Löwenzahn
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Löwenzahn is a children's television series
produced and aired by German public broadcaster ZDF
on German
television
. Originally conceived and hosted by Peter Lustig
the first episode aired on January 7, 1979 then titled Pusteblume. The first episode of the retitled series Löwenzahn aired on March 24, 1981. After Lustig's health-related retirement, the show was taken-over by actor Guido Hammesfahr (playing the new host Fritz Fuchs) in October 2006.
Each 30 minute episode is dedicated to a separate issue or theme and consists mainly of related short featurettes, which explain, explore and educate how things of everyday life and even complex systems work. It spans a wide variety of topics from technology and industry to something as mundane as how the postal service works.
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
produced and aired by German public broadcaster ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
on German
Germany
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television
Television
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. Originally conceived and hosted by Peter Lustig
Peter Lustig
Peter Fritz Willi Lustig is a German television presenter and author of children's books who has become espicially well-known as leading actor in the children television show Löwenzahn and mittendrin.-External links:...
the first episode aired on January 7, 1979 then titled Pusteblume. The first episode of the retitled series Löwenzahn aired on March 24, 1981. After Lustig's health-related retirement, the show was taken-over by actor Guido Hammesfahr (playing the new host Fritz Fuchs) in October 2006.
Each 30 minute episode is dedicated to a separate issue or theme and consists mainly of related short featurettes, which explain, explore and educate how things of everyday life and even complex systems work. It spans a wide variety of topics from technology and industry to something as mundane as how the postal service works.