What are you reading?

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Television series
Original title What are you reading?
Country of production GermanyGermany Germany
original language German
Year (s) 2003-2010, 2014
length 30 to 45 minutes
Episodes 42
genre literary comedy
Moderation Jürgen von der Lippe
First broadcast December 21, 2003 on WDR television

What are you reading? was a broadcast by WDR between 2003 and 2010 , in which Jürgen von der Lippe and prominent guests each presented two to three books.

Von der Lippe and his guests regularly presented their favorite books in the 30-minute broadcast time in summer and winter. The program was broadcast mostly on Sundays from 11:15 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. The selected books are characterized by a high fun factor when reading, which also corresponds to the motto of the show: "Reading should be fun". The only condition is that the books come from rather unknown authors.

Guests of the show included Harald Schmidt , Cordula Stratmann , Annette Frier and Dirk Bach .

In a three-hour “Best of” on the night of June 28, 2008, von der Lippe also answered questions from numerous viewers and presented excerpts from previous programs, for example with Hape Kerkeling and Carolin Kebekus . There were a total of three book nights , in the last live broadcast on December 12, 2010, von der Lippe announced the end of the format on the part of the broadcaster.

On June 15, 2014, the WDR announced that, in response to popular requests from viewers, there would be two more editions, which were shown on the WDR on Saturdays on November 29 and December 6, 2014.

Since 2017, Jürgen von der Lippe has been moderating the program Lippes Leselust on his YouTube channel , which is a continuation of his program What are you reading? represents. The broadcast is recorded in the voles in Berlin.

