Tigerenten Club is a German children's television program

Television program

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me. The programme involves a mix of games, quizzes, cartoons and outside reports from the presenters and children, with the aim to educate and entertain. It is produced by SWR

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 in co-operation with other regional broadcasters, and is broadcast on ARD

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 and KiKa

Kika

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The logo and the name of the programme is based upon the Tigerente

Tigerente

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 or 'Tigerduck', created by German cartoonist Janosch

Janosch

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History

The programme was first broadcast on 6 January 1996, as a replacement for a Disney Club

Disney Club

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 franchise programme which moved to RTL

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. On the 15th December 2007, the programme relaunched with a new female presenter, a new studio and an altered format.

Former Presenters

• Stefan Pinnow (from 6 January 1996 until 27 December 1997)
• Judith Pinnow (from 6 January 1996 until 27 December 1997)
• Dennis Wilms (from 3 January 1998 until 15 March 2003)
• Pamela Großer (from 3 January 1998 until 8 December 2007)
• Malte Arkona (from 22 March 2003 until 27 Dezember 2008)

Current Presenters

• Katharina Gast (since 15 December 2007)
• Pete Dwojak (since 3 January 2009)

Format

Tigerenten Club is recorded several programmes at a time inside studios in the Stauferpark, Göppingen

Göppingen

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, after months of pre-production work from their offices at SWR in Stuttgart

Stuttgart

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. The format of the programme is a mix of studio magazine programme and game show, where two teams of children, one team called 'Frösche' (frogs), one team called 'Tigerente' (tigerducks), taken from two different schools compete to win prizes.

Each programme is themed around a certain subject and often guests are invited to talk or demonstrate their specialism in that area. Pre-recorded reports are also centred around this theme. Through the programme's 80-minute running time, there are also often cartoons or a children's drama.

During the programme, the teams compete in several games to win points.

Karaoke

One member of the team sings to a song, whilst the other members dance to the beat in the background. If the singer sings the correct notes and the team dance to the beat, the team wins points.

WissQuiz

Team members take it in turns to throw a ball at a large screen, which they do to select a category. The team must then answer a question based on this category in order to gain more points.

TigerenteRodeo

One member from each team sits on a mechanical bull, styled to look like the programme's mascot. The person to stay on the bull as long as possible, wins the prizes - the team with the greatest amount of points start a number of seconds later than the team in second place.

Journey of Discovery

Often, the two presenters of the programme go on an 'Entdeckungsreise', or Journey of Discovery, to another country. There, they focus on themes associated with the area, whether positive (such as films, music and general entertainment) or negative (such as homelessness and poverty).