Telerop 2009 – Es ist noch was zu retten ("Telerop 2009: There is still something to be saved") is a German science fiction television series. It was created under the direction of Eberhard Itzenplitz and Michael Kehlmann and first aired on 10 July 1974 on ARD.The series portrays a dark future for 2009. As a result of environmental pollution during the 1970s and 1980s the natural environment is largely destroyed. For instance the use of pesticides killed off plants with only insects surviving, smog is a permanent problem, Germany partly turned to a steppe landscape and the share of oxygen in the air fell to 16%. Telerop is a television channel which reports from this disaster zone of Germany.