TKKG

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TKKG
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Radio play from Germany
Year of production Books: 1979–2011
Radio plays: since 1981
genre Youth series , crime thriller
consequences Books: 110 + specials
Radio plays: 215 + 3 specials
production Heikedine Körting
Publisher / label Pelikan (until 2004) ,
cbj (since 2004)
radio plays: Europe
Contributors
author Stefan Wolf (creator)
→ and other authors
Machining HG Francis
André Minninger
Director Heikedine Körting
music Carsten Bohn ,
Jan-Friedrich Conrad ,
Detlef Oels ,
Constantin Stahlberg ,
Jens-Peter Morgenstern ,
Andris Zeiberts
speaker

A case for TKKG (short: TKKG ) is a German youth book series and based on it the same radio drama series from Stefan Wolf . After his death in 2007, the series will be continued with various authors at the express request of the creator. However, the book series was discontinued in 2011. The radio play series has been produced by Europe since 1981 under the direction of Heikedine Körting . The first episode appeared on March 31, 1981. With 14 million books sold and 33 million radio play cassettes and CDs sold, the series is one of the most successful German youth book series. In German-speaking countries, the series is valid alongside the series of books and radio plays The three ??? as the most commercially successful series in its genre. The series also won 41 gold records and one platinum record.

Plot and characters

TKKG is an acronym and stands for the protagonists T im (formerly called Tarzan ), K arl, K lößchen and G aby. As a TKKG gang, the four young people solve criminal cases . They are supported by Gaby's dog Oskar and her father, Detective Inspector Emil Glockner. The figures are, depending on the volume, between 12 and 17 years old (Gaby is 12 in the first volume and Klößchen's 13th birthday is in volume 8 On the trail of the bird hunters ). In the later volumes all are 14 years old.

Peter Timotheus Carsten

T im / T arzan is the leader of the TKKG gang; his real name is Peter Timotheus Carsten. He is also the main protagonist of the series. In the revision of the books ( cbj avanti Verlag ) he is called Tim Carsten. He lives in the boarding school with dumplings in a room called “Eagle's Nest”. Tim is a martial artist. At the beginning he practiced almost exclusively judo , but later mainly jiu jitsu . In book 54, Lord of Snake Island , he practiced Kung Fu . He was therefore initially nicknamed Tarzan . Since Tarzan is protected by trademark law and can only be used for a license fee, this name had to be given up for the figure and a middle name introduced with Timotheus, or Tim for short. The name change takes place in the story The White Smuggler's Yacht (Volume 32, radio play sequence: 38). Within the TKKG universe, this change is explained by the fact that Peter drops this name after seeing a Tarzan film and no longer wants to be compared to it. But then he learns about his middle name. In more recent episodes he is sometimes called a chief by his gang members , which shows that he takes the leading role of TKKG.

Karl Vierstein

K arl Vierstein is also called a “computer” because he has a phenomenal memory. His father's occupation is listed in the old editions as Professor of Physics, in the editions of Random House (cbj) from 2004 as Professor of Mathematics and Physics and in the revised editions (cbj avanti) as Professor of Theoretical Physics. His mother's occupation is not given in the earlier editions; it is not even clear whether she has any job or is a housewife. In the revised editions, however, it has its own pharmacy. Karl is quite balanced and a loyal companion. He is tall and lanky with a "greyhound face" and wire glasses. He cleans his glasses when he gets excited. He often bores the others with his lectures.

Dumplings

K lößchen (actually: Willi Sauerlich) bears the name because of its figure, which comes from his love for chocolate. His father is a wealthy chocolate manufacturer. Dumpling decides to go to boarding school with Tim because it's not as boring as at home. He's funny and it's always good to have him with you. Sometimes, however, he acts a little too hastily, but at times has phenomenal flashes of inspiration that (often unnoticed by him) are helpful in following a hot lead.

Gaby Glockner

G aby Glockner, whose full name is Gabriele, is the only girl in the union. She got her nickname "Paw" because she is so fond of animals and lets every dog ​​shake her paw. Her father is Detective Inspector Emil Glockner. She has golden blonde hair and blue eyes with long, black eyelashes and is described as an extraordinarily pretty girl. She is brave and just. Her mother runs a delicatessen shop under the Glockner's apartment. Gaby also owns a dog named Oskar, who is blind in one eye. She is an animal rights activist.

Oscar

Gaby's black and white cocker spaniel Oskar is the unofficial fifth member . Even if he is blind in one eye, thanks to his nose he is a helpful assistant in investigations.

More people

  • Emil Glockner is the detective inspector and father of Gaby. He often helps the TKKG gang and he is often referred to as his fatherly friend due to his good relationship with Tim.
  • Margot Glockner is Gaby's mother and works in her grocery store under Glockner's apartment.
  • Erna Sauerlich is the mother of dumplings and a very strict vegetarian.
  • Hermann Sauerlich is Willi's father and owner of a chocolate factory.
  • Albert Vierstein is a professor and Karl's father. Albert's wife and Karl's mother is called Elisabeth.
  • Susanne Carsten is Tim's mother. Since her husband Maximilian, a civil engineer, died in an accident, she has often struggled to get through with herself and her son. So Tim supports them as best he can. She works as an accountant in a big city far away from the TKKG city, which is why mother and son cannot see each other often.
  • Inspector Bienert, called Wespe, is a good friend of TKKG, who often appears as a representative of Inspector Glockner in later episodes.

History of the series

The series was created in 1979 by the German writer Rolf Kalmuczak . The books were published under the pseudonym Stefan Wolf , because the animal name Wolf made it more memorable, especially for the younger crowd. The series was actually supposed to be published under the name The Four Friends , but since there was already a book series for young people entitled Five Friends by Enid Blyton , Kalmuczak decided on an emergency solution. He named the series after the first letters of the four friends: TKKG ( T arzan [later Tim], K arl, K lößchen, G aby). In his novels, it was a central concern of young people to pack social issues such as alcohol, drugs, clothing, cars, friendship and parties in a crime story and a case for TKKG. The first five books were published by Pelikan AG's in-house publishing house on the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1979. In his youth, the author Kalmuczak attended the Pädagogium Bad Sachsa boarding school .

Chronology of the first volumes

  • The hunt for the millionaire thieves (Volume 1)
  • The blind clairvoyant (Volume 2)
  • The empty grave in the moor (Volume 3)
  • The package with the skull (volume 4)
  • The phantom on the fire chair (Volume 5)

In the 1980s, in addition to the regular hardcovers , 16 paperback books were published with stories not yet published in hardcover, which were later reprinted in hardcover in so-called triple volumes. The hardcover No. 9 - Adventure in the holiday camp was also published in the form of five so-called tramp books . There was also an offshoot series for younger readers from the age of seven - Die 2 and TKKG with much more harmless cases, which TKKG regularly helped solve. The heroes here were Thomy and his dog Bobby, who had six adventures.