List of episodes and recommended books

episode (c) Guests Books First broadcast
1 2003 Cordula Stratmann and
Matze Knop
  • David Sedaris: I talk pretty one day .
  • Nick Hornby : Fever Pitch .
  • Dietmar Wischmeyer: The paradise of the mad and stupid .
 05.12.2004 WDR
2 2004 Barbara Schöneberger and
Hugo Egon Balder
  • David Foster Wallace: Terribly amusing - but without me in the future .
  • Dieter Hildebrandt: Our father - right after the advertisement .
  • Christopher Moore: The Bible according to Biff .
 12.12.2004 WDR
3 2004 Annette Frier and
Ingo Oschmann 		December 19, 2004 WDR
4th 2004 Ludger Stratmann and
Eckart von Hirschhausen 		11/28/2004 WDR
5 2005 Dirk Bach
  • Fanny Müller: biscuit, Mrs. K. and disasters .
  • Harald Martenstein: Marked by life .
 11/27/2005 WDR
6th 2005 Jochen Busse
  • Ernst Augustin: School of the Naked .
  • Heinz Strunk: Meat is my vegetable .
  • ...?
 December 4th, 2005 WDR
7th 2005 Hella out of her mind December 11, 2005 WDR
8th 2005 Hape Kerkeling December 18, 2005 WDR
9 2006 Harald Schmidt 11/25/2006 WDR
10 2006 Annette Frier
  • Douglas Adams : The last of their kind .
  • Carl Hiaasen: The failure .
  • ...?
 December 2nd, 2006 WDR
11 2006 Ralf Schmitz
  • Arto Paasilinna: Hell is going on in the hereafter .
  • Sue Townsend: Adrian Mole and the Axis of Evil .
  • ...?
 December 9th, 2006 WDR
12 2006 Cordula Stratmann December 16, 2006 WDR
13 2007 Bernhard Hoecker June 30, 2007 WDR
14th 2007 Martina Brandl
  • Martina Brandl: Half-naked construction workers .
  • Simon Borowiak: Alk - Almost a medical non-fiction book .
  • ...?
 07/07/2007 WDR
15th 2007 Vince Ebert
  • Eckart von Hirschhausen: doctor-German / German-doctor .
  • Michael Klonovsky : Land of Miracles .
  • ...?
 07/21/2007 WDR
16 2007 Anka zinc
  • Hatice Akyün: One Hans with hot sauce .
  • Horst Evers: Sensed knowledge .
  • ...?
 07/28/2007 WDR
17th 2007 Ralph Morgenstern December 2nd, 2007 WDR, 11:40 pm
18th 2007 Carolin Kebekus 09.12.2007 WDR, 11:40 pm
19th 2007 Bernd Stelter
  • Pete McCarthy: McCarthy's Bar .
  • Dietmar Wischmeyer : Second trip through the land of the crazy and stupid .
 December 16, 2007 WDR, 11:40 pm
20th 2007 Michael Kessler
  • Jörg Uwe Sauer: University Hospital .
  • Woody Allen: Pure anarchy .
  • ...?
 December 23, 2007 WDR
21st 2008 Götz Alsmann
  • Alexandre Dumas : Dangerous journey through the wild Caucasus 1858 to 1859 .
  • Attik Kargar: tented animals .
  • Teddy Skittler: The sign language of the Indians .
  • Mark Benecke : Laughing Science .
 07/06/2008 WDR, 11:15 pm
22nd 2008 Ina Müller
  • Harald Martenstein: Men are like peaches .
  • Wilfried Ahrens: The injured party is in the process .
  • Hanswilhelm Haefs: Handbook of useless knowledge .
  • Jonathan Tropper: My almost perfect life .
 07/13/2008 WDR, 11:15 pm
23 2008 Frank Goosen
  • David Nicholls : No more questions .
  • Peter Köhler: Thunderstorm! I got drunk for free .
  • Ben Redelings: A goal would be good for the game .
  • Horst Evers : My life as a search engine .
 07/20/2008 WDR, 11:15 pm
24 2008 Gerburg Jahnke
  • Radek Knapp : Mr. Kuka's recommendations .
  • Enno Hansing: Here are my bones, I want them to be yours .
  • Stephen Arnott: You shouldn't eat your aunt .
  • Lily Brett : Chutzpah .
 07/27/2008 WDR
25th 2008 Annette Frier
  • Joanne Fedler: Women's evening .
  • Stephan Rürup: Rürup's better world .
  • Frank Goosen, Axel Hacke, Harald Martenstein, Christian Ankowitsch, a. v. a .: A man, a question
December 7th, 2008 WDR, 11:45 pm
26th 2008 Carolin Kebekus
  • Juckel Henke: Women who stink of ham .
  • Jürgen H. Hahn: Now pull the tip through the mesh .
  • Horst Evers: The world is not always Friday .
 December 14th, 2008 WDR, 11:45 pm
27 2008 Jochen Malmsheimer
  • Tony Hawks : Through Ireland with the fridge .
  • Robert Gernhardt: Form a sentence with… .
  • Michael Schönen: Happy customers .
 December 21, 2008 WDR, 11:40 pm
28 2008 Janine Kunze
  • Martina Haag: somersault for beginners .
  • Wilfried Ahrens: The scene of the accident has already moved away. New legal style blossoms .
  • Julian Barnes: Finely chopped and roughly diced: the pedant in the kitchen .
 December 29, 2008 WDR, 00:00
29 2009 Ludger Stratmann
  • Henry Glass: World Source of Lived Insanity : Bizarre Quotations from the World of Science .
  • Wilfried Ahrens: The defendant appeared in his wife's clothing .
  • Ildikó von Kürthy: Weightless .
 06/14/2009 WDR
30th 2009 Anka zinc
  • Sue Townsend: Downing Street No. 10 .
  • Thomas Gsella: The little career advisor .
  • Guy Browning: How to change your life with a grapefruit .
 June 21, 2009 WDR, 11:25 pm
31 2009 Ralph Morgenstern
  • Vince Ebert: Think for yourself!
  • A. Lee Martinez, Karen Gerwig: Diner des Horens: We serve Armageddon with French fries .
  • David Crombie, Falk van Helsing: Whistling under water is strictly prohibited .
 06/28/2009 WDR
32 2009 Martina Hill
  • Lars Niedereichholz: unconscious .
  • NEON: Unnecessary knowledge .
  • Dietmar Wischmeyer: German book - Die stupid .
 07/05/2009 WDR
33 2009 Cordula Stratmann
  • Christine Kruttschnitt: Strange! Alone among Americans .
  • Felix Anschütz, Nico Degenkolb, Krischan Dietmaier, Thomas Neumann: Sorry, are you the sausage?
  • Alan Bennett: Lay on of hands .
 November 21, 2009 WDR, 11 p.m.
34 2009 Uwe Lyko (aka Herbert Knebel)
  • Axel Marquardt: What happened so far .
  • Ben Redelings: A goal would be good for the game .
  • Paul Robert Smith: Conversation with Igel .
 11/28/2009 WDR, 11 p.m.
35 2009 Diana Staehly
  • Sophie Andresky: Real men. What women really want .
  • Bob Fenster: The cat in the microwave .
  • Morten Ramsland : dog heads .
 05.12.2009 WDR, 11 p.m.
36 2009 Jörg Thadeusz 12.12.2009 WDR, 11 p.m.
37 2010 Katrin Bauerfeind
  • Martin Suter: Among friends and other business class stories .
  • Elena Senft: And suddenly it's later now - from growing up and not wanting .
  • Hinrich Lührssen : Spanning large green spaces .
 11/27/2010 WDR, 11:30 pm
38 2010 Oliver Welke
  • Dietmar Wischmeyer: Black Book of the crazy and stupid .
  • Frank Goosen: Because it's Saturday .
  • Fridolin Wünsche: Why I still have no friends - based on a true story
  • Matthias Nöllkes and Christian Sprang: Out of the mouse .
 11/27/2010 WDR, 24:00
39 2010 Hella out of her mind
  • Stefan Schwarz: Hip circles .
  • Lily Brett: New York .
  • Maxime Valette: Shitty life - Everything is true, everything is funny, as long as it doesn't happen to you
04.12.2010 WDR, 11:25 pm
40 2010 Ingo Naujoks
  • Frank Jöricke : My dearest uncle, my petty criminal cousin and the rest of the baggage .
  • Stefan Schwarz: Was that sex already? Women, family and other disasters .
  • Jule Philippi: We have to learn more German for the children - wise words from politics and society .
 11.12.2010 WDR, 11:30 pm
41 2014 Carolin Kebekus
  • Torsten Sträter : David is Goliath's death .
  • Axel Krohn, Sören Sieg : I am a lady, you asshole! (German dialogues heard) .
  • Sue Townsend : The woman who stayed in bed for a year .
  • The professionals of Radio 1: Stupid's big brother is limited - smarter is made easy .
 11/29/2014 WDR, 10:45 p.m.
42 2014 Jochen Malmsheimer 06.12.2014 WDR, 10:40 pm

Remarks

During the “Best of” show, Jürgen von der Lippe stated that in preparation for the show he would read around 50 books a month, that is, evaluate the first 50 pages. He then shortlisted 15 books.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leona Frommelt: Two new editions of literary comedy with Jürgen von der Lippe on WDR television . Retrieved November 29, 2014.