Midnight Peaks (WDR)
Television series | |
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Original title | Midnight peaks |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
Year (s) | since 1988 |
Production company |
Westdeutscher Rundfunk in cooperation with Mitternachtsspitzen GbR until 2017 / since 2018 with Pro TV Produktion GmbH |
length | 60 minutes |
genre | political cabaret |
Theme music | Quincy Jones Soul Bossa Nova |
First broadcast | September 17, 1988 on West 3 |
occupation | |
Leading actor: contributors in every show
Supporting actors: guests
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The midnight peaks are the longest existing cabaret show on German-speaking television. They are produced in front of an audience at irregular intervals on Thursday evenings. They are distributed on Thursday evenings as a live stream , on the following Saturday they can be accessed online from 8 a.m. and can be viewed linearly at 9.45 p.m. on WDR television.
The program title alludes to the genre-specific verbal exaggerations and the initially late transmission time until the last hour before midnight. A confusion with the feature film of the same name Midnight Peaks from 1960 was accepted approvingly.
Program structure and regular cast
The program has a relatively constant structure. In an introduction, host Jürgen Becker discusses current events.
This is followed by a fake live switch to Berlin, to “Deppendorf”, named after Ulrich Deppendorf , the former WDR editor-in-chief and television director, who appeared as head of the ARD capital studio until his retirement in 2015. In this column, Wilfried Schmickler satirized the current coverage of the ARD for years with numerous satirical photo montages, first as "Uli from Deppendorf", then as "Thomas from Deppendorf" in allusion to Thomas Roth . Wilfried Schmickler currently embodies a poetic hipster because the WDR has prescribed rejuvenation. The satire of a news program has turned into a lecture like a poetry slam .
Following the “News from Deppendorf”, the first of three guest appearances by well-known cabaret artists or aspiring young artists will take place.
Another integral part of the program were fake dialogues between Jürgen Becker and celebrities: For this purpose, original moving images from the archive were underlaid with false texts, spoken by voice imitator Elmar Brandt . Most of the celebrities were domestic and foreign politicians, athletes, crowned heads or the Pope. Since the summer of 2015 there have been dialogues with Käpt'n Blaubär (imitation of the voice of the original speaker Wolfgang Völz also by Elmar Brandt), whose “sailor's thread” is illustrated with specially made new animations .
Members of the regular cast also appear in pairs in every program: For a long time these were Jürgen Becker and Wilfried Schmickler as the Cologne twins "Spitz & Spitz". "Loki & Smoky" followed with Wilfried Schmickler as Loki Schmidt and Uwe Lyko as former Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt . After the death of Loki Schmidt, the sketch section "Overrated couples in world history" was established, in which Wilfried Schmickler mostly appears as Chancellor Angela Merkel and Uwe Lyko in various roles, for example as husband Joachim Sauer , Benedict XVI. , Silvio Berlusconi , Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , Adolf Hitler , Karl Lagerfeld , Jogi Löw , Vladimir Putin and Nicolas Sarkozy . Until 2015, Uwe Lyko sometimes played the widower Helmut Schmidt in this category and especially in the "News from Deppendorf" section. After the death of the former Federal Chancellor, “Loki & Smoky in Heaven” comment on earthly events, but only on very special occasions. Wilfried Schmickler and Uwe Lyko also rarely parody dazzling couples such as “the Geissens” or previously “the Wulffs” and “the Guttenbergs”.
Since 1996, Herbert Knebel , a pensioner from the Ruhr area, has appeared in the last quarter of every broadcast, also played by Uwe Lyko. From 1992 to the summer of 2015, Jürgen Becker then slipped under a large set of antlers, put on highly magnifying horn-rimmed glasses and raved in the smoke of a cigar as a coarse folk “home deer” about God and the world. Jürgen Becker is currently acting in the first third of the show or shortly before the finale in various roles, such as Horst Lichter , Richard David Precht or the fictional Cologne chief inspector Peter Pütz. His partner is often Susanne Pätzold , who has been part of the regular cast since the summer of 2014 and parodies Ursula von der Leyen , Andrea Nahles , Frauke Petry , Sabine Rau , Claudia Roth , Jörg Schönenborn or Sahra Wagenknecht . With the cry: "Stop, Mr. Becker, stop!", Wilfried Schmickler begins his final moral sermon in every program since 1992, in which he denounces current grievances or the current evildoers in politics and society with great power of speech. Jürgen Becker concludes the farewell to the guest artists (each with a glass of Kölsch ) and the audience with a reference to the next edition of Midnight Speaks and the sentence: "Tie a knot in the remote control!" (With a suitably designed prop in hand ).
For many years , the regular cast behind the cameras has included author Dietmar Jacobs , voice imitator Elmar Brandt , editor Klaus Michael Heinz and director Helmut Zanoskar. Before that, and for more than a decade, the team included director Alexander Arnz until his death in 2004 and the former Monitor editor Rolf Bringmann until his retirement in 2005 .
