Bibi Blocksberg

This article deals with the children's radio play series Bibi Blocksberg . For other meanings, see Bibi Blocksberg (disambiguation) .

Bibi Blocksberg
Radio play from Germany
Year of production	since 1980
genre	Children's series
consequences	134 + specials of 35–45 min
production	Jutta Buschenhagen , Gabi Salomon
Publisher / label	Kiddinx
Contributors
author	Elfie Donnelly (creator), Ulli Herzog † partly as Ulf Tiehm , Klaus-P. Weigand
Director	Ulli Herzog †, Jutta Buschenhagen, Michael Schlimgen
music	Wolfgang W. Loos, Heiko Rüsse
speaker
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Bibi Blocksberg is the name of a children's radio play series from the Kiddinx label , which was launched in 1980 by Elfie Donnelly . The main character is the girl Bibi Blocksberg, who is a witch .

So far (as of July 2020) 134 episodes have appeared. The radio play series was originally called Eene meene Hexerei . Only the first seven episodes appeared under this title, then the series was renamed Bibi Blocksberg . The first episodes were later released under the new title and with a new cover. The length of a single Bibi Blocksberg episode used to vary between 35 and 40 minutes and is now between 40 and 45. The target group of the radio play series are children between four and ten years of age.

In the series, Bibi, who is always in the mood for pranks, experiences numerous adventures with her friends Marita, Florian and Moni. Often there are also witchcraft involved, which not infrequently lead to complications that then have to be straightened out again by their mother, who is also a witch. Bibi's opponent is usually the mayor of the city of Neustadt, who is portrayed as lazy, incompetent and obedient to business. This means that conflicts with the helpful Bibi are programmed.

Bibi's surname refers to the old name of the Brocken ( Blocksberg ), which is traditionally associated with witches ( Walpurgis Night ) , including in Goethe's Faust .

characters

Bibi

Bibi (eigtl. Brigitte) is a witch girl who is often depicted with blonde hair tied with a red bow in a ponytail, a dress in her favorite color green as well as with white socks and without shoes. She is twelve years old in the first twelve radio play episodes and has since been described as a 13-year-old girl. Bibi is only too happy to use her initially untrained witchcraft to play pranks on others. Not only the mayor, but also the school principal, her class teacher and many other Neustadt citizens are often involved in the crazy witchcraft. Her favorite means of transportation is her broom mashed potatoes , which she uses to fly with witchcrafts like “Eene meene mei, fly away mashed potatoes!”, “Eene meene mei, mashed potatoes be my plane!” Or “Eene meene nestle, mashed potatoes, go, fly!” brings. The journalist Karla Kolumna often reports on Bibi's pranks and actions in the local newspaper. Little Blocksberg is not only equipped with a weakness for jokes, but also with a big heart. In many episodes she rises to be the savior of the citizens of Neustadt and is always trying to eliminate injustices and disadvantages from the world.

Bibi's family

Bernhard and Barbara Blocksberg are Bibi's parents. Barbara is also a witch who flies to Blocksberg on her valerian broom every year on Walpurgis Night. At first she doesn't even see how to cook normal food or even do witches, which is why she always gets angry when the others criticize her spider-leg soup again. She doesn't even like her dishes herself, she just wants to prevent her from forgetting the old witch's cooking skills. In the first episode, the first edition Eene meene witchcraft under the title Can Blocksbergs witch? appeared, one learns by the way that she likes to eat yeast dumplings with poppy seeds and sugar and four-minute eggs for breakfast for her entire life . When Barbara has enough of her family again, she flies to her friend. She has a witch's laboratory in which she often tries to brew sulfur-smelling potions and experiments with herbs and witchcraft. In spite of her and Bibi's extraordinary talent, she always tries to ensure a reasonably “normal” life in the Blocksberg household; She has issued many rules such as not to fly in through the window, not to fly to school with a broom and only to witch in emergencies, which of course are often ignored. She also keeps reminding her impetuous daughter of the witches' code of honor, which forbids, for example, to witch money.

Bernhard cannot do witchcraft, which, by the way, almost exclusively women can do (a - very rare - exception is Carlo, who appears in episode 17). He wants a completely normal family, as he emphasizes in almost every episode. He often forbids Bibi and his wife Barbara to do witches so that they don't attract attention. Actually he is proud of "his" witches. One of his favorite pastimes is reading the “Neustädter Tageblatt” every morning. Although Bernhard and Barbara often quarrel and he keeps yelling: "I'm getting a divorce!" (More in the earlier episodes that were still written by Elfie Donnelly), they both love each other very much. In episode 3 you learn, however, that generally arguments at the Blocksbergs only last a maximum of 25 seconds.