Since 1981, a radio play series based on the book series has been published by Europa under the direction of Heikedine Körting . Only the first 31 episodes are identical with the numbering of the books. Then the books were set to music in different order. Since 1995, TKKG cases have also appeared that are not based on a book, but only exist as radio play scripts.

The TKKG books were originally published by Pelikan AG 's in -house publishing house ; in June 2004 the publisher switched to cbj- Verlag. In January 2005, he published volumes 7, 14, 54, 77 and 84 as a new edition with its own cbj logo. Since June 2005 all volumes have been available in new editions from cbj-Verlag. The radio plays , published by Europa , celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2006 with episode 150. After the success of the TKKG radio play series, Kalmuczak began in the 1990s to write his own radio play manuscripts in addition to implementing the book templates.

Series restart

After the author's death on March 10, 2007, the radio play label Europe announced that the series of radio plays would be continued "at the express request of the deceased" anyway. Since then, all rights to the TKKG brand have been owned by Sony Music Entertainment . This commissioned the marketing company KB&B Advertising to sell the TKKG licenses. The TKKG board game by Schmidt Spiele and the magazine by Ehapa result from this cooperation . The biggest change can be seen since the series was relaunched in October 2009. The cover has been completely redesigned and new computer-colored images have been used since then (see also the illustration section ). The publisher of the books cbj has also decided to completely rewrite the first volumes of the series in addition to new illustrations. The author Herbert Friedmann was commissioned to revise the first 12 episodes based on the first editions of Kalmuczak. The new versions appeared in 2010 and 2011.

Book break

No new books have been published since 2012. In response to a request from a fansite, Random House said at the end of January 2013 that their imprint "cbj avanti" (on which the books appear) was not in effect and that no new TKKG books would be published until further notice. However, a continuation of the series has not been ruled out. Since the situation could change at short notice, the publisher does not want to publish an official statement.

Radio play litigation and dismissal of Niki Nowotny

In June 2016, an ongoing legal dispute about the fee between the radio play label Europa and Karl's spokesman, Niki Nowotny, escalated . According to Nowotny, his fee should have been too low, as he believed the publisher's assurances that lower sales would not allow a higher fee. Renegotiations about the financial participation were unsuccessful, however, since the demand from Nowotny and the offer from Europe were too far apart.

As a result, the speaking role of Karl Vierstein von Europa was filled with Tobias Diakow from episode 198 onwards.

In addition, due to the legal dispute, the radio play episodes 195, 196 and 197, in which Nowotny could still be heard as Karl Vierstein, have not been available in stores since the end of June 2016. Nowotny has not signed a contract for these consequences. Europe nevertheless published the aftermath, believing that Nowotny had tacitly granted the rights by participating in the aftermath. Nowotny obtained an injunction against episodes 196 and 197 before the Munich I Regional Court , as the fee was already being disputed at the time of the recording. The publication of episode 195 should not have been known to Nowotny and the court at the time, but this episode was also taken off the market due to the injunction.

At the end of September 2016, Europe published a new version of episodes 195, 196 and 197. In it, the places where Niki Nowotny could be heard before have been replaced by the new speaker Tobias Diakow.

Radio play sale of the old episodes

In December 2012, Europe announced that it would only sell episodes 1–99 digitally and that it would cease CD sales.

About a month after the anniversary episode 200 was released in March 2017, the sale of the old episodes was completely discontinued without prior notice from the label.

On December 7, 2018, episodes 1-99 were made available again for download and streaming. Episodes 19, 20 and 37 are missing because they were classified as critical and “not suitable for children” in an examination by the FSK . The term TKKG Retro-Archiv is used to distinguish them from the more recent episodes. In addition, the age recommendation from 12 years is now on the covers .

ProSiebenSat.1 & TKKG Junior

In September 2017, Europe announced that TKKG was now part of the ProSiebenSat.1 Licensing portfolio . The company will try to find new partners for merchandise products .

At the same time, a new theme world was announced in the TKKG universe with TKKG Junior . It is intended primarily for preschool and primary school children, while the “classic” series is intended for children between 8 and 14 years of age. This should also ensure that the cases in the actual series can be made more exciting and complex again. The first episodes were released in July 2018. These episodes were directed by radio play producer Frank Gustavus. The main roles are voiced by Sebastian Fitzner , Felix Strüven , Julian Greis and Liza Ohm .

In October 2018, the first TKKG Junior radio games were published in an English version under the name TKKG - Junior Investigators . The characters were renamed Tom (formerly Tim), Kyle (Karl), Kelvin (Willie, called Dumpling ) and Gabby (Gaby) and spoken by Oli Dillon, George Black, Ben Lewis and Alice Birrell.

Authors

Stefan Wolf was the only author of the series until his death in 2007, but HG Francis and later André Minninger helped him with the scripts for the radio plays. The first episode that did not come from the pen of Stefan Wolf is the blackmailer ride roller coaster (156) by André Minninger , published on November 16, 2007 . Since then, the label has been a radio play based on Stefan Wolf (previously: by Stefan Wolf ). In 2010 and 2011 the first 12 volumes of TKKG were completely revised by the author Herbert Friedmann based on the first editions by Stefan Wolf. Martin Hofstetter has been the lead author of the series since 2013 .

author Books Radio play episodes Years
Stefan Wolf 1-107 1-155 1979-2007
André Minninger 109 156-157, 159-162, 164-166, 169-171, 174, 178 2007–2012
André Kussmaul 108, 110, 112 158, 163, 173 2008-2011
Tom Kerblau - 167 2009
Corinna Harder 111, 115 168 2010-2011
Kai Schwind - 175 2011
Bernd Adelholzer (pseudonym) 114 176 2012
Veronika Hampl 113 177, 194 2012, 2015
Herbert Friedmann 116 179 2012
Martin Hofstetter 117 180, 182, 184–193, from 195 since 2013
Katja Brugger - 181, 183 2013

Sequence index

There is not a book and radio play edition for every case of TKKG. Between 1983 and 1989, 16 so-called Tramp pocket books (TB) were published, which were reissued as three-part edited volumes in the 1990s. Based on the Tramp books, two episodes appeared in 1985 as Super Tramp editions (ST). With the radio play sequence Crash-Kids risk their lives (91), a story that is only available as a radio play script was set to music for the first time, which was followed by more. Volumes 85, 89, 92 and 97 contain, in addition to the main case, other short stories, two of which were implemented as separate radio play series (111 and 112).

