diff --git a/core/src/zeit/content/video/browser/tests/test_form.py b/core/src/zeit/content/video/browser/tests/test_form.py
index a463ed27b2..acbb93c099 100644
--- a/core/src/zeit/content/video/browser/tests/test_form.py
+++ b/core/src/zeit/content/video/browser/tests/test_form.py
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ def test_add_video(self):
         b.getControl('Title').value = 'myvid'
         b.getControl('External ID').value = '1234'
         b.getControl('Ressort').displayValue = ['Deutschland']
+        b.getControl('Markdown content').value = '# my title'
         b.getControl(name='form.actions.add').click()
         self.assertEllipsis('...Edit Video...', b.contents)
         b.getLink('Checkin').click()
         self.assertEllipsis('..."myvideo" has been checked in...', b.contents)
         self.assertEllipsis('...External ID...1234...', b.contents)
+        self.assertEllipsis('...<h1>my title</h1>...', b.contents)
diff --git a/core/src/zeit/content/video/browser/video.py b/core/src/zeit/content/video/browser/video.py
index 4169511e6d..47fc92cdb4 100644
--- a/core/src/zeit/content/video/browser/video.py
+++ b/core/src/zeit/content/video/browser/video.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class Base(zeit.push.browser.form.SocialBase, zeit.push.browser.form.MobileBase)
             'title',
         )
         + FormFields(zeit.content.video.interfaces.IVideo).select(
+            'body',
             'duration',
             'expires',
             'external_id',
@@ -83,6 +84,11 @@ class Base(zeit.push.browser.form.SocialBase, zeit.push.browser.form.MobileBase)
         gocept.form.grouped.Fields(
             _('Video-Thumbnail'), ('image',), css_class='wide-widgets column-left'
         ),
+        gocept.form.grouped.Fields(
+            _('Texts'),
+            ('body',),
+            css_class='wide-widgets column-left',
+        ),
         gocept.form.grouped.RemainingFields('', css_class='column-left'),
     )
 
diff --git a/core/src/zeit/content/video/interfaces.py b/core/src/zeit/content/video/interfaces.py
index 44a34499ee..791db18f74 100644
--- a/core/src/zeit/content/video/interfaces.py
+++ b/core/src/zeit/content/video/interfaces.py
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class IVideo(
     width = zope.schema.Int(title=_('Width of the Frame'), required=False)
     url = zope.schema.URI(title=_('URI of the rendition'), required=False)
 
+    body = zeit.cms.content.field.Markdown(title=_('Markdown content'), required=False)
+
 
 class VideoSource(zeit.cms.content.contentsource.CMSContentSource):
     name = 'video'
diff --git a/core/src/zeit/content/video/video.py b/core/src/zeit/content/video/video.py
index 1d899ca926..7c04014947 100644
--- a/core/src/zeit/content/video/video.py
+++ b/core/src/zeit/content/video/video.py
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ class Video(zeit.cms.content.metadata.CommonMetadata):
         ('duration', 'width', 'url'),
     )
 
+    body = zeit.cms.content.property.Structure('.body.text')
+
     @property
     def renditions(self):
         return self._player_data['renditions']