Research Express
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| German title | Research Express |
| Original title | Research Express |
| Country of production |
 Austria
|
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 2004-2006, 2008 |
| length | 30 minutes |
| genre | Children's series |
| idea | Thomas Brezina |
| Moderation | Kati Bellowitsch , Thomas Brezina |
| First broadcast | January 17, 2004 on ORF 1 |
The Forscherexpress is a weekly knowledge program for children on ORF . The broadcast started on January 17, 2004. The program was moderated by Kati Bellowitsch and Thomas Brezina , who explain the phenomena and puzzles of science in a child-friendly way. This includes experiments , field research and virtual time travel into the past.
Learning by doing is a top priority in the program. The children become active spectators: they are encouraged to imitate the experiments. In July 2005 a book was published by Ravensburger Verlag that contains the most interesting experiment instructions.
The ORF's most successful in-house production for children in 2004 was Forscherexpress , followed by Tom Turbo : the "father" of these programs, Thomas Brezina, was honored with the Romy Prize.
In addition, the show was honored in May 2005 at the WorldFest 2005 in Houston , Texas ("... quality film festival for the Independent filmmakers") in the category "TV-Special Family / Children" with the highest award category, the platinum award . The show was also nominated in the category "Educational Programs" in the main competition of the " Prix Danube ", which took place from September 22nd to 28th, 2005 in Pressburg . From September 17, 2005 to July 25, 2008, it was also broadcast regularly on Nick .
From September 13, 2008, new episodes of the Research Express, which had been produced since June 2008, were broadcast in the ORF's new children's program, okidoki .
From October 7, 2007 to August 30, 2013, the Express was also broadcast on Arte .
In 2008, the ORF stopped producing the program as a result of austerity measures.
structure
In order to make science even more interesting for all viewers, the program is divided into individual areas:
- Lightning idea: One of the two moderators, alternately for each program, presents the other with a tricky task that is shown right at the beginning of the program, but is only solved by the advising moderator at the end of the program. This enables the children to keep puzzling over how the task can be solved.
- Build something for yourself: Simple things such as a “boomerang can” or a “juice dispenser on a string” are built here by Kati and Thomas.
- Experiment: This area is generally about the world of experiments, time travel and everyday things.