The first seven episodes also feature Boris, Bibi's little brother. He's often quite jealous of his sister's witchcraft, which leads to one or another quarrel between the two. In episode 2 it is mentioned that he is eight years old, and in episode 9 the listener learns that he moved to live with his grandparents in the North Sea. The reason given is that he has a cough and that the fresh sea air would do him good. He never shows up again. Even at Christmas and Easter, the family no longer thinks about Boris. Bibi seems to have completely forgotten about him as a babysitter when she wanted siblings. In addition, Bernhard says in the episode Die Computerhexe that the family consists of only three people.

Grandma Grete

Grandma Grete is Barbara's mother. She is rather unconventional and gets along great with her granddaughter Bibi. You can hear from her for the first time in episode 22 3 × black tomcat , in which she gives the Blocksbergs her witch tomcat Sylvester as a pet. She does not appear regularly until episode 82. Your broom is called saffron . Grandma Grete does not have the surname Blocksberg, which becomes clear in the episode "Unexpected Reunion". In this, a relative of Bernhard's named Luisa Blocksberg appears, which is why it must be assumed that Barbara took the name of her husband after the wedding.

Monika Seifert

Moni is Bibi's best friend. She first appears in episode 10 when she comes into Bibi's class. At first it is unpopular. She is often unfriendly to her classmates and because of this and because of her clothes is labeled a country pomeranian. Only when Bibi learns that Moni's parents are very mean to her, Bibi decides to help her, and the two become close friends. In the more recent episodes, Moni is rarely there, and Marita is now more of Bibi's best friend.

Marita Mertens (also Marita Schuller and Marita Kellermann)

Marita later becomes Bibi's best friend. It appears for the first time in episode 19. The two girls don't like each other at first, and they argue and abuse each other all the time, but then they become pretty close friends. Marita appears often in later episodes and has many exciting adventures with Bibi. Marita's parents own a fashion store in Neustadt.

Florian

Florian is Bibi's best friend, a computer genius and math ace. He helps her, for example, to get the dinosaur to hatch from the dinosaur egg, to keep her from sitting down through tutoring and to survive some other adventures. In radio drama, Bibi usually just calls him “Flori”.

Mayor Dr. Dr. Bruno (formerly Hugo) press bag

The mayor of Neustadt often makes many promises, but in the end he is always out for money. He has a speech impediment as soon as he sees Bibi “Blocksbergi” because she once bewitched him. He is portrayed as very dominant and often behaves roughly towards his secretary Pichler. He owes his unrestrained appetite for a stately appearance with a very big belly. In places he lapses into megalomania, for example in episode 64 The New School , in which he wants to have a new town hall built in the form of a castle, or in episode 63 The Fortune Teller , in which he lets a fortune teller bring him to the future To see King of Neustadt and to order a royal robe and a scepter. It is also characteristic of him that he often mistakenly calls Neustadt's citizens his “subjects”. In general, you can describe him as a somewhat stupid figure: Little effort and maximum profit as well as putting his own importance or his own position in front of that of the citizens of Neustadt characterize his character. Nevertheless, it has a good core, even if it is deeply hidden.

Secretary Paul Pichler

Mr. Pichler is the secretary of Mayor Dr. Dr. Bruno Presssack. Paul Pichler is a friendly and good-natured person who accepts the rough tone of the mayor. In the episode Bibi is kidnapped , he tells Bibi that his name is Palle Pichler .

Karla Kolumna

Karla Kolumna is the so-called mad reporter , always looking for a big story. She gets on well with the Blocksberg family and often helps them. As her nickname suggests, she often races around, mostly on her scooter. Her shrill voice and frequent loud laughter are particularly significant. She often gets into an argument with the mayor because she criticizes his behavior. Karla Kolumna also appears with Benjamin Blümchen .

Schubia bug hair

Schubia Wanzhaar is a cheeky little punk witch. She has green hair and a noisy motor broom named Kawakasi . She usually has difficulties with her witch teacher, Aunt Mania. Although she is cocky at times, she is a real friend of Bibi. From the outside it looks quite rough, but has a soft core and a big heart. She is dressed like a punk and always has burgundy lipstick on.

Flauipaui

Flauipaui is a witch friend of Bibi and Schubia. She attaches great importance to her appearance, always has to comb her hair and look at herself in the mirror. She is delicate and petite, and also very timid. She is often afraid of her witch teacher Aunt Mania because she never understands her homework. But she can be very brave in dangerous situations. She attends witchcraft school with Schubia Wanzhaar and Bibi Blocksberg. Your witch's broom is called Daisy . Schubia often mockingly calls it the flower pot . Whether this is really her last name (since Schubia always addresses Bibi as Blocksberg ) has not yet been mentioned.

Xenia

Xenia is also a young witch and Bibi's friend. It appears only rarely in the radio play series. Xenia is very committed to nature conservation and is interested in animals. Your broom is called Woodie .