Recording location
The midnight peaks are recorded in the waiting room at the cathedral under Cologne Central Station . Due to renovation work, the program was temporarily produced from February to June 2014 at the Eltzhof cultural property in Cologne-Wahn . The midnight peak EXTRA in January 2015 took place in the Comedia Theater in Cologne's Südstadt district, the programs in December 2016 and 2017 were produced in the Luther Church in Cologne's Nippes district, which is used as a cultural church. The midnight peak EXTRA at the end of March 2020 consisted of many contributions, each recorded in the private environment of the artists, as exit restrictions applied across Germany due to the corona pandemic . For the same reason, the regular programs in spring 2020 were not produced in the waiting room at the cathedral, but at the beginning of May in a green courtyard in the new Clouth Quartier in Cologne's Nippes district, where around 200 residents could watch the program on balconies or terraces and from apartment windows , and at the beginning of June in the beer garden of the venue Die Halle Tor 2 in the Vogelsang district of Cologne, which was admitted to 100 spectators.
history
The premiere broadcast took place on September 17, 1988. Richard Rogler was the host and moderator . After 28 broadcasts, however, he threw in the towel in the fall of 1991 after the WDR Broadcasting Council expressed itself extremely critically and some members demanded Rogler's resignation. On May 14, 1992 Jürgen Becker took over the role of host and moderator. And he set a strong accent right in his first broadcast: in a "hate sermon" about the then just-designated Cardinal Joachim Meisner from Cologne .
On November 9, 1989, guest artist Horst Schroth , who had arrived late, burst into the midnight peaks moderated by Richard Rogler with a very special punch: "The wall is open!" He had heard on the car radio on the way what everyone else in the Cologne waiting room was not yet aware of.
On September 24, 1998, immediately before the federal elections, the midnight leaders presented a special kind of electoral studio: young women and men, completely naked upstairs, sorted the first results from individual constituencies behind Wilfried Schmickler as “Uli from Deppendorf”.
Subsequent to the tenth anniversary of the series, Jürgen Becker and Wilfried Schmickler traveled to the new old German capital Berlin on April 29, 1999 and visited cabaret colleagues in the west and east of the city. Filming locations included the cabaret and cabaret stages Die Distel , Die Wühlmäuse and the Bar every reason , but also the construction site of the Holocaust memorial and the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
On May 23, 2002, Wilfried Schmickler presented the fake news block as "Uli from Deppendorf" together with his real role model Ulrich Deppendorf, the new head of the ARD capital studio in Berlin.
For the 20th birthday of the series in 2008, the WDR Big Band and Anke Engelke were among the guests.
“Always stop! - 25 years of midnight peaks "was the title of the 2013 special broadcast by Klaus Michael Heinz , in which presenter Bettina Böttinger asked cabaret artists Jürgen Becker, Uwe Lyko, Richard Rogler and Wilfried Schmickler about their activities, using numerous excerpts from the more than 200 programs of the last quarter of a century Raised critical issues about cabaret.
On the occasion of the attack on Charlie Hebdo , the winter break 2014/2015 was interrupted and a midnight peak EXTRA was broadcast on January 17, 2015 .
After Uwe Steimle asked in the May 2015 broadcast “Why do the Americans and Israelis start wars and we Germans are allowed to pay the shit?” Jan-Philipp Hein deciphered this for the SHZ to the effect that the Jews are setting the world on fire again would control the US government and squeeze the funds for it from the Germans, in which they have been profiting from their guilty conscience regarding the Holocaust for decades. Hein interpreted this as proof that anti-Semitic resentments live on in German television cabaret disguised as humor. Steimle must u. a. on the basis of this statement, in accordance with a final judgment by the Meißen district court, dropped the charge of being " Völkisch - anti-Semitic Jammer-Ossi ".
In the 30th year of the midnight peaks, www.wdr.de presented a so-called countdown from February 2018 until the anniversary broadcast in September: artist performances from the midnight peaks were published for 30 weeks, in chronological order from 1988 to 2017.
On the occasion of the corona pandemic and far-reaching exit restrictions, the Easter break in 2020 was interrupted and a midnight peak EXTRA was broadcast on March 30, 2020 .
In the talk show " Kölner Treff " broadcast by WDR on August 21, 2020, both presenter Bettina Böttinger and Jürgen Becker, who was invited as a guest, said that in addition to the well-known departure of Uwe Lyko and Wilfried Schmickler, Becker would also stop at the end of 2020. From January 2021, Christoph Sieber will moderate the show.
