New year, new episodes: The successful ARD documentary series "Die Seenotretter" about the work of the DGzRS is entering its second season. The new episodes are available in the ARD media library from today (30 December).
Thanks to the first ten episodes of "Die Seenotretter" on ARD, they have become known to millions of viewers on television: The crew members of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS). Now the successful TV documentary series is entering its second season. The release of six further 30-minute episodes of the documentary "Die Seenotretter" in the ARD media library is scheduled for 30 December. The programme is scheduled to start at prime time on NDR television: Sunday, 4 January 2026 at 8.15 pm with a 90-minute broadcast, i.e. three of the six episodes. The other episodes will be shown every Friday at 9.15 pm (9, 16 and 23 January).
Commissioned by Norddeutscher Rundfunk and Radio Bremen, the series documents the entire spectrum of the voluntary, independent and donation-funded work of the DGzRS sea rescuers. For the second season, the Bremen-based production company Kinescope Film once again filmed at various DGzRS stations with video journalists, permanently installed cameras and bodycams.
Between April and October, the cameras were not only present during many missions, but also during life on board and at the station, during training and at the DGzRS Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Bremen. Both familiar crew members and new stations are included. Nordmedia Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen mbH also supported season 2.
