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“Dinner for One” – or “90th Birthday” – is the quintessential New Year’s Eve classic. The play, written by Lauri Wylie (1880-1951) and performed by British comedian Freddie Frinton (1909-1968) and his partner May Warden (1891-1978), was recorded in 1963.
Miss Sophie (May Principal) is celebrating her 90th birthday. He invited his four best friends. But unfortunately there is a problem: Miss Sophie is the only one of her friends alive. Still, he doesn’t want to miss the annual celebration and must have butler James (Freddie Frinton) represent his guests; This results in complete drunkenness.
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How long does “Dinner for One” take?
“Dinner for One” is a TV production. In addition to the version from Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), there is also a version from Swiss television. It’s seven minutes shorter and also less frequent. We miss the white tablecloth and candlesticks
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How often does the butler stumble?
The servant passes over the tiger skin eleven times. Because Miss Sophie is supposed to represent all her dead friends. The butler drinks several drinks for the celebrant; The fatal consequences of this are well known.
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In Switzerland we watch a different version than other countries
The film recording of the 1963 play in Zurich, Switzerland, flickers on screens at the SRF every year. Norway and Sweden prefer this version. But in Germany and other countries people rely on a recording made by NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk). The English theater play will be accompanied by a presentation in German. Danish television is showing a version with the laughing studio audience removed.
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Will the Christmas classic be shown in the UK?
The film has never been shown on television before in the funny duo’s native England. He is completely unknown there. Just like many other English-speaking countries around the world.
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Did Freddie Frinton really have to drink?
Butler James has never been drunk in his life. The actor did not touch a drop of alcohol. There was only juice in glasses on stage.
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How often did you watch “Dinner for One”?
In 1988, “Dinner for One” entered the “Guinness Book of Records” as the “most frequently repeated television production in the world”. The film had a record year in 2004, when it was watched by 14 million people on New Year’s Eve in Germany alone.
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Who is Freddie Frinton?
The actor has always been a joker. When he was just 16 years old, he lost his first job in a fish factory because he constantly prevented his colleagues from working with jokes.
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Why was the cult movie banned in Sweden?
In Sweden, the cult film was banned from broadcasting on public television for six years on the grounds that it “encourages people to drink”.
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Also available at Christmas
In Norway, the classic is shown not on New Year’s Eve, but during the Christmas season, on December 23.
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What don’t we know yet?
The damage from the dinner amounted to 2,487 francs: the drunken butler wandered around the table, breaking plates and mistreating the tiger skin – this alone amounted to 2,000 francs worth of damage, according to an insurance company’s calculation.
Current broadcast times and channels at a glance:
On December 31, 2023
- 15:35 on NDR
- 17:35 on WDR
- First at 17.40
- at MDR at 7 p.m.
- 18.55 at RBB
- 19:05 on SRF 1
- 19:10 in HR
- 19.40 on NDR
- 19.40 at BR
- 19:55 on Switzerland1
- At 23.40 SWR
- At 23:34 NDR
On January 1, 2024
- 12:05am on BR
- 0.30am at SRF 2
- at 11.15 SWR
Source : Blick
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