9 programs in 2020
- December 19, 2020: Lisa Eckhart / Christoph Fritz / Christoph Sieber
- November 21, 2020: Lisa Feller / Helmut Schleich / Florian Schroeder / Philip Simon
- October 10, 2020: Sarah Bosetti / Rainald Grebe / Jean-Philippe Kindler
- September 5, 2020: Sarah Bosetti / Christoph Sieber / Nektarios Vlachopoulos
- June 6, 2020: Sarah Bosetti / Arnulf Rating
- May 2, 2020: Johann König / Urban Priol
- March 30, 2020 ("Midnight Peaks EXTRA - Viruses in the West"): Sarah Bosetti / Ill-Young Kim / Tobias Mann / Nikita Miller / Florian Schroeder / Christoph Sieber / Dietmar Wischmeyer / Martin Zingsheim
- March 14, 2020: Elisa Hantsch alias Miss Allie / Hagen Rether
- February 1, 2020: Sarah Bosetti / Lisa Eckhart
9 broadcasts 2019
- December 21, 2019: Tobias Mann / Lars Reichow / Philip Simon
- November 16, 2019: Uta Köbernick / Florian Schroeder / Martin Zingsheim
- October 12, 2019: Helene Bockhorst / Christoph Sieber
- September 14, 2019 (“30 Years Fall of the Wall”): Stefan Danziger / Michael Hatzius / Erik Lehmann
- June 29, 2019: Sarah Bosetti / Christian Schulte-Loh / Mathias Tretter
- May 25, 2019: Lisa Feller / Till Reiners / Helmut Schleich
- April 6, 2019: HG. Butzko / Philip Simon / Friedemann Weise
- February 23, 2019: Sarah Bosetti / Urban Priol / Philip Simon
- January 19, 2019: Michael Hatzius / Thomas Reis / Martin Zingsheim
8 shows 2018 (30 years)
- December 22, 2018: Rüdiger Hoffmann / Arnulf Rating / Philip Simon
- November 17, 2018: Horst Evers / Frank Lüdecke / Philip Simon / Daniel Wiemer
- October 13, 2018: Lars Reichow / Philip Simon / Ingmar Stadelmann
- September 8, 2018 ("30 years of midnight peaks"): Lisa Eckhart / Carolin Kebekus / Herbert Knebels Affentheater / Tobias Mann / Richard David Precht / Omar Sarsam / Martin Zingsheim
- May 19, 2018: Johann König / Florian Schroeder / Martin Zingsheim
- April 21, 2018: Till Reiners / Stefan Reusch / Tina Teubner
- March 10, 2018: Masud Akbarzadeh / Christoph Sieber / Martin Zingsheim
- February 17, 2018: Frank-Markus Barwasser alias Erwin Pelzig / Özcan Coşar / Jess Jochimsen
9 programs in 2017
- December 16, 2017: Omar Sarsam / Christian Springer / Martin Zingsheim
- November 18, 2017: Mathias Tretter / Timo Wopp
- October 21, 2017: Till Reiners / Hagen Rether / Martin Zingsheim
- September 16, 2017: Fatih Çevikkollu / Nils Heinrich / Thomas Reis
- July 8, 2017: Lothar Bölck / Özgür Cebe / Urban Priol
- June 10, 2017: Helmut Schleich / Torsten Schlosser / Philip Simon
- May 13, 2017: HG. Butzko / Simone Solga / Stefan Waghubinger
- April 1, 2017: Lisa Eckhart / Arnulf Rating / Chris Tall
- February 11, 2017: Django Asül / Lars Reichow / Florian Schroeder
8 broadcasts in 2016
- December 17, 2016: Tobias Mann / Sebastian Pufpaff / Richard Rogler
- November 5, 2016: Özcan Coşar / Frank Lüdecke / Barbara Ruscher
- October 8, 2016: Urban Priol / Mathias Tretter / Max Uthoff
- September 3, 2016: Alfons / Harald Funke , Thomas Philipzen and Jochen Rüther alias Storno / Christoph Sieber
- June 4, 2016: Thomas Reis / Mathias Richling / Friedemann Weise
- April 30, 2016: Matthias Deutschmann / Serhat Doğan / Anka Zink
- March 26, 2016: Jess Jochimsen / Hagen Rether / Timo Wopp
- February 27, 2016: Benaissa Lamroubal / Philip Simon / Simone Solga
9 broadcasts in 2015
- December 19, 2015: Helmut Schleich / Henning Schmidtke / Martin Zingsheim
- November 14, 2015: Christine Prayon / Urban Priol / Richard Rogler
- September 26, 2015: Matthias Egersdörfer and Claudia Schulz / Rainer Pause / Torsten Sträter
- August 29, 2015: Rolf Miller / Sebastian Nitsch / Florian Schroeder
- June 27, 2015: Andreas Thiel / Mathias Tretter / Robert Treutel alias Bodo Bach
- May 23, 2015: Idil Baydar / Christian Ehring / Uwe Steimle
- April 25, 2015: Ulrich Deppendorf (via switch) / Frank Lüdecke / Tobias Mann / Nessi Tausendschön
- March 7, 2015: Carolin Kebekus / Arnulf Rating / Till Reiners
- January 17, 2015 (“Midnight Tips EXTRA - Nous sommes Charlie”): Enissa Amani / Thomas Reis / Serdar Somuncu
8 programs in 2014
- December 13, 2014: Jürgen Beckers alias Jürgen B. Hausmann / Sebastian Pufpaff / Lars Reichow
- November 8, 2014: Lothar Bölck / Volker Pispers / Simone Solga
- September 27, 2014: Hagen Rether / Richard Rogler / Maxi Schafroth
- August 30, 2014: Malte Pieper / Thomas Reis / Christoph Sieber
- June 7, 2014: Frank-Markus Barwasser alias Erwin Pelzig / Helmut Schleich / Martin Zingsheim
