The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on board. Insurance agent Lucas investigates at the Cote D'Azur, because there's the suspicion that it could have been suicide. He finds out that Hellmann's villa was monitored, the tapes also contain information about the explosion. He uses them for blackmail.

Since Betti's boyfriend Rolf doesn't have time for her at Christmas this year either - which is not surprising as he is married - it looks as if she will have to celebrate alone again. The planned trip with her friend can't take place because Ellen has once again met the man for life and would rather travel with him. When neighbor Sven wants to pick up the Christmas present for his children in the form of a dwarf rabbit on Christmas Eve, a wild chase ensues across Betti's bathroom.

The ghosts of thieves help a beautiful young countess save her inherited castle from modern developers in this comic horror/musical.

Bernhard and Claire have always lived to work. Now that's over: the workaholic and entrepreneur turns his back on his airplane company, Claire sells her time-consuming nursery. But life in their new dream home, which does justice to their contrasting characters with feng shui and high-tech, takes some getting used to. While the two of them pretend to enjoy a deeply relaxed togetherness, the telephone wires have long been burning up again in the background.

The pupil Rull rehearses the uprising at a grammar school in Bremen and tries to break through the authoritarian structures of his school. The result is a humorous protest movement that demands a democratic school form.

The unsuccessful writer Ritchie can't stand his brother, a criminal businessman. When both fall in love with the beautiful Lilian, a dangerous game of revenge begins.

The count Egge is barely a visitor in his Alpine family castle Hubertus, being preoccupied with hunting. He's furious when his young adult sons miss an annual municipal hunting concession auction, being both in love with local commoner girls, deemed undesirable although their mother was an actress herself, as is their sister's lover, painter Forbeck. So comital heir Tassilo marries in secret, spare heir Willy courts 'discretely'. Then tragedy strikes, with further consequences for the whole comital family.

The son of an Argentine chemist travels to Vienna, to solve the murder of his father. Step by step, he realizes that his father was internationally entangled in secret service machinations and chemical weapon sales, and ends up in mortal danger himself. Meanwhile, he also realizes that there is no connection between his father's murderess and those dubious activities. Her motive for killing him goes back much futher, to a court hearing during the Third Reich...