Arcadia

Arkadia is another young witch who is friends with Bibi. She is mainly interested in disco music. Her broom is called Fetzi .

The thunderstorms

Cecily Thunderstorm is Bibi's aunt from Ireland and also a witch. She appears for the first time in episode 8, and also in episodes 36, 82 and 98. She is married to Patrick Thunderstorm, who cannot witch. Her daughter Margie doesn't get along with Bibi at first. After Bibi learns about the cost problems with the castle, she helps Margie and the two become friends. Margie's broom is called cornflake , Cecily's broom is called "porridge".

Joachim Buschberg

Joachim is Bibi's first great love. He appears in episodes 9, 12 and 17. Bibi tries everything to make Joachim fall in love with her. But Joachim is not in love with Bibi, no matter what she does. Then she bewitches him with an ancient love spell, and Joachim then does everything to charm Bibi. But that will be too much for Bibi and Barbara has to hex Joachim back again. After the incident, Joachim wants to go home straight away, but then he finally talks to the Blocksberg family and finds everything quite exciting. Bibi and Joachim then become very good friends.

Mania flippinger

Aunt Mania, as she is almost always called, is the oldest witch. It maintains tradition and likes to scare other people, but it has changed in the meantime and is rarely inclined to do so. She teaches Bibi and her friends in the witch school. She has twelve brooms, owls and cats each, and a raven named Abraxas .

Amanda sulfur vapor

Aunt Amanda and Bibi's mother Barbara attended the witch school, where they both had Mania as a teacher. When Barbara is on the cure in episodes 53 and 54, she keeps an eye on Bibi and Bernhard. Your broom is named Lumpazi .

Walpurgia broomstick

Walpurgia presides over the Witches Association and, like Mania, is careful to ensure that the rules are followed. She is also the director of a witch boarding school, to which Bibi and her friends are sent in episode 77. Your broom is called Belladonna .

Mathilde Müller-Riebensehl

Bibi's class and math teacher is not really popular with her students. However, the rather strict Ms. Müller-Riebensehl sometimes also shows a soft core, e.g. B. in the episode The Class Trip . She is also the deputy head of the school.

Martin family

Bibi meets Tina Martin in episodes 43 and 44 (two-part episode), whereupon they become friends. Then the radio play series Bibi and Tina was created . Tina's mother owns a riding stables. The horses Bibi and Tina always ride are called Amadeus and Sabrina . There are now 97 episodes of the radio play series.

Laurenzo family

Carlo and his mother Maria only appear in episode 17. Although it is often mentioned that only women can witch, Carlo is a little witcher. Bibi and Carlo get to know each other at the soccer tournament in their two schools and quickly become friends. After this episode, he and his mother never appear again and are no longer mentioned. You don't learn anything about Carlo's father, you only learn that Carlo has six older brothers. His broom is called Tarantella , that of his mother Eusebio .

Accurata

Akkurata is an official test witch from the Hexschulamt and takes Bibi and Xenia the test for the middle hex degree in episode 113.

Malizia

Malizia is a wicked witch who regularly violates various hex commandments and has often been given hex bans. She is not in a particularly good position to Bibi and her mother and tries to wipe them out in the episodes in which she appears (e.g. in the episode Die Klassenreise or Mami in Not ). Otherwise it is not very common. She also owns a black cockatoo named Kuriosus . Your broom is called Toxicater .

Radio play episodes

The first seven episodes appeared under the title " Eene meene Hexerei " and had different titles when they were first published. In 1983 the series with the eighth episode was renamed " Bibi Blocksberg " and the first seven episodes were given new titles.

