Right in the middle - Frankfurt Airport

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Television series
Original title Right in the middle - Frankfurt Airport
Right in the middle - Frankfurt Airport -Logo.png
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) since 2019
Production
company
Hessian radio
length 45 minutes
Episodes 27 in 5 seasons ( list )
genre report
Theme music Second Chance Please by Jon Hansson
First broadcast January 23, 2019 on hr television

Middle - Frankfurt airport is a German documentary - TV series , the staff of the Frankfurt airport accompanied in their daily work. It has been broadcast on the regional television program of the Hessischer Rundfunk hr-fernsehen since January 2019 .

concept

Cover picture - Right in the middle - Frankfurt Airport
Cover picture "Right in the middle - Frankfurt Airport"

The series of reports accompanies people who work at Frankfurt Airport . For example, follow-me drivers , apron and air traffic controllers , flight attendants and captains as well as the fire brigade and federal police are shown in their daily work.

Promo picture for the start of the 5th season
Promo picture for the start of the 5th season

The production is shot by video journalists who are responsible for the sound and the camera and act as reporters. Between the film sections, 3D animations of the airport are used to show the current location of the accompanied person. The background music used is mostly current radio and chart titles. The Hessischer Rundfunk has published a list of all music titles via the Spotify streaming service . This is updated with each new episode.

Episode list

Overview of the consequences

The first two seasons were broadcast on hr television for the first time. The six episodes from the third season were first published from October 25 to December 2, 2019 in the ARD media library, on hr-fernsehen.de and on YouTube . On February 21 and 28, 2020, the first two episodes of the fourth season were first published online again. The third episode was published for the first time on hr television.

Season consequences TV broadcast period Time slot Channel
1 6th January 23 - February 27, 2019 Wednesday, 9 p.m. hr television
2 6th July 10 - August 14, 2019
3 6th October 30th - December 14th 2019
4th 3 February 26 - March 11, 2020
Special 1 April 29, 2020 Wednesday, 9:20 p.m.
2 May 6, 2020 Wednesday, 10 p.m.
5 4th July 8th - July 29th 2020 Wednesday, 9 p.m.
6th TBD October 28, 2020 TBD

In the middle extra - Frankfurt Airport , international traffic in the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on Frankfurt Airport were discussed in two special editions. While the first special edition was first broadcast on hr-Fernsehen on April 29, 2020 at 9:20 p.m., the second was broadcast on May 6, 2020 at 10 p.m. The shift from 9 p.m. to the specified time was necessary due to special broadcasts before that. The four episodes of the fifth season ran regularly from July 8, 2020 at 9 p.m. A sixth season has already been announced for October 28, 2020.

reception

The secondary exploitation of the episodes on the YouTube video platform reached a total of more than 18 million views . The most successful episode there so far is the third episode with over 1.9 million views.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Information: Right in the middle - Frankfurt Airport. In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
  2. Christian Bender: Exclusive insights into Germany's superlative airport. In: hr.de . Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Right in the middle - Frankfurt Airport - All hits from the series. In: Spotify. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  4. Christian Bender: Third season of the popular HR airport documentary begins. In: hr.de . October 24, 2019, accessed May 9, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Right in the middle - Frankfurt Airport - YouTube playlist. In: YouTube. Retrieved August 1, 2020 .