The first twelve books were revised by Herbert Friedmann and republished in a new version. The first six appeared in 2010, the remaining six in 2011.

Regular episodes

No
book 		No
radio play 		title author Year
book 		Year
radio play
1 1 The hunt for the millionaire thieves Stefan Wolf 1979 1981
2 2 The blind clairvoyant Stefan Wolf 1979 1981
3 3 The empty grave in the moor Stefan Wolf 1979 1981
4th 4th The package with the skull Stefan Wolf 1979 1981
5 5 The phantom on the fire chair Stefan Wolf 1979 1981
6th 6th Fear in the 9a Stefan Wolf 1980 1981
7th 7th Mystery of the old villa Stefan Wolf 1980 1982
8th 8th On the trail of the bird hunters Stefan Wolf 1980 1982
9 9 Adventure in summer camp Stefan Wolf 1980 1982
10 10 Alarm in the Sarani circus Stefan Wolf 1980 1982
11 11 The counterfeiters from Mäuseweg Stefan Wolf 1980 1982
12 12 At night when the fire devil comes Stefan Wolf 1981 1982
13 13 The mendicant monks from Atlantis Stefan Wolf 1981 1982
14th 14th The contortionist Stefan Wolf 1981 1982
15th 15th UFOs in Bad Finkenstein Stefan Wolf 1981 1982
16 16 X7 does not answer Stefan Wolf 1981 1982
17th 17th The doppelganger Stefan Wolf 1981 1982
18th 18th Witch hunt in Lerchenbach Stefan Wolf 1982 1982
19th 19th The treasure in the dragon's lair Stefan Wolf 1982 1982
20th 20th The secret of the Chinese vase Stefan Wolf 1982 1982
21st 21st The bomber's revenge Stefan Wolf 1982 1982
22nd 22nd In the claws of the tiger Stefan Wolf 1982 1982
23 23 Clash of spies Stefan Wolf 1982 1982
24 24 Dangerous diamonds Stefan Wolf 1982 1982
25th 25th The hour of the black mask Stefan Wolf 1983 1982
26th 26th The hostage drama Stefan Wolf 1984 1984
27 27 Bandits in the palace hotel Stefan Wolf 1984 1984
28 28 Treason in Hell Valley Stefan Wolf 1984 1984
29 29 Dog thieves have no mercy Stefan Wolf 1984 1984
30th 30th The mafia comes at witching hour Stefan Wolf 1984 1984
31 31 The kidnapping in Mondscheingasse Stefan Wolf 1984 1984
TB1 32 Poachers in the Teufelsmoor Stefan Wolf 1983 1984
TB2 33 Who stole the millionaire horse? Stefan Wolf 1983 1984
TB3 34 Vampire of the Autobahn Stefan Wolf 1983 1984
TB4 35 The night of the attack Stefan Wolf 1984 1984
TB5 36 The gift of evil Stefan Wolf 1984 1984
TB6 37 The last shot Stefan Wolf 1984 1985
32 38 The white smuggler yacht Stefan Wolf 1985 1985
TB7 39 The poison party Stefan Wolf 1985 1985
TB8 40 Duel at dawn Stefan Wolf 1985 1985
TB9 41 Hot gold in the silver lake Stefan Wolf 1985 1986
33 43 Trapped in the Chamber of Horrors Stefan Wolf 1985 1986
34 42 Attack on the silver arrow Stefan Wolf 1985 1986
35 44 At midnight by the black river Stefan Wolf 1986 1986
36 45 Green Hell company Stefan Wolf 1986 1987
37 46 Hotel on fire Stefan Wolf 1986 1987
38 47 Dead freight in the jaguar Stefan Wolf 1986 1987
39 48 Beasts in the Dark Stefan Wolf 1986 1987
40 49 Bomb on board (sharks on board) Stefan Wolf 1987 1987
41 50 Spy on the run Stefan Wolf 1987 1987
42 51 Gangsters at the garden party Stefan Wolf 1987 1987
43 52 Raid in the port Stefan Wolf 1987 1987
44 56 Death salute from the yellow dragon Stefan Wolf 1988 1987
TB10 53 Shots from the rose hedge Stefan Wolf 1986 1987
TB11 54 Alarm! Dumpling has disappeared Stefan Wolf 1986 1987
45 55 The murderer from the Schauerwald Stefan Wolf 1988 1987
46 57 Chase the red ghost car! Stefan Wolf 1988 1988
ST1 58 The double Pedro Stefan Wolf 1985 1988
ST2 59 Trick thief at Drachenstein Castle Stefan Wolf 1985 1988
47 60 The devil from Lake Waiga Stefan Wolf 1988 1988
48 61 In the shadow of the demon Stefan Wolf 1988 1988
TB12 62 Terror from the "powder keg" Stefan Wolf 1988 1989
TB13 63 The trap at the Fuchsbach Stefan Wolf 1988 1989
49 64 Black plague from India Stefan Wolf 1989 1989
50 65 Slaves for Wutawia (1) Stefan Wolf 1989 1989
66 The crook with the "golden hand" (2) Stefan Wolf 1989 1989
TB14 67 Ambush in the owl forest Stefan Wolf 1989 1989
TB15 68 Drug raid in boarding school Stefan Wolf 1989 1989
51 69 Warning: the "monsters" are coming Stefan Wolf 1989 1990
52 70 Who kidnapped Tim's mother? Stefan Wolf 1989 1990
53 71 Voice from the underworld Stefan Wolf 1989 1990
TB16 72 Pocket money for a ghost Stefan Wolf 1989 1990
54 73 Lord of the Snake Island Stefan Wolf 1990 1991
55 74 In the shadow realm of Dr. Mubase Stefan Wolf 1990 1991
56 75 Ransom on Henkersberg Stefan Wolf 1990 1991
57 76 The gold digger gang Stefan Wolf 1990 1991
58 77 The blackmailed blackmailer Stefan Wolf 1990 1991
59 78 Hot line to Paradiso Stefan Wolf 1990 1991
60 79 A dead person needs help Stefan Wolf 1991 1992
61 80 White poison in the night express Stefan Wolf 1991 1992
62 81 Horror trip in a luxury car Stefan Wolf 1991 1992
63 82 Haunted Beyond Stefan Wolf 1991 1992
64 83 Help, Gaby in danger! Stefan Wolf 1992 1993
65 84 Dynamite in the trunk Stefan Wolf 1992 1993
66 85 Freedom for tortured animals Stefan Wolf 1992 1993
67 86 The treasure hunt mafia strikes Stefan Wolf 1992 1993
68 88 Battle for the magic sword "Dragon Eye" Stefan Wolf 1993 1994
69 87 The evil spirit from the orphanage Stefan Wolf 1993 1994
70 89 The enemy from the past Stefan Wolf 1994 1994
71 90 Smugglers travel undetected Stefan Wolf 1994 1994
- 91 Crash kids risk their lives Stefan Wolf - 1995
- Special 1 The treasure island with the 7 puzzles Stefan Wolf - 1995
- Special 2 The secret of TKKG Stefan Wolf - 1995/2010
- 92 The cruel avenger Stefan Wolf - 1995
- 93 The victims with the cool snout Stefan Wolf - 1995
- 94 In the dark of night at the marble grave Stefan Wolf - 1995
- 95 Subway of horror Stefan Wolf - 1995
- 96 The kidnapping of the pop star Stefan Wolf - 1996
- 97 The hand on the stars Stefan Wolf - 1996
72 98 The sharks from the lotus garden Stefan Wolf 1996 1996
73 99 Helpless in the icy night Stefan Wolf 1996 1996
- 100 Nasty trick with No. 100 Stefan Wolf - 1996
74 101 Victims fly 1st class Stefan Wolf 1996 1997
75 102 Fear on the highway Stefan Wolf 1996 1997
76 103 Murderous family tree Stefan Wolf 1997 1997
77 104 In the devil's betting shop Stefan Wolf 1997 1997
- 105 Missing kids and killer plants Stefan Wolf - 1997
- 106 Girl robbery in the holiday home Stefan Wolf - 1997
- 107 Ransom for a mistake Stefan Wolf - 1998
- 108 The concert with the rats Stefan Wolf - 1998
78 109 Murderer game in the castle hotel Stefan Wolf 1997 1998
79 110 The Phantom in the Chocolate Museum Stefan Wolf 1997 1998
85 111 The deadly trap Stefan Wolf 1999 1998
112 Bomb fun with gravel & clay Stefan Wolf 1999 1999
80 113 Hunting kids with a hot needle Stefan Wolf 1998 1999
81 114 The sect of Satan Stefan Wolf 1998 1999
82 115 The diamond in the cobra's belly Stefan Wolf 1998 1999
83 116 School trip to the Hexenburg Stefan Wolf 1998 1999
84 117 In the castle of the sleeping vampires Stefan Wolf 1999 1999
85 118 The devil is going on in the department store Stefan Wolf 1999 2000
86 119 Fresh trace after 70 years Stefan Wolf 1999 2000
87 120 Afraid when calling Stefan Wolf 1999 2000
88 121 A cool guy from hell Stefan Wolf 2000 2000
89 122 The pot of gold that fell from the sky Stefan Wolf 2000 2000
- 123 Murder plot in the luxury toilet Stefan Wolf - 2000
91 124 Searching for Gaby in vain Stefan Wolf 2000 2001
90 125 The murderer from another time Stefan Wolf 2000 2001
