Familie Heinz Becker

Familie Heinz Becker
Created by	Martin Kliemann, Marco Serafini, Rudi Bergmann, Gerd Dudenhöffer
Starring	Gerd Dudenhöffer, Gregor Weber, Andreas Gergen, Marianne Riedel, Alice Hoffmann, Sabine Urig
Country of origin	Germany
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	42
Production
Running time	30 min
Original release
Network	West 3
Release	March 23, 1992 – March 12, 2004

Familie Heinz Becker is a German television series that aired from 1992 through 2004. The show revolves around the lives of Heinz Becker and his family, as well as those of neighbors and onlookers, although the focus of the series changed over the course of the series. In the first season, much of the humor was derived from Heinz's petty behavior; the character of his wife, Hilde, was not played for laughs. During seasons 2-4, Hilde's character became more naive but was devoted; much of the humor came from family dialogues. After Season 4, the focus shifted more to public life. Seasons 6 and 7 are not as well esteemed by critics as they repeat a number of older jokes and much of the comedy came from awkward situations, misspeaking, and other more mainstream comedic elements. As one of the first TV programmes regularly to broadcast the Saarland accent with elements of dialect ("Saarpfälzisch") throughout Germany, it has been seen as contributing to the recognition of the regional culture.

Episode list

Episode	Season	Title	Original Air Date
01	1	Der Dia-Abend	March 23, 1992
02	1	Der neue Anzug	March 30, 1992
03	1	Das Gulasch	April 6, 1992
04	1	Der Hauptpreis	April 13, 1992
05	1	Die Bohrmaschine	April 20, 1992
06	1	Die Urlaubsreise	April 27, 1992
07	2	Stefans Geburtstag	April 30, 1993
08	2	Im Supermarkt	May 7, 1993
09	2	Im Taxi	May 14, 1993
10	2	Achtunddreißig fünf	May 21, 1993
11	2	In der Bar	May 28, 1993
12	2	Herzlich Willkommen! Die Direktion	June 4, 1993
13	3	Einschließlich Heinz	June 14, 1994
14	3	Stefans Job	June 21, 1994
15	3	In der Galerie	July 12, 1994
16	3	Alle Jahre wieder	July 19, 1994
17	3	Die Busfahrt nach Lourdes	August 9, 1994
18	3	Modenschau	October 7, 1994
19	4	Stromausfall	January 16, 1996
20	4	Hilde fährt in Kur	January 23, 1996
21	4	Der erste Preis	January 30, 1996
22	4	Die Autopanne	February 6, 1996
23	4	Die neue Küche	February 13, 1996
24	4	Stefan zieht aus	February 20, 1996
25	5	Die Berlin-Reise 1.	May 5, 1998
26	5	Die Berlin-Reise 2.	May 12, 1998
27	5	In der Telefonzelle	May 19, 1998
28	5	Ein neues Auto?	May 26, 1998
29	5	Der Hausball	June 2, 1998
30	5	Der Kurschatten	June 9, 1998
31	6	Spurlos verschwunden	October 23, 2001
32	6	Zimmer 112 A	October 30, 2001
33	6	Bier oder Wein	November 6, 2001
34	6	Krach	November 13, 2001
35	6	Hallo!	November 20, 2001
36	6	Was iss'n passiert?	December 18, 2001
37	7	Auf Händen und Knien	February 6, 2004
38	7	Abgetaucht	February 13, 2004
39	7	Ex und Hopp	February 20, 2004
40	7	Geisterfahrer	February 27, 2004
41	7	Oben rechts die 4	March 5, 2004
42	7	Stau	March 12, 2004

External links

• Familie Heinz Becker at IMDb