Der schwarze Kanal

Name: Der schwarze Kanal
Released: 1960-03-21
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler

TV Series
1960–19891960–1989

A long-running East German propaganda programme with bowdlerised Western broadcasts and commentary saying what the pictures were "really" saying.A long-running East German propaganda programme with bowdlerised Western broadcasts and commentary saying what the pictures were "really" saying.A long-running East German propaganda programme with bowdlerised Western broadcasts and commentary saying what the pictures were "really" saying.

6.6/10

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- Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler

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Self - Host (21 March 1960-30 October 1989)as Self - Host (21 March 1960-30 October 1989)

From 1960 up until the fall of the Berlin Wall, "Der Schwarz Kanal" influenced Monday evening TV schedules in the communist East Germany. Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler written, compiled and hosted the show, where he commented on television footage from West Germany (this was because West German TV could be received in most of the DDR), and he bowdlerised them and commented on what they "really" meant. —Reece Lloyd

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"The Black Channel" was political current events program, broadcasted from March 21, 1960, to October 30, 1989, on Monday evenings at 9.30, for 1 519 times on DFF, DFF1, and DDR1.