- May 10, 2014: C. Heiland / Nils Heinrich / Mathias Tretter
- March 29, 2014: Matthias Egersdörfer / Christian Ehring / Horst Schroth
- February 22, 2014: HG. Butzko / Carolin Kebekus / Philip Simon
10 programs in 2013 (25 years)
- December 21, 2013: Anny Hartmann / Jess Jochimsen / Arnulf Rating
- November 16, 2013: Tobias Mann / Volker Pispers / Team & Struppi
- October 19, 2013: Matthias Deutschmann / Sebastian Pufpaff / Hagen Rether
- September 21, 2013 (following the regular broadcast of the special “Always stop! - 25 years of midnight peaks” with host Bettina Böttinger): Jürgen Becker / Uwe Lyko / Richard Rogler / Wilfried Schmickler
- September 21, 2013: Frank Lüdecke / Lars Reichow / Richard Rogler
- July 6, 2013: Torsten Sträter / Max Uthoff / Anka Zink
- May 25, 2013: Christian Ehring / Thomas Freitag / Martina Schwarzmann
- April 20, 2013: Matthias Brodowy / Mathias Richling / Christian Springer alias Fonsi
- March 23, 2013: Ingo Appelt / Barbara Ruscher / Helmut Schleich
- February 23, 2013: Piet Klocke and Simone Sonnenschein / Christoph Sieber / Timo Wopp
8 broadcasts in 2012
- December 15, 2012: Mathias Richling / Simone Solga / Mathias Tretter
- November 10, 2012: Tobias Mann / Volker Pispers / Richard Rogler
- October 6, 2012: Matthias Deutschmann / Matthias Egersdörfer / Claus von Wagner
- September 1, 2012: Chin Meyer / Arnulf Rating / Thomas Reis
- July 7, 2012: Vince Ebert / Anny Hartmann / Florian Schroeder
- May 12, 2012: Sebastian Pufpaff / Hagen Rether / Mathias Richling
- March 31, 2012: Nora Boeckler , Melanie Haupt and Judith Jakob alias Proseccopack / Frank Lüdecke / Max Uthoff
- February 11, 2012: Moritz Netenjakob / Philip Simon / Uwe Steimle
8 broadcasts in 2011
- December 17, 2011: Knacki Deuser / Rolf Miller / Mathias Richling / First German Forced Ensemble
- November 19, 2011: Matthias Deutschmann / Christian Ehring / Emil Ferrari / Volker Pispers
- October 15, 2011: Marc Breuer / Erwin Grosche / Helmut Schleich
- September 10, 2011: Ingo Börchers / Piet Klocke / Lars Reichow
- July 2, 2011: Axel Pätz / Thomas Reis / Mathias Richling
- May 14, 2011: Jess Jochimsen / Heinrich Pachl / Hagen Rether
- April 2, 2011: Matthias Egersdörfer / Frank Lüdecke / Nessi Tausendschön
- February 19, 2011: Sebastian Pufpaff / Richard Rogler / Mathias Tretter
9 programs in 2010 (200th program)
- December 18, 2010: Matthias Deutschmann / Mathias Richling / Anka Zink
- November 6, 2010 (200th broadcast, as not counting April 29, 1999 and March 21, 2002): Christian Ehring / Thomas Kreimeyer / Claus von Wagner
- October 9, 2010: Josef Hader / Volker Pispers / Helmut Schleich
- September 4, 2010: Lisa Fitz / Hagen Rether / Sebastian Schnoy
- July 25, 2010: Urban Priol / Georg Schramm / Mathias Tretter
- May 29, 2010: Nils Heinrich / Arnulf Rating / Florian Schroeder
- April 17, 2010: Thomas Reis / Simone Solga / Kaya Yanar
- February 27, 2010: Cloozy Haber / Eckart von Hirschhausen / Frank Lüdecke
- January 2, 2010 ("Best of 2009")
8 broadcasts in 2009
- December 19, 2009: Ars Vitalis / Piet Klocke / Pelle Pershing / Richard Rogler / Thilo Seibel / Philipp Weber
- November 14, 2009: Tobias Mann / Without Rolf / Heinrich Pachl
- October 10, 2009: Jess Jochimsen / Urban Priol / Georg Schramm
- September 5, 2009: Matthias Egersdörfer / Hagen Rether / Claus von Wagner
- June 20, 2009: Jochen Malmsheimer / Volker Pispers / Christian Springer alias Fonsi
- May 9, 2009: Frank-Markus Barwasser alias Erwin Pelzig / Frank Lüdecke / Florian Schroeder
- March 21, 2009: Matthias Deutschmann / Axel Hacke / Helmut Schleich
- January 31, 2009: Thomas Freitag / Mathias Tretter / Anka Zink
8 programs in 2008 (20 years)
- December 20, 2008: Volker Pispers / Mathias Richling / Atze Schröder
- November 1, 2008: Matthias Deutschmann / Marc-Uwe Kling / Moritz Netenjakob
- September 27, 2008: Rolf Miller / Thomas Reis / Martina Schwarzmann / Dieter Tappert alias Paul Panzer
- June 21, 2008 (“20 years of midnight peaks”): Anke Engelke / Volker Pispers / Arnulf Rating / Richard Rogler / Mathias Tretter , Claus von Wagner and Philipp Weber alias First German Forced Ensemble / WDR Big Band
- May 31, 2008: Horst Evers / Tobias Mann / Horst Schroth
- April 19, 2008: Heinrich Pachl / Hagen Rether / Florian Schroeder
- March 8, 2008: Matthias Deutschmann / Vince Ebert / Kaya Yanar
- February 9, 2008: Hennes Bender / Frank Lüdecke / Philipp Weber
9 programs in 2007
- December 29, 2007 ("Best of ...")
