The ORF-III magazine “Culture Today” puts on the focus of Monday, August 4th to Friday, August 8, 2025, at 7.40 p.m. On Monday (August 4th), a portrait about rock’n’roll entertainer Andy Lee Lang is on the program on the occasion of his 60th birthday. In addition, Heinz Sichrovsky reports with a current criticism of the opera “Maria Stuarda” from the Salzburg Festival (on August 1st Live time delayed at 9.20 p.m. in ORF 2 and on ORF ON). On Tuesday (August 5) Tricky Nicky celebrates his 50s and presents illusions specially developed for ORF III. In addition, the second edition of the series of talks “Banking speeches with Kyril Kern” follows with personal approaches to culture from everyday life. Mark Seibert, Drew Sarich and Femke Soetenga give insights into the new “Chess” staging on the Baden stage on Wednesday (August 6)-a musical with a political dimension at the time of the Cold War. Thursday (August 7th) is all about “Women. Festival. Salzburg”. In conversation, Pia Janke and Lydia Haider analyze the role of women at the Salzburg Festival and new perspectives for more inclusion. Maya Hakvoort and Clemens Unterreiner are guests on Friday (August 8) and talk about their appearances at the open air “Stars in Gars”. Konstantin Wecker also reports on his tour “songs of my life” and his new book “The love for the sake”.
Cabaret double premiere on Monday: “Lydia Prenner-Kasper-Salon Lydia”, “Summer vacation”
On Monday, August 4th, cabaret artist Lydia Prenner-Kasper will present her show “Salon Lydia” (8:15 p.m.) from Vindobona in Vienna as part of the “ORF III small-scale summer”. In a relaxed atmosphere, she talks about the absurdities of everyday life and shares personal and general observations with the audience. “She takes up both general and her own experiences – from cheerful to seriously.
This is followed by a new edition of the “Table Round – Classics” on the topic of “summer vacation” (9.30 p.m.). Among them are cabaret stars such as Gery Seidl, Gernot Kulis, Andreas Vitásek, Lydia Prenner-Kasper, Isabell Pannagl and the “Kernölamazonen”.
Crime inlaid in the “ORF III Summer Cino”: Exciting evenings with Inspector Lewis and Hercule Poirot
The “ORF III Summer Cinema” will present two episodes of the popular crime series “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” on Tuesday, August 5: In “Death Auf der Nil” (8:15 p.m.) the rich Linnet Doyle is murdered on her honeymoon – master detective Hercule Poirot begins with the investigation. This is followed by “the owl house” (10 p.m.), in which Poirot enlightens a murder on a estate with many suspects. On Wednesday, August 6th, ORF III continued the crime evening with two episodes of “Lewis-the Oxford-Krimi”: In “Von Musen and Morden” (8:15 p.m.), a young woman is found dead during a book presentation. Afterwards, “Murderer on their own direction” (9:50 p.m.) is about a crime in a theater performance.
Thursday: “Land of the Mountains” with two cinematic trips through the heart of the Hohe Tauern
“Land of the mountains” leads on Thursday, August 7th, through the impressive landscape “around the Glockner – From Fusch to Heiligenblut” (8:15 p.m.). The documentary invites you to a cinematic journey along Glockner Hoch Alpenstraße-from Bruck via the Ferleitental to the Franz-Josefs-Höhe and on to Heiligenblut. Afterwards it goes in another “Land of the Mountains” production about “The Hohe Tauern: from the Salzach origin to the Großvenediger” (9:05 p.m.)-a cinematic hike through the multifaceted landscape of the largest national park in the Alps.
