Children

ZDF Studios acquires diverse and high-quality children's programmes for ZDF and for the children's channel (KIKA), which is jointly produced by ZDF and ARD.

With attractive genres and themes, all children of pre-school age and up to the age of 12 are to be addressed with high-quality animation productions and live-action productions. In this respect, the purchasing and co-productions division also concentrates on these areas. The ZDF programme includes newly released classics such as "Robin Hood", "Maya the Bee", "Heidi", "Grisù", "Bibi and Tina" as well as Astrid Lindgren productions and numerous fairy tale adaptations.

ZDF Studios not only acquires programmes in the national and international market but is also involved in the worldwide acquisition of co-production partners for the realisation of international projects and has built up a large network over the years, both with renowned distributors and production companies as well as with smaller, as yet unknown production companies. Examples include "H2O – Just add water", "Find me in Paris" and its spin-off "Spellbound", "Dance Academy" and "Theodosia", as well as "Lotta" and "Gruffalo".