Types of TV programmes
Here are some different types of TV programmes:
Dokumentarsendung– documentary show
Kochsendung– cookery programme
Lieblingssendung– favourite programme
Nachrichten– the news
Natursendung– nature programme
Seifenoper– soap opera
Sportsendung– sports programme
Listen to some useful phrases about film and TV:
Ich sehe jeden Tag fern.– I watch TV every day.
Letzte Woche war er im Kino. Er hat einen Horrorfilm gesehen.– Last week he was in the cinema. He saw a horror film.
Wollen wir heute Abend ins Kino gehen?– Shall we go to the cinema tonight?
Question
Listen to the following sentences, and read the English statements below them. Then decide which statements are true, and which ones are false?
Richtig oder Falsch?
Georg sieht gern Horrorfilme.
Susi sieht lieber Seifenopern.
Peter sieht nicht gern die Nachrichten.
Anna sieht am liebsten Kochsendungen.
- Georg likes watching cartoons.
- Susi doesn’t like soap operas.
- Peter doesn’t like watching the news.
- Anna quite likes watching cookery programmes.
- Falsch: Georg likes horror films.
- Falsch: Susi prefers soap operas.
- Richtig: Peter doesn't like watching the news.
- Falsch: Anna likes watching cookery programmes best of all.
Did you know?
An old black and white British TV sketch called Dinner for One has become a national institution in Germany.
It is broadcast every New Year’s Eve – Silvester.
The sketch is known as Der 90. Geburtstag in German.
It is about an old woman who's unable to celebrate her 90th birthday with her friends, as they have all died.
Unbeknownst to her, her butler plays the role of all her friends with hilarious consequences.
Although largely forgotten in the UK, the comedy sketch has now become the most repeated TV programme ever because of the Germans' fondness for it.
