Terra X: Out and about in world history
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Terra X: Out and about in world history |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| year | 2011 |
| Production company |
ZDF |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 in 1 season |
| genre | documentation |
| Moderation | Hape Kerkeling |
| First broadcast | October 23, 2011 on ZDF |
X Terra: Move in the world history is a six-part television documentation and part of the ZDF -Dokumentationsreihe Terra X . In the series, presenter Hape Kerkeling leads the viewer through world history, visiting historical places as they look today, but also slipping into the role of historical personalities, which he depicts in a very humorous way.
background
The production took place over 100 days in 30 different locations around the world. An enormous number of extras were used for television productions. The Faber Courtial company produced the digital reconstructions of the historical places and landscapes .
reception
The reviews of the series were mostly negative. Basically, the narrative is too fast for the story to be properly reproduced. Spiegel Online compared Hape's world history with the television documentary Die Deutschen : While in Die Deutschen 1,200 years happened in 1,500 minutes of broadcast time, "Kerkeling now claims to be complete with 5,000 years of human history with 270 minutes". In a “history best of” only “the hits of civilizational development would be unwound”. As a result, the Süddeutsche Zeitung also criticized : "Despite the effort, pictures and messages don't get stuck."
In addition, the presentation of Kerkeling would be unsuitable overall. Spiegel Online described the series as a “adult education course with travesty deposits”, which “only spreads joke to a limited extent”. The Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote that the “good-humored Kerkeling” led the audience “with friendly naivety through the times, with a humorous smile, but without joke”. In doing so, he is neither concerned with "seriousness", nor "with demonstrating and arousing historical curiosity" and thereby confesses "sympathetically unpretentious historical amateurism".
consequences
| episode | Episode title | First broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The great departure | October 23, 2011 (ZDF) |
| 2 | Eternal Rome | October 25, 2011 (ZDFneo) |
| 3 | Adventure Middle Ages | October 31, 2011 (ZDFneo) |
| 4th | Discoverer and Conqueror | November 1, 2011 (ZDFneo) |
| 5 | Empires and revolutions | November 7, 2011 (ZDFneo) |
| 6th | Wars and superpowers | November 8, 2011 (ZDFneo) |
Audience ratings
Overall, the audience ratings were very good. According to the broadcaster, 5.55 million viewers (market share: 17.0 percent) followed the start of the series on October 23, 2011 on the slot on Sunday at 7.30 p.m., with a high market share of 13.4 among 14 to 49 year olds Percent was achieved. That station was well above the average 7.3 percent, usually from Terra X be achieved. On average, the series reached 5.51 million viewers with a market share of 16.9 percent. In the age group of 30 to 59 year old viewers, the program achieved a total of 15.9 percent.
Web links
- Terra X: On the road in world history in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Official website with content information
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Joseph von Westphalen: Hape Kerkeling makes us Cleopatra. Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 21, 2011, accessed on July 14, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Christian Buß : Kerkeling as a history teacher: I, Imperator of German television. Spiegel Online Kultur, October 21, 2011, accessed July 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Hapes history lesson passes the practical test. Stern , October 24, 2011, archived from the original on November 8, 2011 ; Retrieved July 14, 2014 .
- ↑ ZDF plans to continue Kerkeling's world history. Evening newspaper , November 28, 2011, accessed on July 14, 2014 .