Daily topics extra
Tagesthemen Extra refers to a special edition of the Tagesthemen of the station Das Erste .
This program can interrupt the current program at any time if there is a current occasion for this program. The most common reasons are crisis situations such as war and terror , the death of prominent personalities , the end of a hostage-taking or important political decisions. The scope of such a broadcast varies depending on the scope of an event . Often live images are broadcast with comments , or it is switched to reporters and experts on site. The moderator is not always fixed. The Tagesthemen Extra are mostly produced in the ARD-aktuell broadcasting center in Hamburg . In the case of long-term events such as elections , the moderator's seat can also be placed outside the television studio . In state elections there has been an extra edition of the day's topics every Sunday at 9.45 p.m. since 1994.
Other formats of ARD special programs include Tagesschau Extra and ARD-Brennpunkt .