Disco

The story

Disco was a pop music program that aired in Germany on the ZDF network from 1971 to 1982. It generally aired on the first Saturday of each month at 7:30PM, each show running 45 minutes. 133 shows were produced. The show was hosted by German actor and comedian Ilja Richter. Its lesser known predecessor on ZDF, 4-3-2-1 Hot & Sweet was aired between 1966 and 1970, presenters included Ilja Richter and Suzanne Doucet. Disco generally served a younger pop-oriented audience compared to ZDF's Hitparade, and until 1972, its main competitor was Beat-Club, followed by Musikladen, both on ARD.

Repeats of Disco have been aired since 1984 on ZDF Musikkanal, after its closedown in 1989 on 3sat. Since 2004, the digital ZDF Theaterkanal aired repeats of the entire series. In 2007, ZDF Dokukanal began to air reruns, starting with episodes from 1975 and also multiple repeats of the series have been shown on hit24 in 2008.

The show focussed on chart hits current at the time of airing, giving about equal airtime to international pop music and German Schlager. Despite its name, it did not particularly focus on disco music although it featured many disco hits as long as they were chart relevant..

The seasons

Season 1 Disco '71 1971 · 10 episodes Season details＋

Feb. 13, 1971

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Season 2 Disco '72 1972 · 13 episodes Season details＋

Jan. 15, 1972

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Season 3 Disco '73 1973 · 13 episodes Season details＋

Jan. 6, 1973

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Season 4 Disco '74 1974 · 13 episodes Season details＋

Jan. 5, 1974

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Season 5 Disco '75 1975 · 11 episodes Season details＋

Feb. 1, 1975

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Season 6 Disco '76 1976 · 13 episodes Season details＋

Jan. 3, 1976

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Season 7 Disco '77 1977 · 13 episodes Season details＋

Jan. 8, 1977

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Season 8 Disco '78 1978 · 10 episodes Season details＋

Jan. 23, 1978

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Season 9 Disco '79 1979 · 11 episodes Season details＋

Jan. 22, 1979

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Season 10 Disco '80 1980 · 11 episodes Season details＋

Jan. 21, 1980

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Season 11 Disco '81 1981 · 8 episodes Season details＋

Feb. 16, 1981

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Season 12 Disco '82 1982 · 7 episodes Season details＋

Jan. 4, 1982

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Cast

I Ilja RichterSelf - Host C Chris RobertsSelf P Peter MaffaySelf C Christian AndersSelf J Jürgen MarcusSelf S Suzi QuatroSelf M Michael HolmSelf U Udo JürgensSelf C Costa CordalisSelf T Tony MarshallSelf M Marianne RosenbergSelf R Ricky ShayneSelf

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K Katja EbsteinSelf A Albert HammondSelf G Gunter GabrielSelf B Bernhard BrinkSelf H Howard CarpendaleSelf G Gilbert O'SullivanSelf V Vicky LeandrosSelf P Peter OrloffSelf M Mary RoosSelf D Danyel GérardSelf B Bernd ClüverSelf J Jürgen DrewsSelf S Stefan WaggershausenSelf T Tony ChristieSelf H HeinoSelf M Michael SchanzeSelf D Demis RoussosSelf V Volker LechtenbrinkSelf B Bonnie TylerSelf M Mireille MathieuSelf N Neil DiamondSelf G Gitte HænningSelf R Rod StewartSelf B Bata IllicSelf L Lena ValaitisSelf S Salvatore AdamoSelf J Julio IglesiasSelf R Rex GildoSelf F Frank ZanderSelf R Roland KaiserSelf H HarpoSelf S Shaun CassidySelf W Wolfgang PetrySelf L Leif GarrettSelf A Amanda LearSelf C Cliff RichardSelf O Olivia Newton-JohnSelf C Chris AndrewsSelf I Ireen SheerSelf J Juliane WerdingSelf M Monica MorellSelf B Bob DylanSelf A Alice CooperSelf G Gary GlitterSelf D Donny OsmondSelf A Alvin StardustSelf P Paola FelixSelf L Leo SayerSelf U Udo LindenbergSelf E Elke BestSelf M Mike KrügerSelf A Andrea JürgensSelf I Ingrid PetersSelf D Drafi DeutscherSelf B Barry RyanSelf M Marion MaerzSelf D Daliah LaviSelf C Cilla BlackSelf G George HarrisonSelf S SéverineSelf T Tina YorkSelf F Freddy BreckSelf D David CassidySelf E Elton JohnSelf K Karel GottSelf L Les HumphriesSelf F Frank FarianSelf R Roy BlackSelf