Club der roten Bänder

Club der roten Bänder is a German comedy-drama television series broadcast on VOX. Based upon the Catalan drama series Polseres vermelles, the series focuses on a group of teenagers living together as patients in a hospital's pediatric ward.
On December 5, 2016, VOX renewed the series for a third and final season. The third season premiered on November 13, 2017. The last episode of the third season aired on December 11, 2017, marking the end of the show.

Main characters

Tim Oliver Schultz as Leo Roland; he has cancer and had leg amputated
Damian Hardung as Jonas Neumann; he has cancer and has to amputate a leg
Luise Befort as Emma Wolfshagen; she suffers from anorexia
Timur Bartels as Alex Breidtbach; he is admitted to the hospital after fainting on the playground
Ivo Kortlang as Anton „Toni“ Vogel; he has Asperger's syndrome, he arrives at the hospital because of a motorcycle accident
Nick Julius Schuck as Hugo Krüger; he is in a coma after jumping off a diving board; he serves as the show's narrator

The reviews in Germany are mostly positive. According to Albert Espinosa the German Version of Polseres vermelles is the best worldwide.

;2016

Audi Generation Award 2016 – Media
Bayerischer Fernsehpreis 2016 – Best director to Richard Huber
Bayerischer Fernsehpreis 2016 – Best producers to Bantry Bay Productions, Gerda Müller and Jan Kromschröder
Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2016 – Best series
Deutscher Schauspielerpreis 2016 – Best ensemble
Eyes & Ears Awards 2016 – Best typographical design
Eyes & Ears Awards 2016 – Best On-Air-Programm-Campaign: Fiction in-house production
Grimme-Preis 2016 – Children & Youth
Jupiter-Award 2016 – Best TV-series national
New Faces Award Film 2016 – Special Award
Quotenmeter.de-Fernsehpreis 2016 – Best supporting actress of a series to Luise Befort

;2017