• 01 - There Are Witches ¹ (1980)
• 02 - Witchcraft at School ² (1980)
• 03 - The Magic Lemonade ³ (1980)
• 04 - The Bank Robber ⁴ (1980)
• 05 - A Bewitched Vacation (1980)
• 06 - The Cow in the Bedroom (1982)
• 07 - ... heals the mayor ⁵ (1982)
• 08 - The Castle Ghosts (1983)
• 09 - ... falls in love (1983)
• 10 - Bibi's New Girlfriend (1983)
• 11 - The School Trip (1983)
• 12 - ... has birthday (1983)
• 13 - A Bewitched Sunday (1983)
• 14 - ... in America (1984)
• 15 - The Black Four (1984)
• 16 - The School Festival (1984)
• 17 - The Little Witcher (1984)
• 18 - On the Hexenberg (1984)
• 19 - The Sports Festival (1984)
• 20 - Papa Is Away (1984)
• 21 - ... is moving (1984)
• 22 - 3 × black cat (1984)
• 23 - ... and the traffic jam (1985)
• 24 - ... and the supermarket (1985)
• 25 - ... runs away (1985)
• 26 - The Scavenger Hunt (1985)
• 27 - The Bewitched Hit Parade (1985)
• 28 - ... in the jungle (1985)
• 29 - The New Witch's Broom (1985)
• 30 - ... in the age of knights (1985)
• 31 - On the fairytale island (1985)
• 32 - ... as a princess (1986)
• 33 - ... as a babysitter (1986)
• 34 - ... mustn't witch (1986)
• 35 - The Witches Curse (1986)
• 36 - the white ducks (1986)
• 37 - The Flea Market (1987)
• 38 - Santa Clauses (1987)
• 39 - Unexpected Reunion (1988)
• 40 - ... and the vampires (1988)
• 41 - It doesn't work without mommy (1989)
• 42 - ... in the circus (1989)
• 43 - The Horse Farm - Part 1 (1989)
• 44 - The Horse Farm - Part 2 (1989)
• 45 - The Air Taxi (1990)
• 46 - Karla Doesn't Give Up (1990)
• 47 - The Horse Show (1990)
• 48 - ... is sick (1990)
• 49 - The Witch's Birthday (1990)
• 50 - ... in the Orient (1991)
• 51 - ... is kidnapped (1991)
• 52 - Where's the mashed potatoes? (1991)
• 53 - The Super Spell (1992)
• 54 - The Computer Witch (1992)
• 55 - Mom's Birthday (1992)
• 56 - The Weather Frog (1993)
• 57 - the blue letter (1993)
• 58 - ... and the dinosaur egg (1993)
• 59 - ... and Dino (1994)
• 60 - the ghost hangover (1994)
• 61 - the genie in a bottle (1995)
• 62 - Fire Red Rhinoceros (1995)
• 63 - The Fortune Teller (1995)
• 64 - The New School (1996)
• 65 - The Flying Competition (1996)
• 66 - The Bewitched Easter Egg (1997)
• 67 - the white cockatoo (1997)
• 68 - ... and the pirates (1997)
• 69 - Hexed Christmas (1998)
• 70 - The Stolen Witch Herb (1999)
• 71 - The Witches School (1999)
• 72 - The Bewitched Calendar (2000)
• 73 - Friday the 13th (2000)
• 74 - The Pen Pal (2001)
• 75 - The New Teacher (2001)
• 76 - Schubia goes crazy (2002)
• 77 - ... in the witch boarding school (2002)
• 78 - ... and Elea Eluanda (2003)
• 79 - Daddy's Birthday (2003)
• 80 - The Cuddle Kitten (2004)
• 81 - Mommy in Need (2004)
• 82 - Hex saying with consequences (2005)
• 83 - Class Trip ⁶ (2005)
• 84 - The Witch Horoscope (2005)
• 85 - Baby Dogs (2006)
• 86 - can daddy witch? (2006)
• 87 - the swapped witch ball (2007)
• 88 - Superpoodle Puck (2007)
• 89 - The Young Witch Gang (2008)
• 90 - Grandma Grete causes a stir (2008)
• 91 - Marita's Secret (2008)
• 92 - The Mysterious Castle (2008)
• 93 - ... needs help (2009)
• 94 - The Bewitched Time Travel (2009)
• 95 - The Forbidden Witch Island (2009)
• 96 - The Sad Unicorn (2009)
• 97 - Surprise for Mommy (2010)
• 98 - The Princesses of Thunderstorm (2010)
• 99 - The Little Sneak (2010)
• 100 - The Great Witches Party ⁷ (2010)
• 101 - ... and Pirate Lilly ⁸ (2011)
• 102 - The Ballet Dance Group (2011)
• 103 - The Witches' Treasure (2011)
• 104 - The Bewitched Mayor (2012)
• 105 - The Witches Kitchen (2012)
• 106 - The Crazy Vacuum Cleaner (2012)
• 107 - The Secret Language (2013)
• 108 - The Family Outing (2013)
• 109 - The Witches Ball ⁹ (2013)
• 110 - ... and the little elf (2014)
• 111 - the witch broom thief (2014)
• 112 - The TV Hex Duel (2014)
• 113 - The Hex Examination (2015)
• 114 - The Bewitched Hiking Day (2015)
• 115 - Holiday in the Hexenpension (2015)
• 116 - The Witch's Broom Forest (2015)
• 117 - The flying broom test (2016)
• 118 - The Exchange Student (2016)
• 119 - ... and the fire dragon (2016)
• 120 - The monkey is loose! (2016)
• 121 - The new school garden (2017)
• 122 - Chaos in the witch boarding school (2017)
• 123 - Grandma Grete in Danger (2018)
• 124 - The Crazy Chicken (2018)
• 125 - Beach Vacation (2018)
• 126 - The Wild Sleigh Race (2018)
• 127 - Bibi moves out (2019)
• 128 - Hexed! (2019)
• 129 - A sensational team (2019)
• 130 - Mommy Goes Crazy (2019)
• 131 - The Bewitched Cell Phone (2020)
• 132 - The Walpurgis Night (2020)
• 133 - The fashion studio ⁹ (2020)
• 134 - Witches Under Suspicion (2020)
• 135 - Friends in Peril (2020)
• 136 - The Hexed Winter Forest (2020)

Remarks:

¹The episode was initially entitled Can Blocksbergs witch? released.

