Faszination Wissen

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Faszination Wissen
Genre Science
Presented byGunnar Mergner
Country of origin Germany
Original languageGerman
Release
Original network Bayerischer Rundfunk
Original releaseJanuary 9, 2003 (2003-01-09)

Faszination Wissen (Fascination Knowledge) is a television program of the Bayerischer Rundfunk. The weekly knowledge magazine is broadcast every Monday at 22:00 hours on Bayerisches Fernsehen (a television station) [1] and repeated on Tuesday mornings at 10:50. The program is produced in 16:9 format.

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Hosts

Faszination Wissen is hosted by Gunnar Mergner since January 2013. Until the end of 2012, the show was hosted by the scientific journalist Iska Schreglmann. The physicist and magician Thomas Fraps (until 2007) and BR host Stefan Scheider (until 2005) were hosts before.

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References

  1. Alexander Krei (19 October 2012). "Bayerisches Fernsehen ab 2013 mit neuem Schema". DWDL.de (in German). Retrieved 4 November 2015.