Die Fussbroichs


Die Fussbroichs is a German television series by WDR Fernsehen. It was the offspring of a German documentary Die Fussbroichs - Ein Kinderzimmer 1979 by Westdeutsches Fernsehen, former name of WDR Fernsehen, shown on 19 August 1979.
The pilot Die Fussbroichs — Eine Kölner Arbeiterfamilie - a documentary of 85 minutes — was shown on 13 February 1990. The television series launched in 1991, the first episode was shown on 22 December 1991, and ended in 2002. The 100th and last — former unbroadcast - episode Check-up was shown on 26 December 2003.

Literature

  • Ute Diehl: Fussbroichs : die einzig wahre Familiengeschichte, Wienand, Köln, 1994,
  • Eike Wenzel: Ballonseide und Schrankwand: Privatheit und Intimität bei den Fussbroichs und in der Docu-Soap., In: Ulrike Bergermann, Hartmut Winkler : TV-Trash. The TV-show I love to hate. Schüren 2000, S. 71–81

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