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''Lindenstraße'' (literally "Lime Street") is a German television show on Das Erste. The first episode was aired on 8 December 1985 and since then new episodes have been broadcast weekly.〔("Lindenstrasse: Germany's answer to Coronation Street" ). BBC News. 19 April 2013.〕 Its current timeslot on Das Erste is Sundays at 18:50. The events of the Sunday episode usually take place on the Thursday before the show, based on the TV station's original plan of airing the episodes Thursday night. Prior of the start of the show, the timeslot was switched to Sunday evening but the Thursday remained the day the events usually take place as the show shall feature the daily life routine of the protagonists on a working day. Exceptions are the so-called holiday episodes that take place on Sunday, such as for Christmas and Easter and also on important election days (especially the election to the German Bundestag). Setting the pace for other soap operas in Germany, the first episodes were met with mostly bad reviews. However, ''Lindenstraße'' soon became one of the most successful shows on German TV.〔(''Coronation Strasse'' ). BBC Radio 4. 20 April 2013.〕 == Development == The creator of ''Lindenstraße'' is Hans W. Geißendörfer, whose company ''Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH'' (GFF - "Geißendörfer film and TV productions") still produces the series today. In the beginning, Geißendörfer also directed the series. It is set in Munich, but filmed at the WDR studios in Cologne-Bocklemünd, where an entire outdoor street mock-up of the eponymous Lindenstraße was built. An actual street named 'Lindenstraße' exists in Munich's Harlaching district, but it has nothing to do with the series' fictional street. The show is based on the long-running British soap ''Coronation Street'', from which it borrows its main premise (the everyday life of a number of neighbours).〔 It tackles topics such as racism, cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, disabilities (both physical and mental), and homosexuality. In 1987, it gained notoriety for showing the first gay kiss on German television. The show is also known for its prompt incorporation of real-life events and current topics. United States television actor Larry Hagman made a cameo appearance on ''Lindenstraße'' on 19 February 2006. Geißendörfer wrote and directed the first 31 episodes himself. Now, there are different directors that take turns in about 10-episode blocks. The current directors are Herwig Fischer, Kerstin Krause, Dominikus Probst and Iain Dilthey. There have been many different writers of the show throughout the years. Currently, three authors share the responsibility of writing the episodes: Michael Meisheit, who has been writing for Lindenstraße since 1997, and Irene Fischer, who has been writing for Lindenstraße since 1999. She has also been playing a main character in the series since 1987. In 2013, Geißendörfer's daughter Hana Geißendörfer joined the team and the first episodes written by her aired in late April. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lindenstraße」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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