The given day
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The given day |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | since 2015 |
| Production company |
WDR |
| length | about 45 minutes |
| genre | entertainment |
| Theme music | Et jitt kei Wood by Cat Ballou |
| idea | Sven Kroll |
| Moderation | |
| First broadcast | May 25, 2015 on WDR television |
The free day is a TV show moderated by Sven Kroll on WDR , which has been broadcast since May 25, 2015.
Concept of broadcast
The moderator fulfills the desires of the heart that money cannot buy. The decoys are presented in advance and explain to the viewer why their proposed candidate should be surprised. To do this, Sven Kroll drives through North Rhine-Westphalia and surprises people at their workplace or in everyday situations. It is quickly explained that from now on the day will take a different course and is already organized. The trip to the actual location takes place in the "WDR-Wunschmobil". Here, the viewer learns the background about the candidates. For the most part, the candidates spend the journey wearing a mask so as not to be able to understand the path.
In the broadcasts, wishes are mainly fulfilled that cannot be bought. For example, a candidate became a singer in the musical Phantom of the Opera in Oberhausen . A former apprentice got the entire Movie Park Germany theme park for herself for one day . Another candidate got a role in the WDR series Lindenstrasse .
The program usually consists of four to six surprise contributions. So far, the presentations have been produced in a mobile television studio. The free day runs irregularly in the main program of the WDR television , mainly in the holiday program.
history
The show is a spin-off . On June 20, 2012, the first single episode was broadcast in the WDR program Lokalzeit from Dortmund . Since then, the regular section has continued to appear in the regional broadcast. There, the candidates were shown at the beginning and the resolution at the end of the program as a cliffhanger . Originally, moderator Sven Kroll shot the event with another camera as a stylistic device. This was changed in 2016 for national broadcasts. Due to the good rate development, the program was extended from 30 minutes to 45 minutes in 2017.