²The episode was initially published under the title Bibi and the witch's saying .

³The episode was initially published under the title Bibi and the magic lemonade .

^4thThe episode was initially published under the title Bibi and the bank robber .

⁵The episode was initially published under the title Bibi heals the mayor .

^6thWith Chantal de Freitas and Kai Wiesinger in guest roles.

^7th Anniversary episode in double audio play length.

^8thWith Karoline Herfurth in a guest role.

⁹ With designer Kilian Kerner in a guest role.

speaker

Of the speakers from the very beginning, only Susanna Bonaséwicz is still there as Bibi, after the speakers of Bibi's parents, Guido Weber and Hallgard Bruckhaus , gave up their roles in 2008 due to their advanced age and were replaced by Bodo Wolf and Gabriele Streichhahn from episode 93 . The character Karla Kolumna was adapted due to the aging voice of Gisela Fritsch and has since been less cranked than at the beginning. Gisela Fritsch died in July 2013. Heinz Giese also voted for Mayor Bruno Presssack for 27 years before he retired after the 88th episode and Roland Hemmo took over his role. Wilfried Herbst was also heard from Bibi Blocksberg from the beginning, but only since episode 32 in a permanent role as Secretary Pichler. Herbst retired in March 2020, from episode 132 the role of Secretary Pichler will be spoken by Stefan Krause .

All other characters have been replaced by new speakers earlier over the years.

Frank Schaff , who speaks in the first seven episodes of Bibi's brother Boris, has a guest appearance 30 years later and episode 106 30 years later.

figure	speaker
teller	Ulli Herzog  † (episodes 1–7) Joachim Nottke  † (episodes 8–68) Gunter Schoß (from episode 69)
Bibi Blocksberg	Susanna Bonaséwicz  (episodes 1–2, from episode 6) Katja Nottke  (episodes 3–5)
Bernhard Blocksberg	Guido Weber  † (episodes 1–90) Bodo Wolf (from episode 93)
Barbara Blocksberg	Hallgard Bruckhaus (episodes 1–90) Gabriele Streichhahn (from episode 93)
Boris Blocksberg	Frank Schaff (episodes 1-7)
Karla Kolumna	Gisela Fritsch  † (episodes 7–114) Ulrike Stürzbecher (from episode 121)
Mayor (Dr. Dr. Bruno Pressak)	Tobias Pagel  † (episode 2) Heinz Giese  † (episodes 3–88) Roland Hemmo (from episode 89)
Secretary Paul Pichler (also Palle Pichler)	Wilfried Herbst (episode 32-129) Stefan Krause (from episode 132)
Schubia bug hair	Sabine Thiesler (episodes 18 & 35) Ghadah Al-Akel (episodes 65-100) Peggy Pollow (from episode 128)
Flauipaui	Melanie Hinze (from episode 67)
Amanda sulfur vapor	Edith Teichmann  † (episodes 18, 35 & 41) Barbara Ratthey  † (episodes 40, 49–86) Daniela Strietzel (from episode 109)
Mania flippinger	Maria Krasna  † (episode 18) Tilly Lauenstein  † (episodes 35-71) Luise Lunow (from episode 73)
Walpurgia broomstick (head witch)	Maria Axt  † (episodes 18 & 35) Astrid Bless  † (episodes 77–87) Helga Sasse  † (episodes 100–110) Isabella Grothe (from episode 117)
Warza	Constanze Harpen (episodes 18 & 49) Daphne Rosenthal (from episode 116)
Grandma Grete	Ursula Gerstel (episode 22) Inken Sommer † (episodes 82–127) Katharina Lopinski (from episode 135)
Monika "Moni" Seifert	Natascha Rybakowski (episodes 10–37) Julia Digit (from episode 66)
Marita	Tatjana Gessner (episodes 19-64) Uschi Hugo (from episode 74)
Florian	Oliver Elias (episodes 53-64) Gerrit Schmidt-Foss (from episode 68)
Mrs. Mathilde Müller-Riebensehl	Eva-Maria Werth (from episode 26)
Headmaster	Manfred Schuster (episodes 2–26)
Schumann teacher	Erwin Schastok (episodes 9–15)
Police chief	Andreas Hanft  † (episodes 23, 26 & 53)
Margie Thunderstorm	Sabine Thiesler (episodes 8 & 36) Antje von der Ahe (from episode 82)
Cecilie Thunderstorm	Almut Eggert (episodes 8 & 36) Regine Albrecht  † (episode 82) Monica Bielenstein (from episode 98)
Patrick Thunderstorm	Jochen Schröder (episodes 8 & 36) Erich Räuker (from episode 82)
Tina Martin	Dorette Hugo (episode 43-44,47)
Postman Mr. Klappermann	Woldemar Leippi (episodes 57-80)
Malicia	Constanze Harpen (from episode 81)
Arcadia	Marina Krogull (episodes 49, 92 & 100)
Xenia	Maria Koschny (from episode 89)
Runzia	Inken Sommer  † (episode 77) Gabriele Leidloff (episode 87) Carmen-Maja Antoni (from episode 130)
Chaotia	Andrea Aust (episodes 116 & 117)
Accurata	Martina Treger ( eps. 113)