- December 15, 2007: Ilka Bessin alias Cindy from Marzahn / Mathias Richling / Andreas Thiel
- November 17, 2007: Rüdiger Hoffmann / Volker Pispers / Urban Priol
- October 13, 2007: Horst Evers / Arnulf Rating / Helmut Schleich
- August 25, 2007: Hans-Günter Butzko / Christian Ehring / Das Kom (m) ödchen / Maike Kühl / Dieter Tappert alias Paul Panzer / Heiko Seidel
- June 2, 2007: Gaby Köster / Heinrich Pachl / Mathias Tretter
- April 21, 2007: Norbert Alich / Matthias Deutschmann / Rainer Pause / Claus von Wagner
- March 10, 2007: Django Asül / Thomas Freitag / Hagen Rether
- January 27, 2007: Manfred Lütz / Moritz Netenjakob / Andreas Rebers
10 broadcasts in 2006
- December 30, 2006 ("The 2006 Annual Review")
- December 23, 2006: Mathias Richling / Murat Topal
- November 4, 2006: Alexander Bojcan alias Kurt Krömer / Volker Pispers / Mathias Tretter
- September 23, 2006: Frank-Markus Barwasser alias Erwin Pelzig / Frank Lüdecke / Thomas Reis
- August 19, 2006: Rolf Miller / Heinrich Pachl / Serdar Somuncu
- June 10, 2006: Konrad Beikircher / Barbara Kuster / Arnulf Rating
- April 29, 2006: Fatih Cevikkollu / Volker Pispers / Hagen Rether / Andreas Thiel
- March 18, 2006: Matthias Deutschmann / Horst Evers / Atze Schröder
- February 4, 2006: Eckart von Hirschhausen / Mathias Richling / Nessi Tausendschön
- January 7, 2006 ("Best of 2005")
9 programs in 2005
- December 17, 2005: Sebastian Krämer / Volker Pispers / Mathias Richling
- November 12, 2005: Matthias Deutschmann / Michael Ehnert / Anka Zink
- October 1, 2005: Thomas Freitag / Helmut Schleich / Georg Schramm
- August 27, 2005: Arnulf Rating / Richard Rogler / Dagmar Schönleber
- July 2, 2005: Urban Priol / Mathias Richling / Simone Solga
- May 21, 2005: Frank Goosen / Volker Pispers / Bruno Schmitz
- April 9, 2005: Ingo Börchers / Didi Jünemann / Heinrich Pachl
- February 26, 2005: Django Asül / Robert Treutel alias Bodo Bach
- January 1, 2005 ("Best of 2004")
9 broadcasts in 2004
- December 18, 2004: Ars Vitalis / Matthias Deutschmann / Mathias Richling
- November 6, 2004 (with obituary for Alexander Arnz ): Hans-Günter Butzko / Volker Pispers / Hagen Rether
- September 25, 2004: Dieter Nuhr / Andreas Rebers / Helmut Schleich
- July 17, 2004: Piet Klocke / Urban Priol / Rurtal Trio
- June 5, 2004: Norbert Alich / Rolf Miller / Heinrich Pachl / Rainer Pause
- April 24, 2004: Thomas Freitag / Volker Pispers / Mathias Richling
- March 13, 2004: Michael Altinger / Richard Rogler / Serdar Somuncu
- January 31, 2004: Lioba Albus alias Mia Mittelkötter / Willi and Peter Podewitz / Georg Schramm
- January 10, 2004 ("Best of ...")
9 programs in 2003 (change of broadcast slot)
- December 20, 2003: Dieter Nuhr / Mathias Richling / Anne Rixmann / Biggi Wanninger
- November 8, 2003: Frank-Markus Barwasser alias Erwin Pelzig / Matthias Deutschmann / Luise Kinseher
- September 27, 2003: Dirk Bielefeldt alias Herr Holm / Volker Pispers / Stefan Reusch / Dieter Tappert alias Paul Panzer
- July 19, 2003 ("Best of ...")
- June 14, 2003 (first broadcast on Saturdays): Arnulf Rating / Thilo Seibel and Lüder Wohlenberg / Dieter Tappert alias Paul Panzer
- May 1, 2003 (last broadcast on Thursdays): Mathias Richling / Kai Magnus Sting / Anka Zink
- March 20, 2003: Stephan Bauer / Heinrich Pachl / Thomas Pigor and Benedikt Eichhorn
- February 6, 2003: Eckart von Hirschhausen / Klaus Huber and Wolfgang Müller / Georg Schramm
- January 9, 2003 ("Best of ...")
10 programs in 2002 (10 years with Jürgen Becker)
- December 19, 2002: Vince Ebert / Volker Pispers / Mathias Richling
- November 14, 2002: Die Nestbeschmutzer / Michael Quast
- October 10, 2002: Norbert Alich / Konrad Beikircher / Alfred Dorfer / Rainer Pause
- September 12, 2002: Matthias Deutschmann / Tom Pauls / Uwe Steimle / Gernot Voltz alias Mr. Heuser
- June 27, 2002: Alexander Bojcan alias Kurt Krömer / Urban Priol / Helmut Schleich
- May 23, 2002: Ulrich Deppendorf / Andreas Giebel / Mathias Richling / Cordula Stratmann
- April 11, 2002: Rüdiger Hoffmann / Heinrich Pachl / Volker Pispers / Richard Rogler
- March 21, 2002 ("Highlights - The best of ten years with Jürgen Becker")
- February 28, 2002: Lioba Albus alias Mia Mittelkötter / Michael Ehnert / Erwin Grosche / Arnulf Rating
- January 17th, 2002 ("Best of ...")
13 broadcasts in 2001
- December 20, 2001: Rolf Miller / Dieter Nuhr / Volker Pispers
- November 22, 2001: Tom Pauls / Mathias Richling / Henning Venske
- October 25, 2001: The Acapickels / Frank-Markus Barwasser alias Erwin Pelzig / Matthias Deutschmann
- September 27, 2001: Matthias Beltz / Heinrich Pachl / Uwe Steimle
- August 30, 2001 ("Best of ...")
