie? - Hotel reviews in Germany
197
July 27, 2016
Workshop or lecture hall? - Why there are fewer and fewer trainees
198
August 10, 2016
On the siding - the railway in crisis
199
August 24, 2016
The New Right - National, Patriotic, Dangerous?
200
August 31, 2016
The life insurance trap - rich corporations - disappointed customers
201
September 21, 2016
Insanity on the housing market - from vacancies to luxury rents
202
5th October 2016
Lousy mesh coffee trip
203
October 12, 2016
It stinks! - Thick air in Germany
204
October 26, 2016
The mosque next door - prejudice and reality
205
November 2, 2016
USA - The bought democracy?
206
November 9, 2016
Is it all just a lie? - How people are deceived on the net
207
November 16, 2016
The pension debacle
208
December 14, 2016
Desire for salmon - the global madness
2017
episode
date
title
209
January 11, 2017
Zoomed in 2017 - What happened to our stories
210
18th January 2017
The lie of the clean truck - exhaust fraudsters and their polluters
211
January 25, 2017
The madness with milk - global, cheap, ruinous
212
1st February 2017
Deutsche Post at the limit - price war and stressed employees
213
February 8, 2017
Putin's Cold War - A Russian spy unpacks
214
22nd February 2017
Folk drug alcohol - the legal intoxication
215
1st March 2017
The AfD - inside views of a protest party
216
22nd March 2017
Exploited - work only on demand
217
29th March 2017
The data jungle - fantastic freedom or smart slavery?
218
5th April 2017
In the clutches of the rip-offs - How investors are robbed of billions
219
April 12, 2017
Bureaucracy instead of integration - refugees in Germany
220
May 3, 2017
Crime scene Germany - easy game for burglars
221
17th May 2017
Inside Deutsche Bank - giant without a future
222
May 24, 2017
Dangerous connections - Trump and his business partners
223
May 31, 2017
The mobile phone subscription trap - How customers are tricked
224
June 7, 2017
Secret files VW - How the government protects the company
225
June 14, 2017
PISA's crooked plan - students under test stress
226
June 28, 2017
Loud, dirty, dangerous - why more and more trucks are clogging our roads
227
5th July 2017
Lufthansa in turbulence - what will happen to service and security?
228
July 12, 2017
The Munich rampage - life afterwards
229
19th July 2017
Autonomous, radical, militant? - Inside left scene
230
July 26, 2017
Bad air on the plane - sick crews and unsuspecting passengers
231
August 9, 2017
Expensive, nonsensical, hostile to patients? How the coffers waste our money
232
16th August 2017
And you're out! - Unionists under pressure
233
23rd August 2017
Under a false name - passport fraud in Germany
234
August 30, 2017
Hungry dragon - China's greed for German companies
235
13th September 2017
Basic Income for All - Fair or Unjust?
236
20th September 2017
Hatred and agitation - when politicians are targeted
237
4th October 2017
Railway without plan - freight trains on the siding
238
October 11, 2017
Branded automotive workshops put to the test
239
October 25, 2017
Data theft and cyberwar - how great is the danger from the Internet?
240
November 8, 2017
Danger to life despite test sticker? - Why TÜV and Co. fail
241
15th November 2017
Europe on the border - the chaos in refugee policy
242
December 13, 2017
The Screenplay of Terror - How Dangerous Are Europe's Islamists?
2018
episode
date
title
243
January 10, 2018
Zoomed in 2018 - What happened to our stories
244
17th January 2018
Marriage without love - forced marriage in Germany
245
January 24, 2018
The real price for the perfect apple
246
January 31, 2018
Pinstripe Pirates - How Shipowners, Bankers and Politicians Exempt Taxpayers
247
February 7, 2018
The Olympia System - Greed, Money and Power?
248
February 21, 2018
YouTube money machine
249
February 28, 2018
The Wheat Madness - The Consequences of Our Agricultural Policy
250
March 7, 2019
Secretly across the border - fight against smugglers
264
4th July 2018
Newspapers in need - what is journalism worth?
Awards
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ New program scheme on the ZDF theme portal of the ddp from April 28, 2011
↑ "The pressure is increasing" ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Interview by Nina Behlendorf with Günter Wallraff on ZDF.de @1 @ 2 Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zdf.de
↑ The Fukushima Lie , ZDF.de, accessed on March 16
↑ It makes zoom: ZDF launches documentary format ( Memento from August 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), documentarfilm.info , accessed on March 16, 2012
↑ What does ZDFzoom bring? , Christian Dezer on ZDF.de, accessed on March 16, 2012
↑ Documentation and reports - profiles and costs. (No longer available online.) ZDF , August 28, 2014, archived from the original on December 3, 2016 ; accessed on August 30, 2014 .
↑ Looked up: ZDFzoom relies heavily on games ( memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), reception on documentarfilm.info, accessed on March 16, 2012
↑ The disenchantment of Mister Karstadt , Florian Diekmann on Spiegel Online from March 14, 2012
↑ The zoom is defective , David Denk on taz.de from March 14, 2012
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