Adaptations

Bibi Blocksberg lives in Neustadt like the talking elephant Benjamin Blümchen . The name of the city is already mentioned in the first episode, the connection between the two rows is then made in episode 2 ("Witchcraft in the School"), when Bibi hatches a trunk to her teacher, who gives the school principal to the elephant from Neustädter Zoo remembers. This is called Benjamin Blümchen. From this episode onwards, the two rows share core characters such as the mayor, secretary Pichler and the reporter Karla Kolumna. Repeated references are made to the other row in both series. In addition, Bibi and Benjamin experience joint adventures in several episodes - which then almost or without exception officially belong to the Benjamin Blümchen series - for the first time in the Benjamin Blümchen radio play series "Benjamin Blümchen and Bibi Blocksberg". In the same series universe, but not in the same city, the branch Elea Eluanda plays . The main character Elea lives in Altenberg, a place in the mountains. Elea appears both in the episode "Bibi Blocksberg and Elea Eluanda" and in the film "Bibi Blocksberg and the secret of the blue owls".

Books

Bibi Blocksberg's books are published by Schneiderbuch . So far 37 individual titles as well as several anthologies, special volumes and the book about the Bibi Blocksberg film have been published there: Bibi Blocksberg and the secret of the blue owls .

cartoon

Television broadcast
German title	Bibi Blocksberg
Country of production	Germany United Kingdom People's Republic of China
Year (s)	since 1995
length	25 minutes
Episodes	60+ ( list ) in 5+ seasons
German-language first broadcast	December 22, 1997 on premiere

Animated series with five seasons and a total of 60 episodes so far as well as the cartoon Is it possible without witchcraft? . The very first episode "There Are Witches" was only released on video and DVD. The series has so far been sold in 66 different countries.

cinemamovies

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Soundtrack   DE 79 10/28/2002 (7 weeks)

Singles

Witches rap   DE 46 10/21/2002 (9 weeks) Bewitched   DE 74 10/18/2004 (9 weeks)

The radio play series was first adapted for the cinema in 2002 under the direction of Hermine Huntgeburth . Sidonie von Krosigk as Bibi Blocksberg and Katja Riemann and Ulrich Noethen as Bibi's parents played the leading roles . In 2004 a sequel followed, directed by Franziska Buch , where Elea Eluanda also made an appearance.

• 2002: Bibi Blocksberg
• 2004: Bibi Blocksberg and the secret of the blue owls

Musicals

In 2003 Cocomico's first Bibi Blocksberg musical premiered in Germany. In 2007 the second musical Bibi Blocksberg and the Bewitched Treasure followed . An original recording of the Bibi Blocksberg Super Show was released on DVD in 2010. Since 2015 Cocomico is with the play Bibi Blocksberg - Witches witch everywhere! - The musical on tour.

Audio books

In March 2010, for the 30th anniversary of the series, an audio book adaptation was published for the first time , which differs from the normal episodes in terms of a longer duration, the absence of sound effects and the use of a single speaker . So far, all audio books have been read by Alexandra Marisa Wilcke :

• In the Valley of the Wild Witches (March 2010)
• The hiding place by the lake (September 2010)
• The Bewitched Wish House (March 2011)
• The conspiracy in the witch boarding school (October 2011)
• The Storm Witch (October 2012)
• Zickia Alert! (June 2013)
• The Bewitched Pig (October 2013)
• Bibi has a crush on her! (June 2014)
• Hex power wanted! (October 2014)
• Where's Moni? (June 2015)
• Gustav, the witch dragon (October 2015)
• What's the matter with daddy? (October 2016)
• Adventure India! (October 2017)
• School is gone! (October 2018)
• Bibi and the Ice Witch (October 2019)

Special episode (audio book with sound effects ):

• The Bewitched Christmas Market (The Advent Calendar To Hear) (November 2012)

Offshoot

In addition to the Bibi Blocksberg series, there is also an offshoot called Bibi and Tina , where Bibi experiences adventures on a horse farm. Another offshoot is the manga Bibi & Miyu , the story of which was written by Olivia Vieweg and illustrated by Hirara Natsume . The first volume was published on August 7, 2019 by Tokyopop .

cartoon

On July 3, 2004, the animated series Bibi and Tina was first broadcast on ZDF as an offshoot of the long-running Bibi Blocksberg series . It comprises a total of 54 approximately 25-minute episodes.

cinemamovies

In 2014, Detlev Buck directed the start of a four-part cinema adaptation of the Bibi and Tina offshoot series . In these films, Bibi was portrayed by the singer Lina Larissa Strahl .