- August 2, 2001 ("Best of ...")
- July 5, 2001 ("Best of ...")
- June 7, 2001: Basta / Konrad Beikircher / Käthe Lachmann / Volker Pispers
- May 3, 2001: Bruno Jonas / Lisa Politt / Mathias Richling
- April 5, 2001: Günter Grünwald / Heinrich Pachl / Rurtal Trio / Ludger Stratmann
- March 8, 2001: Ars Vitalis / Rüdiger Hoffmann / Willi and Peter Podewitz / Ludger Stratmann
- February 8, 2001: Horst Evers / Horst Schroth / Ludger Stratmann / Robert Treutel alias Bodo Bach
- January 11, 2001: 3 Gestirn Köln 1 / Thomas Freitag / Piet Klocke
11 broadcasts in 2000
- December 21, 2000: Klaus der Geiger and the KunstSalon-Orchester / Mathias Richling / Thilo Seibel and Lüder Wohlenberg / Ludger Stratmann
- November 23, 2000: Matthias Beltz / Anke Engelke / Volker Pispers / Ludger Stratmann
- October 26, 2000: Frank-Markus Barwasser alias Erwin Pelzig / Arnulf Rating / Anka Zink
- September 28, 2000: Django Asül / Helge Schneider / Cordula Stratmann / Ludger Stratmann
- August 31, 2000: Hanns Dieter Hüsch / Ludger Stratmann / WDR Big Band / Kaya Yanar
- June 8, 2000: Norbert Alich / Irmgard Knef / Rainer Pause / Urban Priol / WDR Big Band
- May 18, 2000: Matthias Brodowy / Erwin Grosche / Volker Pispers / Georg Schramm
- April 13, 2000: Axel Cruse / Matthias Deutschmann / Mike Herting Quartet / Ludger Stratmann / Gernot Voltz alias Herr Heuser
- March 16, 2000: Mark Britton / Jess Jochimsen / Thomas Pigor and Benedikt Eichhorn / Mathias Richling
- February 17, 2000: Konrad Beikircher / Martin Buchholz / Rüdiger Hoffmann
- January 13, 2000 ("Best of ...")
11 broadcasts in 1999
- December 9, 1999: Frank-Markus Barwasser alias Erwin Pelzig / Volker Pispers / Richard Rogler / Uwe Steimle
- November 11, 1999: Josef Hader / Rolf Miller / Dieter Nuhr / Hans Süper / WDR Big Band
- October 21, 1999: Femmouze T. / Arnulf Rating / Massimo Rocchi
- September 23, 1999: Rainer Bielfeldt / Andreas Giebel / Mathias Richling / Gayle Tufts
- August 26, 1999 ("Best of ...")
- June 10, 1999: Martina Bahjor / Matthias Beltz / Günter Grünwald / Martina Klinke / Volker Pispers / Soul of Africa
- April 29, 1999 ("Laughing between the Victory Column and the Reichstag - The midnight peaks are moving to Berlin"): Norbert Alich / Matthias Deutschmann / Die Distel / Dieter Hallervorden / Dagmar Jäger / Gisela Oechselhäuser / Arnulf Rating / Die Wühlmäuse
- April 8, 1999: Tommy Engel / Hanns Dieter Hüsch / Heinrich Pachl / Alf Poier
- March 4, 1999: Ars Vitalis / 3 Gestirn Köln 1 / Bill Mockridge / Wolfgang Nitschke
- February 4, 1999: Susanne Betancor / Christoph Brüske / Matthias Deutschmann / Manes Meckenstock
- January 7, 1999 ("Best of 1998")
10 programs in 1998 (10 years)
- December 17, 1998: Norbert Alich / Reiner Kröhnert / Stephan Ohm / Volker Pispers / Martin Puntigam
- November 19, 1998: Mathias Richling / Horst Schroth / Tina Teubner / Trio Pappenheim Peepshow
- October 22, 1998: Robert Gernhardt / Josef Hader / Gerd Köster / Missfits / Lars Reichow
- September 24, 1998 (“10 years of midnight peaks”): Helmut Hoffmann / Rüdiger Hoffmann / Achim Konejung / Hans Liberg / Richard Rogler
- June 18, 1998: Götz Alsmann / Ingo Appelt / Maren Kroymann
- May 7, 1998: Konrad Beikircher / Achim Konejung / Helge Schneider / Georg Schramm
- April 2, 1998: Acapickels / Rüdiger Hoffmann / Jan Peter Petersen / Arnulf Rating
- March 5, 1998: Didi Jünemann / Dieter Nuhr / Georg Ringsgwandl / Christian Rzepka / Bruno Schmitz / Nick Woodland / Anka Zink
- February 5, 1998: Fritz Eckenga / Manes Meckenstock / Heinrich Pachl / Queen B.
- January 22, 1998 ("Best of ...")
11 programs in 1997
- December 18, 1997: Barbara Beckmann / Gerd Dudenhöffer / Volker Pispers / Mathias Richling / Ruth Schiffer
- November 20, 1997: Matthias Deutschmann / Pretty feist / Andreas Giebel / Osterritter & Schunck
- October 9, 1997: Thomas Freitag / Hanns Dieter Hüsch / Wollie Kaiser / Ulla Oster / Massimo Rocchi
- September 4, 1997: Frank Goosen / Jochen Malmsheimer / Susanne Pätzold / Ludger Stratmann / Jokkel Tschiersch
- July 2nd, 1997 ("Best of ...")
