''Sketchup'' is a West German

comedy television series A list of comedy television series by country of origin. Australia Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina * ''Viza za budućnost'' Brazil Canada China *'' Number One Surprise'' Croatia *'' Odmori se, zaslužio si'' *'' Zauvijek susjedi'' Egyp ...

which aired on ARD between 1984 and 1986.Screen International p.36 A

sketch show Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is ...

, it enjoyed popular success at the time of its broadcast. A revival series was broadcast in 1997 with a new cast, but it did not recapture the success of the original.

Main cast

Diether Krebs Diether Krebs (11 August 1947 in Essen, Germany – 4 January 2000 in Hamburg) was a German actor, cabaret artist and comedian. Life and career Youth and initial success Diether Krebs was born on 11 August 1947 in Essen, the son of a station ...

Iris Berben Iris Renate Dorothea Berben (, born 12 August 1950) is a German actress and voice actress. Biography Berben was born in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia. She grew up in Hamburg, where her parents ran a restaurant. Berben has appeared in about ...

Beatrice Richter Beatrice Richter (; born 20 December 1948 in Munich) is a German TV actress, comedian, cabaret artist and jazz singer. Beatrice Richter concluded an acting education at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich, which was follo ...

References

Bibliography

''Screen International: The international film & television directory, Volume 3''. EMAP Media Information, 1993.

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0088607 1984 German television series debuts 1986 German television series endings 1997 German television series debuts 1997 German television series endings 1980s comedy television series 1990s comedy television series German-language television shows