• 2014: Bibi & Tina
• 2014: Bibi & Tina: bewitched!
• 2016: Bibi & Tina: girls against boys
• 2017: Bibi & Tina: Total chaos!

Television series

From April 3, 2020, the real series Bibi and Tina was streamed on Prime Video . The cast of the films was completely replaced, as u. a. the two main actresses were too old at 22. The production crew remained unchanged.

There are also various crossovers to the Benjamin Blümchen series, which existed before the Bibi Blocksberg series, and to the Elea Eluanda series . The second Bibi Blocksberg movie consists of such a crossover, and Elea Eluanda also appears as a guest in episode 78 of the Bibi tapes.

Educational radio plays

In addition, the Hueber language publisher has also discovered the little witch for itself and has published five episodes of "English with Bibi Blocksberg" from 2005 until now:

• The Hex Diary (Sept. 2005)
• Blackford Castle Treasure (Sept 2005)
• Witches Festival in Stonehenge (Apr. 2006)
• The Loch Ness Monster (Aug 2006)
• Hexed Festivals (Feb. 2008)

These are German / English radio plays with the original voices of Bibi Blocksberg and her friends.

Computer games

A whole series of the episodes has also been implemented as a computer game and has appeared on “Kiosk” and “Kiddinx”:

Bibi Blocksberg:

• Part 1 In search of the super spell
• Part 2 A bewitched school day
• Part 3 Friday the 13th
• Part 4 The swapped witch herb
• Part 5 Hexed Holidays
• Part 6 The treasure in the jungle
• Part 7 Where is mashed potatoes?
• Part 8 Chaos in the witch school

Bibi Blocksberg - Boxing:

• My Bewitched Games Collection (2001)
• My Bewitched Film Studio (2002)
• The Bewitched Time Travel (2004)
• My big hex exam (2003)
• Eene Meene Witches Fun (2005)
• The Bewitched Love Letter (2006)

Bibi and Tina:

• Part 1 excitement at the Martinshof
• Part 2 danger to Falkenstein
• Part 3 The big autumn tournament
• Part 4 Spook in the camp
• Part 5 The talking horse

Bibi and Tina - Boxing:

• Our funny game collection (2002)
• Holidays at Martinshof (2003)
• The Mysterious Diary (2003)
• Mikosch's big appearance (2004)
• The Secret Horse Club (2005)
• 5 stars for the Martinshof (2006, 10 games)

Bibi Blocksberg - Nintendo DS Games:

• Neustadt im Hexchaos (2008)
• The Stolen Hex Book (2009)
• The Bewitched Castle Treasure (2012)

Bibi Blocksberg - Mobile Games:

• Bibi Blocksberg: Dragon World (2012)
• Bibi's Stardust Hunt (2013)

Bibi Blocksberg - The big witch's broom race:

• Bibi Blocksberg - The Witches Broom Race for Nintendo Wii (2010)
• Bibi Blocksberg - The big witch's broom race for iPhone / iPod touch and iPad (published on December 17, 2010)

Board games

• Bibi Blocksberg: Three Black Cat (1989)
• Bibi Blocksberg: The Haunted Keys (1989)
• Bibi Blocksberg: There are witches! (1989)
• Bibi Blocksberg at Martinshof (1991)
• Bibi Blocksberg Witches Multiplication Table (1998)
• Bibi Blocksberg (aka Hex-Hex) (1999)
• Bibi Blocksberg and the secret of the blue owls! (2004)
• Bibi Blocksberg: The Darned Hexkraut Game (2004)
• Bibi Blocksberg Ligretto (aka Ligretto Junior) (2006)
• Bibi Blocksberg: The Bewitched Cloud Hiding Place (2008)
• Bibi Blocksberg: The Mysterious Castle (2008)
• Bibi Blocksberg: The Bewitched Pond (2009)
• Bibi Blocksberg: Hexenkugel (2010)
• Bibi Blocksberg witch test spider dance (2010)
• Bibi Blocksberg Hexenprüfung Hexotankkunde (2010)
• Bibi Blocksberg Hexenprüfung Hexwissen (2010)
• Bibi Blocksberg witch test toad hops (2010)
• Bibi Blocksberg: Bewitched Witch's Broom (2015)

success

To date, over 36.4 million of Bibi Blocksberg's radio plays have been sold. In total, the radio play series has so far received 96 gold and 151 platinum awards.