- 126 Teddy Taler's journey into hell Stefan Wolf - 2001
92 127 In a rubber dinghy through the underworld Stefan Wolf 2001 2001
93 128 The assistants of terror Stefan Wolf 2001 2001
- 129 The blackmailer drives to the end of the line Stefan Wolf - 2001
94 130 The dangerous witness disappears Stefan Wolf 2001 2002
95 131 Hourly wages for brisk gangsters Stefan Wolf 2001 2002
- 132 Homejackers work overtime Stefan Wolf - 2002
- 134 Who will stop the Christmas gangsters? Stefan Wolf - 2002
96 135 The master thief and his enemies Stefan Wolf 2002 2003
- 136 Argentine kidnapping Stefan Wolf - 2003
97 133 On four paws to the loot of millions Stefan Wolf 2002 2002
98 137 Carried away into the Diabolo valley Stefan Wolf 2002 2003
99 138 Raid with the boomerang Stefan Wolf 2003 2003
- 139 Oskar chases the drug dealers Stefan Wolf - 2003
100 140 Dracula's heirs Stefan Wolf 2003 2004
141 Black Mamba death bite Stefan Wolf 2003 2004
- 142 Bank robber with a great trick Stefan Wolf - 2004
- 143 The scary house Stefan Wolf - 2004
- 144 Night of horror in the snake's mouth Stefan Wolf - 2004
101 145 Ambush on the black rock Stefan Wolf 2005 2005
102 146 Nonstop into the rocket trap Stefan Wolf 2005 2005
103 147 Hell with no back door Stefan Wolf 2005 2005
- 148 Nasty trick at the final Stefan Wolf - 2005
104 149 Tim's most dangerous opponent Stefan Wolf 2005 2005
- 150 Hot December nights Stefan Wolf - 2006
105 151 Game purchased Stefan Wolf 2006 2006
- 152 Max and Anna, a thieving couple Stefan Wolf - 2006
106 153 It happened on a rainy night Stefan Wolf 2006 2007
107 154 The secret of the castle ruins Stefan Wolf 2007 2007
- 155 Trapped in the haunted house Stefan Wolf - 2007
- 157 Oskar and the seven dwarfs André Minninger - 2008
108 158 Coach under suspicion André Kussmaul 2008 2008
109 156 Attack on the roller coaster (book)
/ Blackmailers ride the roller coaster (radio play) 		André Minninger 2009 2007
- 159 Bad game in summer camp André Minninger - 2008
- 160 The horror approaches at twelve André Minninger - 2008
- 161 A Yeti in the metropolis André Minninger - 2008
- 162 Danger for Oskar! André Minninger - 2009
110 163 The broker mafia André Kussmaul 2009 2009
- 164 Operation Witches Graffiti André Minninger - 2009
- 165 Advent with a bang effect André Minninger - 2009
- 166 The girl with the crystal ball André Minninger - 2009
- 167 The invisible Tom Kerblau - 2009
111 168 Million coup in the stadium Corinna Harder 2010 2010
- 169 Jungle crime scene André Minninger - 2010
- 170 Shock in the snow André Minninger - 2010
- 171 The living painting André Minninger - 2010
113 172 The secret of the bog body Veronika Hampl 2010 2011
112 173 The skeletal gang André Kussmaul 2010 2011
- 174 Doppelganger on the racetrack André Minninger - 2011
- 175 Night hike with horror Kai Schwind - 2011
114 176 Crime Spotlight Bernd Adelholzer 2011 2012
115 - The beast from the Alps Corinna Harder 2011 -
- 177 The trail of the she-wolf Veronika Hampl - 2012
- 178 Shark alert in the aqua park André Minninger - 2012
116 179 Rip off in online chat Herbert Friedmann 2011 2012
117 180 Alarm in the predator house Martin Hofstetter 2011 2012
- 181 The swapped suitcase Katja Brugger - 2013
- 182 Under the spell of the supernatural Martin Hofstetter - 2013
- 183 Duds in the villa district Katja Brugger - 2013
- 184 Eternal darkness Martin Hofstetter - 2013
- 185 The invisible thief Martin Hofstetter - 2013
- 186 The sleeping Chinese woman Martin Hofstetter - 2014
- 187 Spied on! Martin Hofstetter - 2014
- 188 The blue sheep from Artelsbach Martin Hofstetter - 2014
- 189 Ivan the terrible Martin Hofstetter - 2014
- 190 The ice cold clown Martin Hofstetter - 2015
- 191 North-northwest to Hexenplatz Martin Hofstetter - 2015
- 192 Fire on Gut Ribbeck Martin Hofstetter - 2015
- 193 The Christmas phantom Martin Hofstetter - 2015
- 194 The cemetery of the nameless Veronika Hampl - 2015
- 195 On the trail of the Sun King Martin Hofstetter - 2016
- 196 Crime scene Wagenburg Martin Hofstetter - 2016
- 197 Handover at kick-off Martin Hofstetter - 2016
- 198 The Golem from Dunkelsee Martin Hofstetter - 2016
- 199 Chase before midnight Martin Hofstetter - 2016
- 200 The big coup Martin Hofstetter - 2017
- 201 Obsessed with gold Martin Hofstetter - 2017
- 202 A paradise for thieves Martin Hofstetter - 2017
- 203 The robber in the Christmas mask Martin Hofstetter - 2017
- 204 Conspiracy on the high seas Martin Hofstetter - 2018
- 205 Devilish coffee trip Martin Hofstetter - 2018
- 206 Watch out, UFO cult! Martin Hofstetter - 2018
- Special 3 An almost perfect Christmas menu Martin Hofstetter - 2018
- 207 Double kidnapping Martin Hofstetter - 2018
- 208 Secret in the safe Martin Hofstetter - 2019
- 209 Threatening letters from unknown Martin Hofstetter - 2019
- 210 Raid in the casino Martin Hofstetter - 2019
- 211 Hostage taking in the residential area Martin Hofstetter - 2019
- 212 Tyranny Command One Martin Hofstetter - 2019
- 213 The creepy village Martin Hofstetter - 2019
- 214 Diamond rush on the A9 Martin Hofstetter - 2020
- 215 Crimes in the Moorstein Forest Martin Hofstetter - 2020 -
Remarks:
  1. ↑ In the first edition of the book the episode was called Haie ab Bord . This was changed to bomb on board in further editions . The radio play had the changed title from the start.
  2. ↑ The radio play was re-published in 2010 in a new version with a revised script and new speakers for the supporting roles. In this new version, Gaby is voiced by Rhea Harder .
  3. ↑ The book contains the nine short stories "Bomb fun at Kies & Knete", "The deadly trap", "Hot pavement holiday park", "The trick of the hang-glider", "Ganoventreff bei Oma Meier", "After, Tristan 'please tear gas!" , "Quiet people live longer", "The trap on the Fuchs-Weg" and "Step into a blue heap".
  4. ↑ The book also contains eleven other short stories.
  5. ↑ The book contains the five short stories "The flying money case", "Deported by blue dwarfs", "Picnic under a black flag", "A reunion in Africa" ​​and "Hot booty".
  6. ↑ The book contains the four short stories "Bank robbery with reversed roles", "Death's meal from the master chef", "Ganoventreff im Intercity" and "Hot track to Fridolin".
  7. ↑ Radio play based on the play of the same name, which was performed between 2007 and 2009 in various cities in Germany.
  8. ↑ The episode was originally intended for the radio play series Die Dr3i . After this was discontinued, Minninger worked it into a TKKG series.
  9. ↑ The episode was published in June 2010 as an exclusive radio play under the title Hai-Alarm im Aquapark at Tchibo together with the already published episode 159 Bad Game in Summer Camp in a double CD box. In June 2012 this was then also included in the regular episode count.
  10. ↑ a b c Due to a legal dispute, the first version of these episodes with Niki Nowotny as Karl Vierstein is no longer available in stores. Since the end of September 2016 there has been a new version in which Karl Vierstein is spoken by Tobias Diakow. See the Radio Play Litigation section above .
  11. ↑ Radio play implementation based on the live radio play of the same name, which was held nationwide in Germany from November to December 2019.

