''Einstein'' is the title of an infotainment show on the German-speaking Swiss public television channel

SRF 1 SRF 1 (''SRF eins'') is a German-language Swiss television channel, one of three produced by the SRG SSR public-service broadcasting group (the others being SRF zwei and SRF info). The channel, formerly known as SF1, was renamed on 16 Decemb ...

. Einstein is an in-house production by

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF; "Swiss Radio and Television") is a Swiss broadcasting company created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of radio company Schweizer Radio DRS (SR DRS) and television company Schweizer Fernsehen (SF). The n ...

(SRF) and reports ''on phenomena and mysteries of everyday life and of life''.

Profile

Einstein claims to be the science magazine of the national Swiss radio and television network

, and weekly reports on current and profound topics from all fields of science by stories that ''inform, educate and entertain''. This includes conventional ''science'' topics, as well as ''phenomena and mysteries of everyday life'' to explain sophisticated scientific topics by an ''experience reportage''. For instance, Tobias Müller and Kathrin Hönegger, the present (as of July 2015) moderation crew participate in science experiments, assisted by science experts of the related fields that are documented. The posts of about 10 minutes are produced weekly, focus on Swiss national stories, and added by ''Einstein Spezial'' specials that are focussed on events of common interest, for instance on horse breeding in Switzerland, Swiss history related topics, important international science perceptions, and so on.

Broadcast

''Einstein'' started on 7 April 2007 and is broadcast from 21:00 to 21:50 on Thursday, except on public holidays. All contributions are available as a video stream, and usually additionally contents expound the weekly contributions. Einstein is broadcast widely in the Swiss Standard German language, excluded some interviews in Swiss German. After the premiere on SRF 1, the program is repeated several times on SRF 1 and SRF info. The journalistic use of the Swiss German language, mainly in direct conversation with interviewees as also practiced in ''

10vor10 ''10vor10'' (''10 to 10'') is a current affairs programme broadcast at 21.50 every Monday to Friday evening on the German-language Swiss public television channel SRF 1. Profile According to Christian Dütschler, editorial director of ''10vor1 ...

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Schweiz aktuell ''Schweiz aktuell'' (literally "Switzerland Today") is the title of a current affairs show on German-language Swiss public television channel SRF 1. It started in 1981 as ''DRS aktuell'', ''Schweiz aktuell''. Background and contents ''Schweiz a ...

'', is a further 'trademark'.

Menschen-Technik-Wissenschaft

''Menschen-Technik-Wissenschaft (MTW)'' was the preceding science show produced by the present SRF broadcasting company. MTW started in 1975 and was for many years the most popular program on Swiss television, but was replaced by ''Einstein'' in the context of restructuring.

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