The most commercially successful episodes are 1, 9 and 38, each of which went platinum twice for 1,000,000 units sold.

Title songs of the radio play series

There used to be an instrumental intro. The new radio play cassettes have a sung theme song. The title melody was written by Heiko Rüsse . From episode 83 there is a new intro, written by Wolfgang W. Loos and Heiko Rüsse.

Political and social science investigation of radio plays

Gerd Andreas Strohmeier from the University of Passau (now working at the University of Chemnitz) discusses in an article in the specialist publication From Politics and Contemporary History " the importance of the question of [...] conveyed content and its influence on the socialization process of children " using the example of the radio play series by Benjamin Blümchen and Bibi Blocksberg.

The author is of the opinion that the above-mentioned radio play series hardly promoted, if not hindered, the development of politically mature citizens. This is justified by the " (presumably intended) conveyance of explicit political content ". The reasoning is based on the description of the socialization process in general and of political socialization as a subset of (general) socialization in particular, according to which the socializing effect of children's radio plays is often completely underestimated or completely ignored. It is emphasized that terms such as politics, police, media etc. are well presented, but are often distorted and / or have a negative connotation compared to reality .

The article closes with the remark that children would “ by no means only hear funny stories of a talking elephant and a little witch ” and the advice to pay more attention to the meta-level of the stories. The author bases his position on the principles of political education. In his résumé he comes to the conclusion that the series has a "left alternative" tendency.

Kerstin Wolff - consultant at the archive of the German women's movement in Kassel - by no means comes to such a clear conclusion. She notes a more conservative family image and little questioned gender roles. This contrasts with the paths of participation shown and the issues of a political awakening as a framework in the time the series of radio plays was created.

Ina Schenker also positions Bibi Blocksberg as a " controversial figure " and refers in this connection to a gap in the academic reception: " So far, the problematization that this female emancipation, which is viewed as positive, often operates at the expense of deferred mechanisms of oppression has found little input in research . The raised voice of the female heroine Bibi Blocksberg is placed above the suppressed voice of a post-colonial subaltern. "

swell

1. ↑ Chart sources: DE
2. ↑ Gina: Tokyopop: We see a lot of interest in the girls and boys love area. Sumikai.com, November 6, 2018, accessed May 30, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Bibi & Miyu, Volume 01 | Bibi & Miyu | Shojo | TOKYOPOP Manga | Manga shop. Retrieved August 28, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Film starts: Trailer for the "Bibi & Tina" series: This is what the new duo of friends looks like. Retrieved April 4, 2020 . 
5. ^ Federal Association of the Music Industry: Gold / Platinum Database , as of March 26, 2020
6. ↑ Dr phil. Gerd (Andreas) Strohmeier: Politics with Benjamin Blümchen and Bibi Blocksberg In: From Politics and Contemporary History No. 41, 2005, p. 7 ( online )
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Dr.phil. Gerd (Andreas) Strohmeier: Politics with Benjamin Blümchen and Bibi Blocksberg In: From Politics and Contemporary History No. 41, 2005, p. 15
8. ↑ Dr phil. Gerd (Andreas) Strohmeier: Politics with Benjamin Blümchen and Bibi Blocksberg In: From Politics and Contemporary History No. 41, 2005, p. 11
9. ↑ Dr phil. Gerd (Andreas) Strohmeier: Politics with Benjamin Blümchen and Bibi Blocksberg In: From Politics and Contemporary History No. 41, 2005, p. 7 ff.
10. ↑ Dr phil. Gerd (Andreas) Strohmeier: Politics with Benjamin Blümchen and Bibi Blocksberg In: From Politics and Contemporary History No. 41, 2005, p. 10
11. ↑ Wolff, Kerstin: Female role models in Bibi-Blocksberg radio plays. In: Emde, Oliver; Möller, Lukas; Wicke, Andreas (Ed.): From Bibi Blocksberg to TKKG . Children's radio plays from a social and cultural studies perspective. Opladen, Berlin, Toronto 2016, pp. 52–68.
12. ↑ Schenker, Ina: Bibi Blocksberg (media association) In: KinderundJugendmedien.de .
13. ↑ Schenker, Ina: Bibi Blocksberg (media association) In: KinderundJugendmedien.de .

Web links

• Official website of Bibi Blocksberg
• Bibi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Overview of all episodes (PDF) (272 kB)
• Overview of the cartoons with Bibi Blocksberg
• Page for the cartoon series on ZDFtivi with a description of the individual episodes
• The musical production of the Cocomico Theater , accessed on August 10, 2013
• D-Radio Knowledge: Stereotypical children's radio plays. Benjamin the angry citizen, Bibi the philistine. , accessed June 19, 2016
• Information on the Bibi Blocksberg media network - Internet portal for children's and youth literature at the University of Bremen , accessed on January 8, 2018