Special episodes

Special offers

  • Special 1: Treasure Island with the 7 riddles (CD / MC): The radio play combined a story of the TKKG gang with a competition. The listener was able to find out the prize game solution through hints within the radio play and thus actively participate in solving the case. The episode was released on May 29, 1995.
  • Special 2: The secret of TKKG (CD / MC): Getting to know each other from 1995, in which the TKKG friends are introduced to the listener in more detail. In addition to the TKKG single Ein Fall für TKKG - The Song of Peter & the TKKG-Band , it was reissued in 1999 for the 20th anniversary of the series. In 2010 a completely new version was released in a revised form and partly with new speakers.
  • Special 3: An almost perfect Christmas menu (3CD): Advent calendar successes 2018 with 24 chapters and a total playing time of almost 3 hours. Released October 12, 2018.

Anniversary episodes

  • In October 1996, the episode 100 with the name Fieser Trick with No. 100 was released .
  • In February 2006, Hot Nights in December was the 150th episode of the series. In the first edition , a CD-Rom was included as a bonus , which among other things contained a screen saver and a game .
  • In November 2011, episode 175 was released as a double episode called Nachtwanderung mit Schrecken .
  • In March 2017, the episode 200 with the name The Great Coup was released as a double episode.

Film radio plays

  • Drachenauge (CD / MC): Original soundtrack audio play (original sound) for the movie Dragon's Eye from 1992 in two parts. The radio play was expanded to include pieces of music from the TKKG radio plays and a narrator.
  • The secret of the enigmatic Mind Machine (CD / MC): Original audio version of the film of the same name from 2006.
  • Every legend has its beginning (CD): radio play version of the film of the same name from 2019 .

Special editions

  • For the 10th anniversary, 10 re-releases were brought out, each combining two older episodes of the series on one cassette.
  • In addition, toy manufacturer Remus released two TKKG episodes of the Europa series ( Trapped in the Chamber of Terror and At Midnight by the Black River ). The cassettes were sold with changed covers in the drawing style of the TKKG comics. Remus later published these radio plays in the Reading & Listening series with an accompanying comic.