- June 12, 1997: Michael Mittermeier / Wolfgang Nitschke / Rainer Pause / Richard Rogler / Stoppok
- May 15, 1997: Ingo Appelt / Wiglaf Droste / Frank Köllges & Band / Maria Peschek
- April 17, 1997: Django Asül / Herbert Knebel's Affentheater / Piet Klocke and Simone Sonnenschein / Willi Podewitz
- March 13, 1997: Norbert Alich / New Haranni Poison Mixers / Stefan Ohm / Volker Pispers / Bar reading
- February 13, 1997: Ars Vitalis / 3 Gestirn Köln 1 / Harald Effenberg / Dieter Hallervorden / Frank Hocker / Klaus Huber / Heiner Kämmer / Gerd Köster / Wolfgang Nitschke / Peter Willman
- January 11, 1997 ("Best of ...")
12 broadcasts in 1996
- December 21, 1996: Pia Hoffmann / Klaus Huber / Frank Köllges / Judith Richelshagen / Mathias Richling / Jörg Ritzenhoff / Horst Schroth / Ellen Strabel
- November 23, 1996: Konrad Beikircher / Klaus Huber / Frank Köllges / Georg Schramm
- October 26, 1996: BAP / Charla Drops / Dieter Nuhr / Heinrich Pachl
- September 21, 1996: Holger Paetz / Sissi Perlinger / Cordula Stratmann / Valtorta
- August 24, 1996 ("Best of ...")
- July 20, 1996 ("Best of ...")
- June 8, 1996: Ingo Appelt / Gerburg Jahnke and Stephanie Überall alias Missfits / Richard Rogler / Cordula Stratmann
- May 11, 1996: Die Distel / Günter Grünwald / Klaus Huber
- April 13, 1996: Susanne Betancor / Klaus Huber / Ludger Stratmann / Fritz Tietz
- March 2, 1996: Lioba Albus alias Mia Mittelkötter / Matthias Deutschmann / Klaus Huber / Bärbel Schmid
- February 3, 1996: Piet Klocke / Gaby Köster / Anka Zink
- January 13, 1996 ("Best of ...")
8 programs in 1995 (50th program)
- December 23, 1995: Erwin Grosche / Reiner Kröhnert / Hans Schneider / Hella von Sinnen
- October 28, 1995: Ars Vitalis / Gerburg Jahnke and Stephanie Überall alias Missfits / Mark Britton and Krissie Illing alias Nickelodeon / Heinrich Pachl
- September 16, 1995: Gabi Decker / 3 Gestirn Cologne 1 / Fabian and the detectives / Markus Jeroch / Heiner Kämmer / Wolfgang Nitschke
- August 5, 1995 ("Best of ...")
- June 24, 1995 (50th broadcast): Gaby Köster / Pelle Pershing / Mathias Richling / Richard Rogler / Die Triviatas
- May 6, 1995: Hanns Dieter Hüsch / Gaby Köster / Michael Meierjohann / Wolfgang Müller
- March 25, 1995: Norbert Alich / Rainer Pause / Volker Pispers / Peter Spielbauer / Zwoelie Troelies
- January 28, 1995 ("Best of 1994")
8 broadcasts in 1994
- December 10, 1994: Matthias Deutschmann / Klaus Huber / Gerburg Jahnke and Stephanie Überall alias Missfits / Gerd Köster / Georg Ringsgwandl / fuel / Nick Woodland
- October 29, 1994: Karl Dall / Wiltrud Fischer / Heinz Hertrampf / Hanns Dieter Hüsch / Bruno Schmitz / Gernot Voltz alias Mr. Heuser
- September 24, 1994: Reiner Kröhnert / Leipziger Funzel / Theater du Pain / Henning Venske
- July 23, 1994 ("Best of ...")
- June 11, 1994: Frank Köllges / Adam Noidlt Intermission / Arnulf Rating / Mathias Richling / Alfons Sawatzki / Tana Schanzara
- April 23, 1994: Affentheater / Konrad Beikircher / Matthias Beltz / Frankfurter Kurorchester / Rüdiger Hoffmann
- February 26, 1994: Dirk Bielefeldt alias Herr Holm / Duo Fischbach / Peter Freiburghaus / Kölner Saxophonmafia / Gerd Köster / Antonia Limacher / Georg Schramm
- January 22, 1994 ("Best of ...")
