Disco (TV series)

Disco was a music broadcast by ZDF, which was produced from 1971 to 1982 and hosted by Ilja Richter. The presentation was made in each year with appropriate additional years - for example, " DISCO '77 ".

Prehistory

The immediate predecessor of disco was the music program 4-3-2-1 Hot & Sweet, which was produced from 1966 to the end of 1970 and presented in 1969 by Ilja Richter and Suzanne Doucet. After the end of 4-3-2-1 Hot & Sweet was the seamless transition to disco, which began in early 1971.

Components of the program

The disco music show, the first episode was on February 13, 1971 consisted of live and playback performances from then current artist, sketches from presenter Ilja Richter and other actors as well as videos of bands that would not come or could. Similarly as in the ZDF hit parade presentation in the studio was quite close to the audience, with the performers mingled before the start or after the end of their songs partly under the spectators. The autograph addresses of the performers were displayed at the end of each performance.

Gained cult status Ilja Richter's welcome after the first appearance. In his " A wonderful good evening, ladies and gentlemen, Hello Friends! " Answered the audience loudly " Hello Ilya ". From this cherished ceremony but he distanced himself then at the beginning of the last transmission for 1982 musically in a song sketch.

The disco offered a very wide range of musical styles - for example, pop, disco, pop, rock, comedy and NDW songs. But Ilja Richter had no effect on the guest list and songs. Him were all the more important the skits that were devised by him and his mother and also produced. Regular Sketch partner was his sister Janina Richter. ZDF saw in the skits a means to improve the acceptance of the shipment at the senior citizens and at the same time still secretly mitzugeben youth a little school knowledge, as it and not infrequently to culture ( world literature, operas, composers, writers, ...) history ( Roman Empire, Greek gods, German heroic legends, ...) went into the appropriate scenery and costumes, or at least there was sufficient allusions or parodies it.

There was in each show also the DISCO QUIZ, in which in a section from a previous disco ( or at the beginning or 4-3-2-1 Hot & Sweet) one (s) should be recognized artist ( in ) or group ("! Please no letters " ) and in which the audience through postcard mission could in addition to numerous signed records of performers on the broadcast win the following 3 main prizes: a portable radio (3rd prize ), a turntable ( 2nd prize) or an invitation for next issue (1st prize ), in which the winner also got a gift personally handed by the moderator. To present this winner the studio lighting was turned off completely and only a single white light - spot - directed at him, so that only the winner was to be seen in the bright spotlight. Then came to this action later each Ilja Richter's legendary fitting motto: "Light off - Womm! Spot on - Yeah ". The same award was also the hallmark of the Dutch show host Mies Bouwman, which thus initiated the final round of their show Eén van de eight ( 1970-1973 ).

Successor

1982 ended Ilja Richter the show because he wanted to concentrate on his acting career. The latest edition of disco was broadcast on 22 November 1982.

Successor of disco was at the end of 1982, moderated by Frank Zander broadcast caution music.

Duration and original broadcast

Between 1971 and 1982 a total of 133 episodes were aired on ZDF from the 45 -minute each disco. It was recorded in Hamburg ( Studio Hamburg ) and Berlin (Berliner Union Film ), from 1976 on ZDF country club Bayern in Unterföhring near Munich. The program was broadcast in 1971 on Saturdays at first in the afternoon around 15:50 clock and from 1972 then determines at 18:45 clock. IFA '73, the daily news was brought forward 1973 from 19:45 to 19:00 clock from 1 October as part of a program reform. The disco then moved against time to 18:00 clock and ran thus parallel to the sports show on ARD, while the hit parade was moved back to 19:30 clock. 1975 but also got the disco this place in the evening program. A reform program then made Monday 19.30 clock from early 1978 until the end of 1983 permanent place for music in the ZDF. As a result, aired alongside the ZDF hit parade to the end and the disco at that time.

Repetitions

From May to August 2011, three episodes per week were repeated exclusively on ZDFkultur. Since July 2013 ZDFkultur broadcasts weekly on Fridays at 19.30 clock in each case a disco output from issue 1, from October 2013 every day in the afternoon program.

From December 1984 to November 2009 the shipments were for 25 years on 3sat (then as a ZDF music channel in the afternoon), and repeatedly since 2004 when ZDFtheaterkanal. On 3sat reruns of disco were first aired in the daily program since 2004 and at irregular intervals in the night program. The ZDFtheaterkanal showed a monthly issue several times in a morning and afternoon appointment on various days of the week. In addition, ran from April 1, 2008 at night on the at that Premiere PayTV (now Sky Germany ) belonging to former music channel Hit24 61 episodes at irregular intervals and were repeated until the setting of the transmitter there several times.

40th Anniversary

On the 40th anniversary of the first shipment Ilja Richter began in May 2011, a tour. In addition, the DVD Ilyas Disco appear: light off - spot on ( The DVD Collection) and the CD 40 years ZDF Disco - The Best.