Peter Reber meets Anna Rossinelli. Casting star Luca Hänni is up against multi-instrumentalist Lea Lu. Bastian Baker is looking for a common path with Sina. And James Gruntz has to make common cause with Baschi. However, the song challenge is not only associated with the pressure of the 48-hour deadline. Adrian Stern also gives all songmate pairings a song theme.
Songmates is a mission without a safety net. The tips from the only advisor Adrian Stern prove to be valuable time and again. But the stars have to write the song all by themselves. Luca Hänni and Lea Lu seek initial inspiration in their music studio. There, the young man from Bern proves to be a competent pianist and guitarist. Bastian Baker hits the right note with the first riff, and Sina surprises with "instruments" that the Lausanne native would probably never have expected in connection with songwriting. But it can also be resinous: James Gruntz and Baschi give away valuable hours with funny sayings, rearrangements in the hotel room and countless attempts to get a lyric right. And if the duo Reber/Rossinelli think they are on the road to success, they soon realize that the new song sounds suspiciously like an existing hit.
Andi Frick (pictured above), creative director, program developer and deputy managing director, has decided to move on after 16 years of service to the company. Andi Frick has shaped B&B Endemol Shine like no other, according to a statement.
Stefan Frick, Commercial Director and member of the Executive Board, will also be taking on new challenges after eleven years. The former producer and realizer most recently successfully built up the branded content business for web, mobile and TV.
"I regret that Andi and Stefan B&B are leaving Endemol Shine and thank them for everything they have done over the past years; for the loyalty and the heart and soul they have put into the company. They both leave a big gap" says Managing Director Tommy Sturzenegger. The areas of responsibility of Andi and Stefan Frick will be redistributed internally.
B&B Endemol Shine is producing the eight episodes from July 2016 on behalf of UPC Cablecom. The script was written by the two 34-year-old Zurich natives Adrian Aeschbacher and Eric Andreae, who are also directing.
You remember that moment in your school days when you first met a very special kind of person: the teacher. An incisive as well as formative experience. All the more so because this teacher had a legendary place of retreat where you were never allowed to go as a student: The teachers' room.
The eight-part sitcom "Die Lehrer" (The Teachers) finally reveals the secrets of the teachers' lounge and shows what goes on there. The focus is on the everyday absurdities of the teaching profession: Why is the coffee machine broken again? Who distributes exam solutions on the Internet? And why do two teachers often disappear together in the cleaning room? "The Teachers" provides answers in a witty and entertaining way and gives an insight into the life of this very special breed of human being.
B&B Endemol Shine is producing the series. For the first time since the huge success of SRF's school soap Best Friends, Switzerland's biggest production company is back in the fictional business. "Fictional programming is a discipline all its own and is particularly fun," says producer Pea Weber. "It's super to be active in this area again after Best Friends - the fact that UPC Cablecom has awarded us the contract makes us very happy."
Adrian Aeschbacher and Eric Andreae from Zurich are responsible for the scripts and the direction. The two series fans got the idea from their private environment, of all things. "We have friends in common who are teachers and have been telling us amusing anecdotes from their everyday working lives for years," says Adrian Aeschbacher. "Teachers, after all, are in a peculiar dilemma. Society expects them to be role models. At the same time, they are also very normal people with weaknesses and vices. There's a lot of comedy in this contrast," adds Andreae. In short, the subject matter of "The Teachers" is a perennial favorite. School and education leave no one cold. And where there's a lot at stake, there's also a great dramaturgical fall. Perfect conditions for a modern and humorous series.
