Expeditions into the animal kingdom
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Expeditions into the animal kingdom |
| Country of production |
 Germany
|
| Year (s) | since 1965 |
| Production company |
Northern German Radio |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 189 |
| genre | documentation |
| idea | Heinz Sielmann |
| First broadcast | April 18, 1965 on German television |
Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom is a German series for animal and nature films . It has been produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk since 1965, making it one of the longest running series on German television. The Expeditions-ins-Tierreich -films are produced by the production company NDR Naturfilm .
history
At the beginning, the expeditions into the animal kingdom ran on ARD. As early as 1960, the station broadcast regular contributions by the animal filmmaker and presenter Heinz Sielmann , among other things under the title behavioral research in animals . From April 18, 1965, the films were grouped under the new series title Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom . ARD has been broadcasting them in color since 1968.
The series changed the slot several times. In the beginning, the 30-minute contributions ran late on Sundays. From the 1970s, the program was extended to 45 minutes. In the 1980s, the time slot moved to Tuesday, when the series was broadcast in random order at 8:15 p.m.
After 172 episodes, Sielmann fell out with the ARD program directors in 1991 and showed his contributions first in the nine-part RTL series Sielmann 2000 and then in the nine-part Sat.1 series Sielmanns Report . The NDR continued expeditions into the animal kingdom without moderation and with contributions from international animal filmmakers. In 1993 New Zealand television became a co-producer. In autumn 2001, Sielmann was honored in the 250th episode.
After the end of the Sielmann era, the time slot was moved to Thursday. In 2007, the animal films were grouped under the series title Erlebnis Erde on ARD (in seasons on Mondays at 8:15 p.m. and Sundays at 4:30 p.m.). The series title Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom was adopted for the animal films on NDR at Jörn Röver's suggestion. Since then, the expeditions into the animal kingdom have been running on this broadcast slot on Wednesdays at 8:15 p.m. on NDR.
Sielmann showed fur seals, storks, red deer, sea birds, polar bears, insects, gorillas, otters, sloths and cichlids. The Galapagos Islands were also the subject of the program. The behavioral researcher Heinz Meynhardt became known as the “wild boar father” through a contribution on wild boars, who went on air in 1981 with his ten-part television series Wild boar stories .
Companion books
Books accompanying the series were published in loose order, including Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom (1981, by Heinz Sielmann), Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom: A Journey of Discovery through the Last Wilderness of the Earth (1987, by Heinz Sielmann and Kurt G. Blüchel), Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom. The companion book to the television series in the First (1999), Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom. Adventure, secrets, discoveries (2002) and expeditions into the animal kingdom: Germany's large islands: Helgoland, Sylt, Rügen, Usedom (2007).
literature
- Michael Reufsteck and Stefan Niggemeier : The television lexicon . All over 7000 programs from Ally McBeal to the ZDF hit parade . Goldmann Verlag , Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-442-30124-9 .
Web links
- Official website
- Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sielmann's films and series: 100 Years of Heinz Sielmann In: sielmann-stiftung.de , accessed on September 3, 2017.
- ↑ Chronicle of the ARD - April 18, 1965: "Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom" started In: ard.de , accessed on September 3, 2017.