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Berlin Tag und Nacht

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Berlin - Tag & Nacht
Genre	Reality Daily Soap Opera
Theme music composer	Mika
Opening theme	Kick Ass
Country of origin	Germany
Original language	German
No. of episodes	3050+
Production
Producer	Vittorio Valente
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	filmpool Film- und Fernsehproduktion
Original release
Release	12 September 2011 on RTL II

Berlin - Tag & Nacht (Acronym: "BTN" or "BerlinTN"; English: Berlin - Day & Night) is a German reality daily soap opera on the TV channel RTL II. The show depicts different teenagers and adults, living in different parts of Berlin, who deal with their daily problems. The plot and the characters are entirely fictional. The roles are mainly played by amateur actors.

Plot

The story shows the events in multiple shared apartments: a shared apartment, consisting of an eclectic group of seven people with Joe Möller as the main tenant, the loft of the MATRIX-Crew, the teen-flatshare (previously the apartment of Basti), as well as a Houseboat with a continually changing cast. The configuration of the inhabitants of the locations varies constantly. Central locations of the plot are also the workplaces of the characters: the MATRIX club, the hair salon Schnitte (The Cuts), the bar LA 14 - now Kräsch (German phonetical spelling of Crash), the gym Body Burn, a school, as well as a car repair shop.

Production

At first, the TV station only planned 120 episodes. However, due to the success of the series, it continued to be produced indefinitely. For the anniversary of the 1,000st episode on 26th August 2015, RTL II changed the logo of the series to a gold one and added the number 1,000 to it.

Style

The series somewhat simulates a documentary style, through a purposely unsteady hand-held camera. Between individual scenes, one can see different parts of the city, sightseeing attractions, as well as entirely normal, but musically underscored, everyday events in Berlin. In contrast to daily soap opera formats such as Unter uns (Among ourselves) or Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (Good times, bad times), there is frequent use of voice-over commentary, as well as interviews with the characters, in which they express their emotional states towards certain events and developments. Another way to simulate reality, is the communication of the characters with the audience via the Internet platforms Facebook and Instagram.

Current main characters

Joe Möller

Joe is the owner and head of the main flat share. He is a father, as well as already a grandfather. The other flatmates often see him as a father figure (Papa Joe). He is always willing to listen to his friends and give them advice. He is part owner of a repair shop. Furthermore, Joe is a passionate motorcycle enthusiast, a fan of the band ACDC and he loves the rough life of a rockstar, which is why he can often be encountered in Siggi's pub. He was married to Peggy and Paula. He has a Restaurant (Möller's Kitchen) with his brother.

Karsten "Krätze" Rätze

Krätze is very chaotic and lives for the moment. He seldom thinks about the consequences of his actions. Furthermore, Krätze is a very jealous person and only accepts new people into the gang after a long time. By now, he is the father of his son Ben, and after the end of his food truck business, he became a janitor at a school.

Florian "Schmidti" Hagemeier (née Schmidt)

Schmidti has wealthy parents, which he hardly ever visits. His willingness to work in order to support himself runs throughout his whole life. Schmidti likes to throw parties and tries to lead a laid-back life. However, he knows when it is time to be sensible. He worked as a taxi driver and in a food truck, and now runs the former LA 14 as Kräsch.

Peggy Möller (née Heidmann)

As a trained cosmetician, Peggy worked for a long time with Rick and Paula in the hair salon Die Schnitte (The Cuts). Whether at work or in private, Peggy simply loved to embellish everything and dress up everyone - hereby, her favorite color was pink! Peggy firmly believed that there was good in everybody. That is why she is all the more disappointed when her assessments turn out to be wrong.

Sebastian "Basti" Heuer

Basti was the managing director of Body Burn and was responsible for finances and the staff. Although he is clumsy, he always tries to remain informed, which he does not always succeed in. Nevertheless, his heart is in the right place and he always tries to be there for his friends. Basti is Kim's godfather and also Paula's and Mandy's ex-husband. He changed his career to work as a teacher.

Piet Berger

Piet was the owner of Body Burn and is now, after previous management positions, NightShift-Manager of the MATRIX night club. He is a tough, successful businessman, who is very self-confident and assertive, however, with his cynical and derogatory manner, he does not always make new friends. He is a prattle-monger.