Continuation of the program focus on Peter Weck’s 95
On Friday, August 8th, ORF III will show the comedy “Two under one roof” (8:15 p.m.) as part of his focus on the 95th birthday of Peter Weck, where the jubilee directed. The dogged little war of two pensioners and neighbors, who gets into a lovable, chaotic competition for the favor of a teacher, played by Suzanne von Borsody, is told. In the subsequent film adaptation “Die MustroBe” (9:50 p.m.), Peter Weck can be seen in a role as a suspect, which is unusually serious for him. This is followed by an edition “From the Archive” with Peter Weck (11:20 p.m.), who focuses on the diverse life’s work of the audience favorite with archive material and conversations of prominent companions. On Saturday, August 9th, Weck can be seen as a hotel director in the summer confusion comedy “If every day was a Sunday …” (12.40 p.m.). It continues with three episodes of the successful series “I marry a family”, in which Peter Weck is not only seen in the leading role of Werner Schumann alongside Thekla Carola Wied, but also directed. You can see the episodes “Schuhmann’s winter trip” (2.10 p.m.), “Surprises” (3:40 p.m.) and “Secrets” (4:25 p.m.).
80 years of Hiroshima: history, backgrounds and fates
On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, “Zeit.Chichen” of the historical turning point on Saturday, August 9th, dedicates a comprehensive program of program. It starts with the conversation format “History today – 80 years Hiroshima” (7.50 p.m.), in which Nadja Schmid, spokeswoman for “Ican”, deals with the relevance of historical events for the present. This is followed by the new production “Hiroshima – Chronicle of a disaster” (8:15 p.m.), which impressively reconstructs the events of August 6, 1945 using the most unpublished photographs and with the help of the latest. With the documentary “The Run to the Atom Bomb” (9:15 p.m.), ORF III illuminates the historical origins of the nuclear weapon and the background of the US Manhattan project. After that, three more documentaries can be seen: “Hiroshima – the end of the war or war crimes?” (10:20 p.m.) questions the need for atomic bombing, further the portrait “Lise Meitner – The Mother of the Atomic Bomb” (11:20 p.m.) about the physicist and researcher of the nuclear fission, and “Hiroshima – the day when the atomic bomb fell” (0.15 a.m.). ORF 2 is also devoted to the topic, among other things with the “World Journal” report “Trauma without end-80 years of Hiroshima” on August 6th at 10:30 p.m. (details on the focus on press.orf.at).
Sunday: Live festival fair from Klagenfurt, Salzburg Festival magazine, “Stars in Gars” and “Oedipe-From the Bregenz Festival”
On Sunday, August 10th, ORF III will broadcast the festival mass live from the Klagenfurt Cathedral as part of the “Musica Sacra” 2025 at 10 a.m. Mozart’s “Missa in G”, played by soloists, choir and orchestra of the Dommusik Klagenfurt under the direction of Domkapellmeister Thomas Wasserfaller, with cathedral organist Klaus Kuchling on the organ.
In the evening the third edition of “Jedermannjedefrau – The Salzburg Festival Magazine” 2025 (7:55 p.m.) follows. Fashion expert Martina Reuter takes a look at the trends on the Red Carpet, and it is also about the social media activities of prominent opera stars.
Afterwards ORF III presents a two-time “experience stage” premiere as part of the “ORF Kultursommers”: The beginning is “Stars in Gars-Clemens Unterreiner & Friends” (8:15 p.m.). On the open-air stage of the Opera Burg Gars, director Unterreiner Stars from Classical, Musical and Pop, including Maya Hakvoort, Günther Groissböck, Julian Le Play and Cesár Sampson combines. A musical cross-over with arias and duets, popular songs and impressive choirs is offered-from bicets “Carmen” to Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story”. “Oedipe – from the Bregenz Festival” (9:45 p.m.) continues dramatically. This year’s house opera of the Bregenz Festival is George Enescus Monumental’s work on the fate of Oedipus to Sophocles, staged by Andreas Kriegenburg. Paul Gay takes over the title game, Marina Prudenskaya and Michael Helm can be experienced as Jocaste and Laios. The Viennese symphonists and the Prague Philharmonic choir make music under the direction of Hannu Lintu.
Further details on the program of ORF III Culture and Information can be called up at TV.ORF.AT/ORF3.