TKKG Junior

No
book 		No
radio play 		title author Year
book 		Year
radio play
1 1 Caught in action Kirsten Vogel 2018 2018
2 2 Caution: Snappy! Benjamin Tannenberg 2018 2018
3 3 Poisonous chocolate Kirsten Vogel 2018 2018
4th 4th The red savior Benjamin Tannenberg 2018 2018
8th 5 The dinosaur thieves Benjamin Tannenberg 2019 2019
- 6th Rip off on call Frank Gustavus - 2019
6th 7th Between jugglers and crooks Benjamin Tannenberg 2019 2019
5 - Parrots in need Kirsten Vogel 2019 -
- 8th The hidden treasure Frank Gustavus - 2019
11 9 Punched punch Frank Gustavus - 2019
7th 10 At night in the horror park Kirsten Vogel 2019 2020
9 - The robot dog Kirsten Vogel 2020 -
10 11 Red card for fraudsters Benjamin Tannenberg 2020 2020
- 12 Filthy affairs Frank Gustavus - 2020

English radio plays

No. English title Original title year
1 Scary sleepover Caught in action 2018
2 Beware of the Beast Caution: Snappy! 2018

The 2 and TKKG

No. title year
1 The story of the carp Bruno 1992
2 Thomy smells the roast 1992
3 Ghosts don't snack on honey 1992
4th Secret in the attic 1993
5 When Bobby shows his teeth 1993
6th A dangerous letter 1993

Chronicle of the radio play speakers

criticism

The TKKG stories, especially the early episodes, often use clichés to clearly identify criminals. They can often be recognized by their appearance (scars, special body and facial features such as red hair and lots of freckles) or by their origin (e.g. southerners, gypsies ), social group membership (rockers, punks, homeless people) or their profession . According to critics, Wolf makes use of social and popular prejudices and stereotypes. Occasionally, groups of people are commented on in a derogatory manner - this is how the trainer Alwin Gutsche in Ufos in Bad Finkenstein describes members of his own judo team as " Caraway Turks ".

Particularly striking is the often derogatory comments made by socially disadvantaged groups such as B. the homeless through TKKG itself. On the other hand, TKKG also advocate members or entire minorities from the start. Positive figures are z. B. Introduced ethnic minorities who contradict the clichés of other consequences. In these contradictions, the inconsistent behavior of the TKKG friends themselves is particularly noticeable, on the one hand they appear moralizing, but on the other hand they circumvent their self-determined morality through their own prejudice and often attempted “the end justifies the means”. In the older episodes in particular, Tim often uses preventive violence, which, unlike in the later episodes, is not just self-defense.

The protagonists are portrayed quite exaggerated. Tarzan / Tim is the tall, tanned, strong, sporty man. Karl is lanky, weak, but intelligent - the typical nerd. Dumpling is fat, gnawed, lazy (but not stupid). In addition, Gaby's bewitching beauty is referred to in practically every episode. In later episodes she is also jealous of women Tim has contact with, with a relationship between the two being indicated in these episodes.

Another example is the role of women. Although Wolf often shows strong female figures and the TKKG friends advocate equality between the sexes, Gaby is regularly excluded from the group in dangerous situations or when undertaking late-night activities (Tarzan / Tim: “Girls your age belong in bed at this time "). In the interview, Wolf states the number of female readers as 60%.

language

Wolf put the TKKG friends allegedly to the youth and slang words ajar (z. B. bike , soap makers away go on and on,) or phrases into the mouth, the z. T. be translated into footnotes. Words from the youth language of past decades were also used, especially in the first few years (e.g. Pauker, Penne). This pseudo-youth slang was increasingly enriched with anglicisms in the 1990s and deviated more and more from the actual youth language. Wolf uses here z. Sometimes a Germanized spelling of English words (e.g. Taubenmörder-Konnäktschn from Murderous Family Tree ) and means that "the language has grown up" within the series . He continues: “The kids made a leap through the overstimulation, and not just for the better. Nowadays they often can't get complete sentences, they speak in ellipses or in catchwords. ”  ( , P. 88) This exaggerated use of Anglicisms is criticized as bad even by Karl in the radio play Operation Witches-Graffiti .

The names of many actors also consist of puns, e.g. B. Mr. Contrechien (French: opponent of dogs) who poisoned a dog (episode: death bite of the black mamba ), Sheikh Schacha Ben Öhli (episode: Who stole the millionaire horse ? ), Inspector Belief nothing, Hans-Henning von Socke-Paulmann (episode : Enemy from the Past ), Dr. Remplem (episode: Vampire of the Autobahn ), Carlo Bijou (French: jewelry) as a jeweler (episode: Tim's most dangerous opponent ), the Chinese thief Xiang Prey Teeth (episode: Lord of the Snake Island ), dentists Dr. Beißinger (episode: attention, the "monsters" are coming ) and Dr. Brechaußer (episode: horror trip in a luxury car ). Some place names also offer an incentive to laugh, such as B. Oberkirchweidenbüggetal-Ennsling (result of ambush in Eulenforst ), Vierlingstetten-Oberwurz (result of black plague from India ), the Austrian holiday resort Bad Fäßliftl, Klein-Auersheim-Prillstetten or the “Fallaut” nuclear power plant (result: missing kids and killer plants ). Wolf himself emphasizes the comedy of his stories in an interview when asked about his series concept: "I'm kidding about football, mass events and this 'Fit for Fun'."  ( , P. 86)

In episode 164 (Operation Witches Graffiti) the four are given aliases, which are the first names of their respective speakers: Tim - Sascha, Karl - Niki, Willi - Manou, Gaby - Veronika.

Illustrations

Until 2009, Reiner Stolte was mainly responsible as an illustrator for all illustrations and cover motifs for books and radio plays. In 2009, rights holder Sony Music Entertainment decided to adapt the illustrations to the tastes of today's children. Since then, computer-colored images have been used. These are still based on artwork templates by Reiner Stolte and are now digitally processed by the illustration studio Comicon SL . The books in the cbj publishing house have also been provided with new illustrations. Gerhard Schröder has been responsible for the covers and drawings in the books since November 2010. Gradually, not only should new episodes appear in the new design, but the old episodes should also be adapted.

Adaptations

Radio plays

The radio play series has been published by Hörspiel-Verlag Europa since 1981 . The director is Heikedine Körting . All episodes of the series were released as radio drama cassettes until 2012. In October 2011, Europe announced that from 2012 all radio plays will only be produced on CD. Episodes 1 to 12 were also released on record in the first edition . In addition to the release of new episodes on CD, the older episodes were gradually available on CD. In addition to the replacement of some music tracks, text passages were also removed. From 2003 to mid-2009, these new editions were sold in 14 TKKG collector's boxes , each containing three chronological episodes in a cardboard slipcase. Crime boxes have been appearing since 2010, each containing three episodes. Since, in addition to the regular hardcover books, books from the TKKG paperback series and later radio play scripts were set to music without a book, the following numbering of the TKKG radio plays differs from that of the hardcover books. Every year 4 to 6 new episodes appear as a radio play.

music

For the radio play publications from 1981 to 1986, pieces of music by Carsten Bohn were used. After the start of a legal dispute between Bohn and Europe, no more music by Bohn was used from episode 34. In later re-releases of episodes 1 to 33, pieces of music by Bohn were replaced.

