The great adventures of the 4 friends

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The great adventures of the 4 friends or The sworn friends is a German radio play series from the 1960s, which was produced by the Starlet company . The first edition appeared under the title Tommy und seine Freunde on single records by the company Telefunken .

history

Long-playing records and audio cassettes followed on various labels such as Polyband or Märchenland . A total of 20 completed radio play episodes of 10 to 60 minutes in length were produced.

Title and authors

Episode 1:

  • The devil's bridge
  • The ghost
  • The bear
  • The mysterious mountain

Episode 2:

  • The secret of bimbo
  • The black stallion

Episode 3:

  • The burning ship
  • The man in the box
  • The wolf
  • The magic ring

Episode 4:

  • The firework
  • The attack prevented

Episode 5:

  • A bit too much
  • The poachers

Episode 6:

  • The secret of Devil's Island

Episode 7:

  • The fat guy with the red wig / A robbery is solved

Episode 8:

  • The secret of the underground cave

Episode 9:

  • The night raid

Episode 10:

  • The secret of the black diamond 4

The authors of the first episodes were Gören Stendal , and later Rudolf Fröhler and Helmut Brennicke . Most recently, Anke Beckert contributed 6 more episodes to the series. The book Tommy and Friends by Enid Blyton has nothing to do with the series.

Content

The stories were adventure stories à la Enid Blyton , but with German local flavor . All radio plays began with the following characteristic introduction: “ This is the story of Tommy and his friends. Tommy was the leader, and his three friends Schnicks, Kukusch, and Siebenschläfer followed him wherever he led them. “Among the spokespersons for the children's roles, some of whom changed, today there were well-known actors like Pierre Franckh and Udo Wachtveitl . Erik Schumann , Günther Ungeheuer , Herbert Fleischmann and Harald Leipnitz appeared as narrators in various radio plays . The radio plays are no longer available in stores.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DNB 750066385