# Bad Banks

Bad Banks is a German-Luxembourgish television series first aired in February 2018. In March 2018, it was renewed for a second season. In the U.S., the series was acquired by Hulu.

## Production

Production was carried out by Federation Entertainment and the first season was filmed in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, London and Luxembourg.

## Release

The first series consisting of six episodes was premiered in Berlin in February 2018 and broadcast on ARTE on March 2, 2018. Subsequently, U.S. network Hulu acquired the series. In August 2018, the series was released in the Netherlands on the channel AVROTROS. The series is also available on Netflix in Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland and France. Series 1 & 2 are both available in the UK from Channel 4 / Walter Presents. The series is also available in Poland from TVP and on CBC Gem in Canada.

## Cast

| Actor/Actress | Role | Age | Details |
| Paula Beer | Jana Liekam | 25 | Former Crédit International (CI) structurer |
| Barry Atsma | Gabriel Fenger | 45 | Deutsche Global Invest (DGI) investment division head |
| Désirée Nosbusch | Christelle Leblanc | 49 | CI executive, former financial crime agent |
| Mai Duong Kieu | Thao Hoang | 31 | DGI analyst, Jana's team member |
| Albrecht Schuch | Adam Pohl | 29 | DGI salesman, Jana's team member |
| Tobias Moretti | Quirin Sydow | 50 | DGI CFO, has a past with Fenger |
| Jean-Marc Barr | Robert Khano | 53 | DGI CEO, colluding with Sydow |
| Marc Limpach | Luc Jacoby | 40 | Former CI banker, Jana's ex-colleague |
| Germain Wagner | Ties Jacoby | | CI board member, Luc's father |
| Jörg Schüttauf | Peter Schultheiß | 53 | Lord Mayor of Leipzig |
| Jeff Wilbusch | Noah Weisz | 33 | Jana's boyfriend with a 5-year-old daughter |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2018)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Fired" (German: Die Kündigung) | Christian Schwochow | Oliver Kienle, Jana Burbach & Jan Galli | February 21, 2018 (2018-02-21) | N/A |
| 2 | 2 | "Follow the Junk" (German: Folge dem Schrott) | Christian Schwochow | Oliver Kienle, Jana Burbach & Jan Galli | February 21, 2018 (2018-02-21) | N/A |
| 3 | 3 | "The Man from London" (German: Der Mann aus London) | Christian Schwochow | Oliver Kienle, Jana Burbach & Jan Galli | February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22) | N/A |
| 4 | 4 | "Old Debts" (German: Alte Schulden) | Christian Schwochow | Oliver Kienle, Jana Burbach & Jan Galli | February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22) | N/A |
| 5 | 5 | "The Hardest Currency" (German: Die härteste Währung) | Christian Schwochow | Oliver Kienle, Jana Burbach & Jan Galli | February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22) | N/A |
| 6 | 6 | "The Lion's Den" (German: Die Höhle des Löwen) | Christian Schwochow | Oliver Kienle, Jana Burbach & Jan Galli | February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22) | N/A |

### Season 2 (2020)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Viewers (millions) |
| 7 | 1 | "Brave New World" (German: Schöne neue Welt) | Christian Zübert | Oliver Kienle | January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30) | N/A |
| 8 | 2 | "Dying Banks" (German: Bankensterben (ZDF) / Der neue Gegner (Arte)) | Christian Zübert | Oliver Kienle | January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30) | N/A |
| 9 | 3 | "Collateral Damage" (German: Kollateralschaden) | Christian Zübert | Oliver Kienle | January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30) | N/A |
| 10 | 4 | "Today's Winners" (German: Die Gewinner von heute) | Christian Zübert | Oliver Kienle | January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30) | N/A |
| 11 | 5 | "Paranoia" (German: Paranoia (ZDF) / Dunkelheit (Arte)) | Christian Zübert | Oliver Kienle | January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30) | N/A |
| 12 | 6 | "Long Live The Queen" (German: Long live the Queen) | Christian Zübert | Oliver Kienle | January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30) | N/A |