The title melody of the first 33 episodes (text: "TKKG. Juh. TKKG. Huh. Tarzan, Karl and Klößchen ... with the new note ... and Gaby the paw. Yes, that's us, the new four. Tarzan is the head of it all. Karl quickly lets the facts dance. Dumpling is a good guy. Gaby loves Tarzan. ") Was sung on the instrumental piece" No, No, No "by Bohn. It was made possible by the theme song with the text "TKKG, die Profis in spe. TKKG, die Profis in spe. We solve any case for you, if you want anywhere. TKKG! " replaced. Different variations of the song (song of the radio play speakers, song of the TV series actors, different versions without song) of the song are used again and again in the radio plays.

The musicians Jan-Friedrich Conrad, Constantin Stahlberg, Jens-Peter Morgenstern and Andris Zeiberts are responsible for the interludes from episode 34.

criticism

Wolf did not like the successful early versions of the novels as radio plays  ( , p. 90) . Wolf comments on his work on the radio plays from episode 90 by saying that he is conceiving “completely different versions” ( , p. 90) for the consumers of the various media novels and radio plays . Many listeners accuse Wolf of not getting close to the density of previous scripts by screenwriter HG Francis . This criticism was also taken up by the specialist journal Bulletin Jugend & Literatur : "Redundancies are being increased, connections and tension are now (by the narrator) asserted: 'Now it became very dangerous, there was a great danger ...'" 

audience

TKKG is aimed at young listeners between the ages of 6 and 12 (boys and girls). Today, an estimated 10% of listeners are older than 25 years. A similar phenomenon can be seen in the series Die Drei ???, also produced by Europe. , there in an even stronger form. Many of the listeners rediscover the series from their childhood in young adulthood. It offers an opportunity to relax and indulge in your own childhood memories.

Awards

  • Golden record
    • 21 × gold for episodes 2–7, 9, 10, 13–16, 19–22, 24, 25, 27 and 29
    • 1 × platinum for episode 1
  • Kids Award
    • 20 × gold for episodes 134, 135, 139, 140, 141, 143, 148–150, 161, 165, 168–170, 172–174, 182, 184 and 1/3 box - episodes 1–3

In December 2019, the speakers Sascha Draeger , Manou Lubowski , Rhea Harder-Vennewald , Tobias Diakow and producer Heikedine Körting each received an anniversary award.

Television and cinema

In 1985 and 1987, the twelve-part television series Ein Fall für TKKG was created for ZDF . Under the title TKKG - The Detective Club , KiKA broadcast a children's program from 1998 to 2002 and later again from 2005 to 2006, in which two advice teams competed against each other. In 2014, an animated series was released entitled A Case for TKKG .

In 1992 the first movie A Case for TKKG: Dragon Eye was released. The battle for the magic sword "Dragon Eye" was later published as a regular book (volume 68) in the series and set to music as episode 88 of the radio play series. In 2006, TKKG - The Secret of the Enigmatic Mind Machine, a second TKKG feature film, came to the cinema. This time the four detectives were represented by Jannis Niewöhner (Tim), Jonathan Dümcke (Karl), Lukas Eichhammer (Klößchen) and Svea Bein (Gaby). Lukas Eichhammer is the son of the cameraman Klaus Eichhammer and the director Susanne Eichhammer. A new movie with a new cast was released in June 2019 .

Live playback theater on TV

On October 18, 2019, the Sat.1 television show Luke! The week and I held a live playback theater at TKKG. The original radio play speakers Manou Lubowski and Sascha Draeger as well as Tobias Diakow were guests on the show and once again gave their characters the voice, while four people played the characters on the stage and only moved their lips.

The presenter Luke Mockridge took on the role of Tim , actress Emilia Schüle who played Gaby and Faisal Kawusi played dumplings . The character Karl played a spectator from the audience. A colleague from Mockridge spoke the character Gaby because her speaker was unable to attend due to lack of time. Torsten Sträter took over the part of the narrator . Ralf Richter played the role of the villain .

Comics and magazines

Between 1987 and 1989 Ehapa- Verlag published 17 comic books by TKKG (issues 1–2 / 1987, 1–12 / 1988 and 1–3 / 1989). The comics were produced by the Comicon studio, the draftsman was Josep Marti , who also drew for Yps , among others .

The content of the comic consisted of two completed comic stories, which initially reproduced stories from the novels. In later editions, however, stories were told without a template. In addition, there was information for the fan, tips from members of TKKG and always a mystery thriller that the reader could solve himself.

In 2008, Ehapa-Verlag again published a two-month issue under the title “TKKG the official detective magazine”, which, in addition to various “detective” puzzles and mystery mysteries, also contained a new comic story. However, the series was discontinued in 2009.

persiflage

As part of the author duo Kai + Sven , Kai Schwind , author of the TKKG anniversary episode No. 175, created the series Die Ferienbande together with Sven Buchholz in 2003 . Originally conceived as a radio comedy lasting only a few minutes, after thirteen radio episodes it became an independent series of radio plays with eleven other publications and three live tours so far.

Also in the unique concept of the full playback theater , which has existed since 1997 and which uses the Cento technology for its performances , not only quotes from other radio drama series, films and TV series, but also samples from TKKG episodes are part of the plot.

In addition, Daniel Rakete Siegel made a film parody of the series entitled Ein Fall für KBBG in 2007, as a graduation film of his studies in film directing .

