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Berlin Bohème
Berlin Bohème is a four-seasons German TV series with a total of 53 episodes of 24 minutes each. The series depicts the lives of Bohemian artists in Berlin (see Bohème). The majority of the protagonists are gay or lesbian. Homosexual figures, who usually only represent a tolerated fringe group in German television series, are at the heart of the plot. Another special feature of the series is that a different production concept is realized with each season.

Seasons
In the first season, created in 1999, comprising 11 episodes, the main characters work together in a large studio, the pivotal and focal point of the production and also the exclusive setting of the entire plot. The two characters Lisa Kleinert and Holger Prehm, who have become famous with the series Montagskinder or Monday stories, are in the center of the action. Further characters from these series appear as guests in the first season. The 11 episodes are like chamber plays and could also have been realized as a play since there is only one setting (the room). The season covers 24 minutes in the character ´s life using the real time method of narration, similar to the series 24.

In the second season created in 2002 and 2003, comprising 21 episodes, this concept is abandoned: There are changes of scenes and leaps in time instead, just as in usual soap operas. The central theme of the second season is the no-budget theater project "Always Open Stage" which connects most of the characters in the series. The concept of the season is most similar to that of the series Lindenstraße. Besides the usual soap opera topics, there are also some interesting minor characters. There is, for example, a gay wheelchair user in his "coming-out" having a crush on his caregiver, and a conservative politician hiding his homosexuality, using a friend-actress as his fake fiancee in order to push his career.

In season 3 (five episodes), written in 2004, filmmaker Andreas Weiß who is chiefly responsible for the script and direction of the first two seasons, is joined by guest authors and guest directors who realized some of the season ´s episode. Season 3 also drops the typical soap opera concept of parallel storylines presented as never-ending stories: The episodes of the third season tell more or less complete stories and do not build on one another but for a few details.

In season 4, created in autumn 2005 with 16 episodes, elements of the previous seasons are taken up again and "shuffled". Similar to season 2, a theater project serves as a common theme and connects the characters. Just like in season 3, the 16 episodes tell more or less complete stories, but soap opera elements can also be found (e.g.storylines with cliffhanger). The fourth season is also marked by many new continuous characters while many major and minor characters of the 2nd and 3rd season appear but in a few episodes as a guest. Clou and Ruben are the only characters who have been part of the series from season one and are once more in the center of the action in season 4. Several episodes were again written by guest authors and 3 episodes were realized by guest directors.

Characters and actors
Since season 1:
 * Clou - Tima the divine
 * Holger - Rainer Hillebrecht (known from the series "Montagsgeschichten"/"Monday stories" )
 * Achim - Volker Waldschmidt (known from the series "K11 – Kommissare im Einsatz")
 * Ruben - Christian Kaufmann (known from the series "Montagskinder"/Monday kids'' )

Since seaons 2:
 * Marina - Sonya Martin
 * Edgar - Marcus Lachmann
 * Liliane - Hannah B. Rubinroth
 * Oliver - Alexander Haugg
 * Gregor - Thomas Goersch

Guest parts:
 * Lapsus - Ovo Maltine (Guestpart in 9 episodes of season 2)
 * Kurt Häberle - Tristan Materna

Broadcasting station
In Germany, the series was puplished in Public-access_television in the following cities :
 * Magdeburg: all 53 episodes from 2001 to 2006, repetition 2007–2009
 * Salzwedel: all 53 episodes from 2001 to 2006
 * Stendal: all 53 episodes from 2001 to 2006, repetition 2008–2009
 * Berlin: all 53 episodes from 2001 to 2008
 * Essen: 20 episodes (season 3 and 4), from January to May 2008
 * Dortmund: 20 episodes (season 3 and 4), from March to July 2008
 * Wernigerode: 11 episodes (season 1) from October to December 2000
 * Hannover: 11 episodes (season 1) from June to August 2001
 * The Wolfsburg/Braunschweig region (OKTV): 11 episodes (season 1) from November 2001 to January 2002.
 * Bremen, the August 24, 2000 (just one episode as part of a special programme)
 * Hamburg, am 7. September 2000 (just one episode as part of a special programme)
 * Oldenburg, am 19. September 2000 (just one episode as part of a special programme)
 * Bremerhaven/Wesermündung, in August 2000 (just one episode as part of a special programme)
 * Rostock, in Dezember 2000 (just one episode as part of a special programme

The complete series was broadcasted by Okto from November 2005 to December 2006, 2007, 2009 in Vienna and is repeated since 2012.

Some episodes were broadcasted by the suiss City Channel 1 that can be received via digital cable all over Switzerland.

Videobrodcasts
Some episodes were braodcasted at the following festivals:
 * Trier Filmfestival, February 6 and 7, 2004 (episodes 12 and 15)
 * 21. Thüringen Videofilm Days (Land of Thuringia) & Rheinland-Pfalz ( Rhineland-Palatinate) in Gera, November 4 to 7, 2004 (episode 15)
 * 3.lesbian-gay film weekend at the city theater in Kiel on March 14 and 15, 2008 (episodes 43,44,49,51,52 and 53).

A total of 8 episodes of season 3 and 4 were shown as Berlin-premiere in form of a video brodacast in Berlin-Kreuzberg at the Zensurkino im Künstlerhaus Bethanien, July am 18. Juli und 16. September 2006 namely the episodes 35, 39, 43, 44, 46, 49, 52 und 53.

Web links

 * Berlin Bohème
 * Berlin Boheme via Internet-Stream sehen (Rubrik Serien)