Der Club (talk show)

Der Club (The Club) is a weekly Swiss television talk show, aired since 1985 by Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen on Tuesday. It was called Zischtigsclub (Tuesday Club) until 2005. The format is an adaptation of the Austrian Club 2. It is dedicated to current social and political themes. Occasionally, it has discussed themes related to the media as Medienclub. Several times a year, it is held as Literaturclub, focused on books.

Der Club
Also known asZischtigsclub
GenreWeekly talk show
Presented by
  • Karin Frei
  • Mona Vetsch
Country of originSwitzerland
Original language(s)Swiss German dialect
Production
Production location(s)Zürich
Release
Original networkSchweizer Fernsehen
Original release1985 (1985)
External links
Website

History and format

Der Club

The format has been presented since 1985 on SRF 1. For around 80 minutes, a current topic is discussed, most often by six people from different backgrounds, with a focus on the relevance for society. The discussion is held in the local dialect.[1] The first topic was "No Future". The atmosphere is reminiscent of a lounge (de). The format was first called Zischtigsclub,[2] a name kept until 2005 and still used colloquially. Two presenters alternate; as of 2019 they are Karin Frei, who succeeded Christine Maier in 2011, and Mona Vetsch, who succeeded Röbi Koller in 2012.[3][4]

Leaders of the staff have included:

  • Peter Schellenberg (to 1990)
  • Ueli Heiniger (to 2006)
  • Christine Maier (to 2011)
  • Karin Frei (since 2011)

Medienclub

Since May 2013, Der Club has occasionally been dedicated to topics from the media and presented as Medienclub. In this format, it was first aired on 28 May 2013, under the title "Sind Medien Terrorhelfer?" (Do the media help terrorism?) and discussed the role of the media in the murder of Lee Rigby.[5] The format was aired only a few times, but was revived on 10 November 2015, with presenter Franz Fischlin and four guests, discussing "Ohnmächtige Vierte Gewalt, wenn das Publikum die Medien dirigiert".[6]

Literaturclub

Since 1990, Der Club has been replaced eight to ten times each year by the Literaturclub, devoted to literature.[7] The discussions in this format are not in Swiss dialect but in standard German. The talks take around 75 minutes, focused on books, and involve a presenter, one often prominent guest and two professional literary critics. All participants may suggest a book. In the first airing in this format, Andreas Isenschmid, who had designed the format, Gunhild Kübler, Iso Camartin and presenter Charles Clerc appeared. Other critics who shaped the format have included Gabriele von Arnim, Corina Caduff and Peter Hamm.[8]

The Literaturclub series was held at a bookstore of Orell Füssli, which sponsored it from 2006.[9] Beginning in 2008, it was sponsored by the Thalia bookstore.[10] From 2010, the format was aired from the Papiersaal at the Sihlcity in Zürich.[7]

Since September 2014, the Literaturclub has been presented by Nicola Steiner,[7] with critics including Martin Ebel, Elke Heidenreich, Milo Rau, Rüdiger Safranski, Thomas Strässle and Philipp Tingler.[7][11] The broadcast has been repeated by 3sat on one of the following Sundays.[7]

gollark: Happy chicken, PG231?
gollark: I give it φ out of π.
gollark: Happy chicken to you too, MultMine!
gollark: Technically, no.
gollark: The GTech Metadepartment of Ore Translocation determined that charged certus has a rarity of -7+4i, which definitely sounds bad.

References
  1. "Radio/TV-Hinweis" [Radio/TV Note] (PDF) (in German). argusdatainsights.ch. 1 May 2012.
  2. "SLA-IMVOCS-I-519/b Zischtigsclub (Dokument)". helveticarchives.ch (in German). 30 March 2006. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. Hönle, Reinhold (17 January 2012). "Man darf sich ruhig ins Wort fallen»". Berner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  4. "Sie moderiert den "Club"". schweizer-illustrierte.ch (in German). 7 September 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  5. Schütt, Julian (24 March 2016). "Gesellschaft & Religion – Ein Terroranschlag – und niemand schaut hin?". srf.ch (in German). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  6. "97'000 Zuschauer für den "Medienclub"". persoenlich.co (in German). 11 November 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  7. "Literatursendungen im TV". literaturkreis.de (in German). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  8. "Rasante Schweizer". sendungen.sf.tv (in German). 11 July 2006. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  9. ""Sponsoring"?: "Literaturclub" wird künftig aus der Orell Füssli Buchhandlung übertragen". buchmarkt.de (in German). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  10. "Schweiz / Thalia neuer Sponsoring-Partner des "Literaturclub"". Börsenblatt (in German). 1 December 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  11. "Literaturclub / Das Kritikerteam". srf.ch (in German). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
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