Comic and magazine index (issue / year of publication)

Comic series

  • 1/87
    • Grandma and the ghosts
    • Last second rescue
  • 2/87
    • The double Pedro
    • Trick thief at Drachenstein Castle
  • 1/88
    • Fear in the 9a
    • The mafia muscle men
  • 2/88
    • Drugs, gangsters, wrong leads
    • A shock for the marriage impostor
  • 3/88
    • Hunt for the bank robber
    • Bomb attack on the presidium
  • 4/88
    • The gypsy who wasn't a horse thief
    • TKKG saves the pop festival
  • 5/88
    • Chess the shadow warrior
    • Murder in the theater
  • 6/88
    • The luggage gang from the main train station
    • The secret of the gangster castle
  • 7/88
    • The stumps of the jewel robbers
    • White gold from China
  • 8/88
    • Treasure hunt on Dragon Island
    • The man with the 1000 faces
  • 9/88
    • King Kong's excursion to freedom
    • The stolen poison van
  • 10/88
    • The drug gangsters from Portoluna
    • The treasure from the plane
  • 11/88
    • Hell is going on in heaven
    • Who is the fire devil?
    • The sunken village
  • 12/88
    • The wrong Santa Claus
    • Antiques crooks on the wrong track
    • The gang of gift robbers
  • 1/89
    • The creepy snowman
    • The kidnapped school bus
  • 2/89
    • The uncanny is beyond belief
    • Prey in the snake zoo
  • 3/89
    • The treasure of the Southern Cross
    • The hacker who cracked the wanted man

magazine

  • 1/08
    • Bigfoot in the metropolis
  • 2/08
    • Hypnosis chat on the internet
  • 3/08
    • Halloween with a bang
  • 4/08
    • Shock in the snow
  • 1/09
    • Poisonous Easter
  • 2/09
    • The master thief

Computer and console games

In 1985 the text adventure The Empty Grave in the Moor was released , loosely based on the novel of the same name under the label Europa Computer-Club . The game's datasette for the C64 was given radio play music as a special feature. The game was also implemented for the Atari .

Between 1997 and 2008 appeared 16 graphic adventures at Tivola for Windows , the first 14 for Mac OS . Here the player solves cases without a novel together with the TKKG gang. In addition, Tivola published the phantom image program with the logo of the television program TKKG - The Detective Club .

PC Games Index (Release Year)
  • 1. Katja's Secret (1997)
  • 2. Deadly Chocolate (1998)
  • 3. The Mayan Treasure (1998)
  • 4. The riddle of the Dragon's Claw Villa (1999)
  • 5. Betrayal of TKKG (1999)
  • 6. On the trail of the gang of forgers (2000)
  • 7. Who will stop the fire devil? (2000)
  • 8. The Mysterious Testament (2001)
  • 9. Voodoo Magic (2001)
  • 10. Panic in boarding school (2002)
  • 11. Start the film! (2003)
  • 12.Alarm in the ghost train (2004)
  • 13. Cell 13 (2004)
  • 14. Dangerous Holidays (2005)
  • 15. Pursued! (2006)
  • 16. The Eerie Room (2008)

There is also a game for the Nintendo DS : TKKG: Detective Gesucht. There are 16 different games of skill and memory to be solved here. This can also be used to unlock four more games. A two-player mode is also available, where players take turns playing against each other on the same game console and then comparing the results.

On March 3, 2009, Tivola Publishing GmbH announced that the series of PC games would be discontinued. The reason for this is the expiry of the license agreement, the managing director said in a press release.

In June 2019, USM Games released a new adventure called Die Feuerprobe . The game is available as an app for iOS and Android as well as DVD-ROM and on Steam for PC and Mac.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "The big coup" - 200th case for TKKG - EUROPA publishes the anniversary episode of the cult radio play series. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Kuhlpr.de, March 1, 2017, archived from the original on June 13, 2017 ; accessed on July 16, 2017 .
  2. ↑ How Tarzan became Tim (also contains a quote from the text passage from the book), TKKG-Site.de, accessed on September 2, 2012.
  3. ↑ TKKG was an emergency solution. (No longer available online.) In: Der Spiegel . October 15, 2006, archived from the original on April 11, 2012 ; Retrieved November 22, 2013 .
  4. ↑ The TKKG logo at Pelikan. In: TKKG-Site.de. October 21, 2010, accessed March 5, 2012 .
  5. ↑ EUROPA guarantees: TKKG will be continued in the spirit of the author. In: TKKG-Site.de. October 5, 2007, accessed March 5, 2012 .
  6. ↑ No new TKKG books for the time being. TKKG-Site.de, January 28, 2013, accessed on February 16, 2013 .
  7. ^ A b Ekkehard Müller-Jentsch: Fee claim - Sony announces Karl's spokesman at TKKG. Süddeutsche Zeitung , July 7, 2016, accessed on July 21, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Greetings and role changes at TKKG: Today… - EUROPA radio plays | Facebook. In: Facebook . Europe , accessed July 21, 2016 .
  9. ↑ TKKG 195: On the trail of the Sun King. In: hoerspiel.de. EUROPA , accessed October 1, 2016 .
  10. ↑ News: TKKG 1-99 soon no longer on CD! (No longer available online.) TKKG-Site.de, December 21, 2012, archived from the original on August 31, 2017 ; accessed on August 30, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Detlef Kurtz: The TKKG retro archive is coming ** News. In: HörNews.de. December 3, 2018, accessed August 13, 2019 .
  12. ↑ General - ... Accessed December 7, 2018 .
  13. ↑ General - ... Accessed November 1, 2018 .
  14. ↑ TKKG - Junior Investigators - ... Retrieved on November 1, 2018 .
  15. ↑ a b c d e Kaiser, Meike: TKKG - a popular crime series for children. Concept and cross-media marketing. Thesis. Stuttgart 2002
  16. ↑ Robert Best: "The need for punishment is glaring" . In: the daily newspaper . April 1, 2008 ( online [accessed November 28, 2012] Interview with Annika Freyer and Volker Beeck).
  17. ↑ Katharina Mayer: Racism in the nursery. In: Context: weekly newspaper . Retrieved November 28, 2012 .
  18. ↑ Annika Leister: These TKKG episodes show that the four were quite right. In: Bento . Retrieved January 30, 2017 .
  19. ↑ Interview: EUROPA about the design change. In: TKKG-Site.de. October 5, 2010, accessed March 6, 2012 .
  20. ↑ Cutting report on tkkg-online.de
  21. ↑ The Soundwerkstatt on hoerspiele.de provides an exact list of the pieces of music used
  22. ↑ Heidtmann, Horst: Children hear more: Children's sound carrier market continues to grow. In: Bulletin Jugend & Literatur , Heft 9, 2001, pp. 11–16.
  23. ↑ TKKG - a popular crime series for children. Concept and cross-media marketing . Meike Kaiser. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  24. ↑ Gold-Platinum Database Federal Association of the Music Industry, as of November 19, 2019
  25. ↑ Sony Music honors 40 years of TKKG with an anniversary award
  26. ↑ Press release on openPR.de
TKKG
Books

TKKG

TKKG logo
Radio play series

TKKG

TV Shows

A case for TKKG (1985–87) • TKKG - The Detective Club • A case for TKKG (cartoon series)

Movies

A case for TKKG: Drachenauge (1992) • TKKG - The secret of the enigmatic mind machine (2006) • TKKG (2019)

Comics and magazines

Ehapa comic books (1987-89)

Computer and console games

The empty grave in the moor (1985) • Tivola graphic adventures (1997–2008) • The phantom image program • TKKG: Detective Gesucht