Also: Bicycle “Theme Monday”, “Austria’s Most Beautiful Sagas”, “Werner Gruber’s Experimental Kitchen”, “The Round Table” and much more – from June 3rd to 9th, 2024
Vienna (OTS) – “ORF III Theme Monday” on two wheels
“The Bicycle Check” (8:15 p.m.) opens the “ORF III Theme Monday” on June 3rd: Cycling has been a big trend for years. The range is correspondingly large and the models in the upper price segment have become correspondingly expensive. High-priced e-bikes cost almost as much as inexpensive cars. The new production sheds light on what you should pay attention to when buying a bike and what urban planning and social effects the bicycle trend has. Afterwards, the productions “Everything Against Bicycle Theft” (9:05 p.m.) and “The Shadow Sides of Our Bicycles” (9:55 p.m.) are on the program.
With ORF III to the final of the EU elections
The Austrian EU top candidates Andreas Schieder (SPÖ) and Harald Vilimsky (FPÖ) will meet in another election duel at Reiner Reitsamer’s on Monday at 4 p.m. (repeat at 10:30 p.m.). Peter Fritz (ORF) and Ida Metzger (Kronen Zeitung) then analyze live in the ORF III studio. The next day, on Tuesday, June 4th, at the same time there will be “The Duels” Reinhold Lopatka (ÖVP) vs. Harald Vilimsky (FPÖ) and Reinhold Lopatka (ÖVP) vs. Andreas Schieder (SPÖ) with Theresa Kulovits and the following Analysis with Peter Fritz (ORF) and Anneliese Rohrer (columnist, Die Presse). After the evening repetition of the confrontations, “Citizen Questions” with Hans Bürger on Monday will focus on “The Green Deal and its consequences” (11:35 p.m.) and “The European Parliament elections, Part I” (12:05 a.m.). On Tuesday, Bürger will speak to former EU Commissioner Franz Fischler about “The European Parliament elections, Part II” (12:15 a.m.) and the “Future of the EU and Europe” (12:45 a.m.). On election day, Sunday, June 9th, the audience can expect, in addition to comprehensive reporting, a “Election Special” edition of the “Round of Editors-in-Chief” (8.30 p.m.).
Premiere for, among other things, “Austria’s most beautiful legends” in “ORF III Cultural Tuesday”
The basilisk, the Danube woman, dear Augustin – legends like these are widely known. Even if their actions are fictitious, they always tell a complicated story about the historical reality of our country. The new “Heritage of Austria” production “Austria’s Most Beautiful Sagas” (8:15 p.m.) in “ORF III Cultural Tuesday” on June 4th uses the five most famous Austrian legends to search for the historical truths behind them. The film “Vienna – City of Legends” (9:05 p.m.) highlights the special wealth of legends in the federal capital. In “Out of the Frame,” Karl Hohenlohe then takes us to idyllic wine terraces, castles and ruins in the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage region “Wachau” (9:55 p.m.).
Documentary highlights and new edition “Werner Gruber’s Experimental Kitchen” on Wednesday
“On the Eggeralm” (8:15 p.m.) at around 1,500 m above sea level, surrounded by the Carnic Alps on the border with Italy, ORF III opens the main evening on Wednesday, June 5th with a new “Home Austria” production: the cinematic one The “Country Life” journey continues from Ellmau via Going to Scheffau “Am Wilden Kaiser” (9:05 p.m.) and to “Blumenland Steiermark” (9:55 p.m.).
In a new edition of “Werner Gruber’s Experimental Kitchen,” the physicist then devotes himself to the fascination “Between radioactive moon rocks and cosmic sausages” (10:45 p.m.). He reveals lunar myths and explains why the celestial body turns red during a lunar eclipse, and answers why the American flag fluttered when they landed on the moon and which dish the astronauts enjoyed on their lunar mission. Then it’s “Intoxicating – Hidden Secrets of Drug Physics” (11:30 p.m.).
80 years of D-Day: Numerous documentaries and live broadcast of the commemorations
June 6, 1944, the day on which the landing of the Allied troops in Normandy began, went down in history as D-Day. On the occasion of the 80th anniversary, this central event of the Second World War will be commemorated with an international memorial ceremony on Omaha Beach in Normandy. In addition to French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Joe Biden and King Charles III. Numerous heads of state and government from around the world will take part in the commemorations. ORF III will broadcast the ceremony live and translated at 3:25 p.m. Theresa Kulovits and historian Fritz Dittlbacher host the program.
Before and after, ORF III shows the comprehensive documentary series “The Second World War – Battle of Europe”, starting with “D-Day” (1 p.m.), “The Battle for Caen” (1:50 p.m.), “Operation Cobra” (2:45 p.m p.m.) as well as “The Battle of the Bulge” (5:30 p.m.) and “The Crossing of the Rhine” (6:25 p.m.). In the main evening, ORF III presents the two-part series “Apocalypse – D-Day” from 8:15 p.m. as well as “Invasion in Normandy – contemporary witnesses to D-Day in June 1944” (10:00 p.m.) and finally the production “D-Day: Freedom for Everyone”. Price” (10:50 p.m.) about the risky offensive of gigantic proportions in Western Europe.
The evening before the EU elections: “zeit.geschichte” focus on the European Union
On the occasion of the election to the European Parliament, ORF III is dedicating an extensive focus to the history of the confederation of states on Saturday, June 8th: “The day the euro came” (8:15 p.m.), a new edition of “zeit-geschichte” Series “Fateful Days of Austria” highlights the introduction of the common currency as a special turning point for the republic. The documentary is not only a return to the beginnings of the euro in Austria, but also sheds light on the long-term importance of the common currency for Europe and its citizens. This is followed by the production “Legacy of Two Wars – The History of the EU” (9:05 p.m.). Afterwards, ORF III will delve into this eventful history of our continent from 1918 to 2019 in a total of four parts with “Hugo Portisch – The Birth of Europe” from 9:55 p.m.
Sunday on ORF III: EU election, atmospheric church services and “The Round Table”
On Sunday, June 9th, in addition to the election coverage of the EU elections, there are two church services on the program: In the morning, “ORF III LIVE” shows the “Catholic service from Hartberg” in Styria (10 a.m.) and the recording in the evening of the “Evensong as part of the Long Night of the Churches” in Vienna’s St. Michael’s Church (7:15 p.m.). The Evensong is a Christian form of worship in the Anglican tradition – the name combines “evening” with “song” – and combines atmospheric spiritual choral and instrumental music, congregational singing and the reading of Bible texts. After the “Round of Editors in Chief” (8.30 p.m.) with Lou Lorenz-Dittlbacher on the occasion of the EU elections, the day ends on a humorous note with a new edition of the “Table Round” (9.20 p.m.). Gerald Fleischhacker welcomes Thomas Maurer, Malarina, Angelika Niedetzky and Berni Wagner to the satirical monthly review.
Further details about the ORF III Culture and Information program are available at tv.ORF.at/orf3.