Star Parade
Starparade is a West German music television programme, which aired on ZDF from March 14, 1968, to June 5, 1980, and was hosted by Rainer Holbe, along with James Last and his orchestra who founded his world-wide success on the show.
| Starparade | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Rainer Holbe |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language(s) | German |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ZDF |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original release | March 14, 1968 – June 5, 1980 |
History
Star parade was an elaborate music show which was filmed in different venues across Germany. Each show was broadcast for approximately 90 minute and showcased different music and short interviews with the artists, many of whom were international stars, as well as more local to Germany and reflected the international reach of the programme that was sold to various broadcasters outside of Germany. Initially, Starparade was scheduled for Saturday night, but was later moved to Thursday. The series was initially due to be filmed in Colour, but the first 13 episodes were transmitted in Black and white. These Black and White recordings with the exception of the first episode have been lost and are no longer in the ZDF archive.
Choice of music
The Starparade, true to its name, featured popularly, sometimes internationally famous acts, who would usually sing multiple songs. It featured domestic stars like Heino alongside international artists such as Johnny Cash, Boney M, Neil Diamond and ABBA. Alongside this, James Last's orchestra played instrumentals, at times even classical music. Every show also featured the official television ballet ensemble, which performed at least two dances, such that every show began with the opening music by Last's orchestra and a dance.
Episode 14 ( 30/9/1971) featured Max Greger and his orchestra
Special edition
During the 1975 International Broadcasting Exhibition, a consumer electronics fair held annually in Berlin, digital technology made it possible to exhibit the show on a wall of TV screens, with each screen contributing a fraction to the complete picture.
Scottish Television
In 1979 Scottish Television acquired the UK rights to the series. STV repackaged Star Parade, removing the German compere and adding new English continuity. Each episode was 60 minutes long. They were screened from 1979-1985 by each of the 15 ITV companies.
2013 re broadcasts
On 19 August 2013 ZDFKultur channel in Germany, started to re broadcast the Starparade series, and started with episode 14, featuring Max Greger instead of James Last
Episodes broadcast on ZDF
| ZDF Broadcast date | Episode | Guest | |
| 14.03.1968 | 01 | Tatjana Iwanow, Nino Rossi, Ivan Rebroff | |
| 19.09.1968 | 02 | Siw Malmkvist, Dorthe, France Gall, Peggy March, Graham Bonney | |
| 12.12.1968 | 03 | Graham Bonney, Paola Del Medico, Rex Gildo, Heino, The Beach Boys, Marion, Salomé, Vico Torriani, Vice Vukov, Gerhard Wendland | |
| 06.03.1969 | 04 | Roy Black, Manuela, Barry Ryan | |
| 05.06.1969 | 05 | ||
| 04.09.1969 | 06 | Antoine, Vicky Leandros, Roberto Blanco, Hubert, Renate & Werner Leismann, Peter & Alex, Wolfgang Sauer, Tonia, The Young Generation | |
| 11.12.1969 | 07 | France Gall, Christian Anders, Gitte | |
| 05.03.1970 | 08 | Cindy & Bert, Joe Dassin, Karel Gott, Dagmar Koller, Manuela, Edina Pop, Barry Ryan, Paul Ryan, Ambros Seelos | |
| 02.04.1970 | 09 | Ralf Bendix, The Four Tops, Ray Miller, Rut Rex, Boris Rubashkin, Ricky Shayne, Tereza | |
| 30.04.1970 | 10 | The Bentley Sisters, Glen Campbell, Joe Dolan, Vicky Leandros, Liesbeth List, Peggy March | |
| 18.06.1970 | 11 | Katja Ebstein, Rex Gildo, Dieter Thomas Heck, Daliah Lavi, Rosy-Singers, Die Valendras, Gerhard Wendland | |
| 04.02.1971 | 12 | Roy Black, Katja Ebstein, Daliah Lavi, Ike & Tina Turner | |
| 22.04.1971 | 13 | Karel Gott, Vicky Leandros, Andy Tilman, Séverine | |
| 30.09.1971 | 14 | T. Rex, Mary Roos, Manuela, Sacha Distel, Olivia Molina, Die Studiker - note with Max Greger not James Last Orchestra | |
| 18.11.1971 | 15 | Soulful Dynamics, Roy Black, Anita Hegerland, Rex Gildo, Manuela, Joe Dassin, Titanic, La Tuna | |
| 13.01.1972 | 16 | Les Humphries Singers, Bata Illic, Alice & Ellen Kessler, Jimmy Patrick, Peret, Chris Roberts, Marianne Rosenberg, Michael Schanze | |
| 27.04.1972 | 17 | Heino, Middle of the Road, Séverine, Ulli Martin, Katja Ebstein | |
| 13.07.1972 | 18 | Roy Black, Anita, Vicky Leandros, Karel Gott, Ralf Bendix | |
| 26.10.1972 | 19 | Mouth & MacNeal, Jürgen Marcus, Udo Jürgens, Roy Black, Tony Christie | |
| 08.02.1973 | 20 | Marlene Charell, Daliah Lavi, Rex Gildo, Frank Schöbel, Chris Doerk | |
| 22.03.1973 | 21 | Chris Roberts, Manuela, Cindy & Bert, Julio Iglesias, Olivia Molina | |
| 17.05.1973 | 22 | Danyel Gérard, Séverine, Ireen Sheer, Phil & John, Renate & Werner Leismann, Heino | |
| 20.09.1973 | 23 | ||
| 20.12.1973 | 24 | Middle of the Road, Nina und Mike, Michael Schanze, Udo Jürgens, Les Humphries Singers | |
| 21.03.1974 | 25 | ||
| 16.05.1974 | 26 | ABBA, Gigliola Cinquetti, Mouth & MacNeal, The Wombles | |
| 19.09.1974 | 27 | Roberto Blanco, Rex Gildo, Udo Jürgens, Mireille Mathieu | |
| 05.12.1974 | 28 | Neil Diamond, The Three Degrees, Reinhard Mey, Peter Kraus, Les Humphries Singers, Marion | |
| 06.03.1975 | 29 | Daliah Lavi | |
| 05.06.1975 | 30 | Gloria Gaynor | |
| 28.08.1975 | 31 | ||
| 20.11.1975 | 32 | ||
| 10.01.1976 | 33 | ||
| 15.05.1976 | 34 | ||
| 21.08.1976 | 35 | ||
| 16.10.1976 | 36 | ||
| 10.02.1977 | 37 | Raffaella Carra | |
| 02.06.1977 | 38 | Roy Black, Silver Convention, Lynsey De Paul, Mike Moran | |
| 15.09.1977 | 39 | Caterina Valente, Gene Reed | |
| 10.11.1977 | 40 | Amanda Lear | |
| 02.03.1978 | 41 | Costa Cordalis, Hitkids, Peter Maffay | |
| 11.05.1978 | 42 | ABBA, The Carpenters, Ireen Sheer | |
| 21.09.1978 | 43 | ||
| 02.11.1978 | 44 | ||
| 15.03.1979 | 45 | ||
| 14.06.1979 | 46 | ||
| 11.10.1979 | 47 | ||
| 20.12.1979 | 48 | Udo Jürgens | |
| 07.02.1980 | 49 | ||
| 05.06.1980 | 50 | ||
Sources: Online Archive of the Vienna Arbeiter-Zeitung and the Hamburger Abendblatt, closing the original programming