“Dinner for One” is a popular New Year’s Eve classic. In 2020, the sketch will be on television again at the turn of the year. All TV dates are available here.
Germany – The year is drawing to a close, 2021 is just around the corner. At For many people, New Year’s Eve is not just about raclette* or lead pouring to the festival, but also „Dinner for One“. The TV classic from 1963 traditionally flickers to the Turn of the year through the screens and also takes care of the Corona year 2020 for a piece of normality. RUHR24.de* reveals the Broadcast dates an New Years Eve 2020.
| Sketch | Dinner for One |
| Publication date | June 8, 1963 (Germany) |
| Director | Heinz Dunkhase |
| German title | The 90th birthday |
| teller | Heinz Piper |
| script | Lauri Wylie |
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“Dinner for One”: the classic’s broadcast dates on New Year’s Eve 2020/2021 on television
“Same procedure as every year, James!” – the English-language cult sketch ensures year after year „Dinner for One“ for laughs on New Years Eve. For millions of people, the 18-minute show is traditionally part of the Turn of the year in addition – it is not for nothing that the sketch has been on time for almost 50 years December 31 brought back from the can by the public broadcasters.
Many stations show that Cult Classic already in the afternoon and early evening of December 31 in a continuous loop. Also in Corona year 2020, in which so many traditions, such as shooting rockets, have to be dispensed with on New Year’s Eve*, stands „Dinner for One“ for a piece of normality.
What is it about? In „Dinner for One“ celebrates Miss Sophie her 90th birthday alone – because her friends have all passed away. Only Butler James is present, who serves the birthday child and also takes on the roles of four guests. The butler drinks diligently for every guest – and gets tipsy from course to course. Chaos is preprogrammed.
“Dinner for One” on ARD, WDR, NDR: TV broadcasting dates on New Year’s Eve 2020 and New Year’s Eve 2021
This year butler James mimes the long deceased guests of 13 times Miss Sophie. They are Broadcast dates on TV from „Dinner for One“ an New Year’s Eve 2020:
- December 31, 2020 at 3:45 p.m. (NDR)
- December 31, 2020 at 3:50 p.m. (ARD)
- December 31, 2020 at 5.10 p.m. (NDR)
- December 31, 2020 at 5:35 p.m. (WDR)
- December 31, 2020 at 6.45 p.m. (BR)
- December 31, 2020 at 7 p.m. (MDR)
- December 31, 2020 at 7 p.m. (RBB)
- December 31, 2020 at 7.10 p.m. (HR)
- December 31, 2020 at 7.40 p.m. (NDR)
- December 31, 2020 at 11.35 p.m. (NDR)
- January 1, 2021 at 12:05 a.m. (BR)
- January 1, 2021 at 3:30 a.m. (RBB)
- January 1, 2021 at 5:10 a.m. (ARD)
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Watch “Dinner for One” on New Year’s Eve 2020 in the ARD media library
who „Dinner for One“ Not in Free-TV wants to or can look does not have to bury his head in the sand. Thanks to various Media libraries the ARD Sendr – for example the ARD media library – you have the opportunity to New year classics watch online at any time.
By the way: Whom the classic version of „Dinner for One“ is hanging out so slowly, it could be with one Dialect version to attempt. The sketch has now been used in both Swiss dialect, as well as in Hessian and Kölscher dialect synchronized. At the WDR are they called kölschen Versions for example “Dinner op Kölsch” and “Döner for One”. Laughs are guaranteed.
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The dialect versions of „Dinner for One“ start up New Year’s Eve 2020 on television at these times:
- December 31, 2020 at 12.40 p.m. (SWR – Swiss version)
- December 31, 2020 at 4:45 p.m. (SWR – Swiss version)
- December 31, 2020 at 4:45 p.m. (HR – Hessian version)
- December 31, 2020 at 4:55 p.m. (WDR – Kölsche Version: “Döner for One”)
- 31 December 2020 at 5.10 pm (WDR – Cologne version: “Dinner in Cologne”)
- December 31, 2020 at 6.45 p.m. (HR – Hessian version)
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Watch “Dinner for One” on New Year’s Eve – TV stations have been showing classics since 1963
So popular that New Year’s Eve classic Incidentally, in this country – 2003 counted Sketch a record number of almost 13 million viewers – that is how unknown it is in the country of origin Great Britain.
Indeed it was „Dinner for One“ for the first time in 2018 in Great Britain shown at the Scottish Comedy Film Festival Slapstick Weekend. A New Year’s Eve classic however, the show is exclusively in Germany. * RUHR24.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network
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