6 broadcasts in 1993
- December 18, 1993: 3 Gestirn Köln 1 / Heiner Kämmer / Martina Klinke / Köbes Underground / Gaby Köster / Wolfgang Nitschke / Volker Pispers / Bruno Schmitz / Hendrike von Sydow / Dieter Thomas / Provisional Frankfurter Fronttheater
- October 30, 1993: Matthias Deutschmann / Wiglaf Droste / Frank Köllges / Barbara Kuster / Pieter-Dirk Uys
- September 18, 1993: Bördebrothers / Lisa Fitz / Rüdiger Hoffmann / Yarinistan
- June 19, 1993: Jean Faure / Het Groot niet te vermijden Dans Show Orkest / Anja Moritz / Rainer Pause / Michael Quast / Mathias Richling
- April 24, 1993: Tom Pauls / Arnulf Rating / Reiner Rübhausen / Uwe Steimle / Tuten and bubbles / Anka Zink
- February 11, 1993: Nina Hoger / Achim Konejung / Helge Schneider & Hardcore / Horst Schroth / Die Triviatas
6 broadcasts in 1992
- December 17, 1992: Matthias Deutschmann / Fred und die Goldfische / The Piano has been drinking / Philipp Seiser
- November 12, 1992: Norbert Alich / Ars Vitalis / Hanns Dieter Hüsch / Missfits
- September 10, 1992: Bläck Fööss / Rüdiger Hoffmann / VEV-Kabarett Nuhr & Küster / Rosa K. Wirtz
- June 12, 1992: Monty Arnold / Wigald Boning / Thomas Freitag / Heiner Kämmer / Gaby Köster / New fantastic art orchestra of the north / Wolfgang Nitschke / Mathias Richling
- May 14, 1992: 3 Gestirn Cologne 1 / The folding bed / LSE
- February 13, 1992 (without hosts): Heinrich Pachl and Arnulf Rating (tour program)
6 broadcasts in 1991
- December 19, 1991 (without hosts): Norbert Alich and Rainer Pause (tour program)
- November 11, 1991 (broadcast of a program not broadcast in January because of the Gulf War): Köbes Underground / Das Stunksitzungsensemble
- September 5, 1991: Die Distel / Frankfurter Kurorchester / Dirk Müller
- June 13, 1991: Norbert Alich / Rainer Pause / Jos Rinck / Hans Scheibner
- April 11, 1991: Matthias Beltz / Haui Hauenstein / Nessi Tausendschön
- March 7, 1991: 3 Gestirn Köln 1 / Kalle Pohl / Till & Obel / Biggi Wanninger
6 broadcasts in 1990
- November 29, 1990: Biermösl Blosn / The ironing board / Hannelore Kaub / Franz-Josef Krümmer / Gerhard Polt
- September 27, 1990: Josef Hader / Hans Liberg / Maria Peschek
- June 7, 1990: Duo PS / Ottfried Fischer / VEV-Cabaret
- April 19, 1990: Konrad Beikircher / Sissy Perlinger / Sissy Perlinger's Electric Cabaret / Stephan Wald
- March 22, 1990: Gerburg Jahnke and Stephanie Überall alias Theater Missfits / Didi Jünemann / Achim Konejung / Loud and annoying / Bruno Schmitz / Horst Schroth / Das Stunksitzung sensemble
- January 11, 1990: Ortrud Beginnen / Matthias Beltz / Frankfurter Kurorchester
10 broadcasts in 1989
- December 7, 1989: Jürgen Becker / Jochen Busse / Georgette Dee / Die 3 Tornados / Dieter Hildebrandt / Matsche, Wörks & Pullrich / Werner Schneyder / Terry Truck / Helen Vita
- November 9, 1989: Werner Koczwara / Barbara Moritz / Cornelia Niemann / Arnulf Rating / Annemarie Roelofs / Horst Schroth / Günter Thews
- October 5, 1989: Dirk Bach / Wolfgang Krause Zwieback / Münchener Crüppel Cabaret
- September 14, 1989: Thomas Freitag / Günter Grünwald / Micki Malör
- June 15, 1989: Otto Grünmandl / Helmut Ruge / Dick Städtler / Anka Zink
- May 11, 1989: Andreas Giebel / Beate Rademacher / Werner Schneyder
- April 13, 1989: Ingolf Lück / Hendrike von Sydow / Dieter Thomas / two thirds
- March 18, 1989: Jochen Busse / Norbert Gottschalk and friends / Lore Lorentz
- February 18, 1989: Hilde Heim / Dieter Hildebrandt / Rudolf Klaffenböck / Renate Küster / Jörg Maurer
- January 18, 1989: Ash Barrel Quartet / College of Hearts / Tom Gerhardt / Wolfgang Nitschke
4 broadcasts in 1988
- December 17, 1988: Georgette Dee / Achim Konejung / Harald Schmidt / Springmaus
- November 19, 1988: Jürgen Becker / Matthias Beltz / Shy Guys / Paul Klein / Helen Vita
- October 15, 1988: Matsche, Wörks & Pullrich / Die Mehlprimeln / Heinrich Pachl / Herman von Ulzen
- September 17, 1988: Ortrud Beginning / The 3 Tornados / Guglhupfa / Ilja Richter
Award
- In 1989, editor Gerhard Honal and cabaret artist Richard Rogler received a bronze Adolf Grimme Prize for the series .
- In 2019 the series was awarded the German Comedy Prize in the "Best Satire Show" category.
Web links
- www.mitternachtsspitzen.de
- WDR comedy portal comedy.wdr.de
- Mitternachtsspitzen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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- ↑ Midnight peaks move to the Eltzhof alternative quarter. Retrieved March 30, 2014 .
- ↑ Home stags and cleaners. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. June 18, 2008, accessed September 23, 2013 .
- ↑ Midnight Tips EXTRA: Nous sommes Charlie. WDR , accessed February 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Jan-Philipp Hein TV cabaret - Da where anti-Semitism blooms shz from June 7, 2015
- ↑ Steimle has to put up with that , Sächsische Zeitung of November 9, 2017
- ↑ Steimle legally binding “Jammerossi” ( memento from January 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), Sächsische Zeitung from November 17, 2017
- ↑ WDR: Christoph Sieber will take over the WDR “Mitternachtsspitzen” press lounge in 2021. August 20, 2020, accessed August 21, 2020 .