Short Description
The idea of this co-production proposal was that European regional TV stations produce a report about a typical river in their country. The working title could be ”Rhine, Thames, Po, ...”. Each country is supposed to contribute a programme about a national river. The Italians could offer a programme on the Po, the English on the Thames, etc...

Duration up to 30 minutes

Existing Programmes on the Rhine

Der Rhein, BR Munich
Rheinschifffahrt, RTSI Lugano

Le Rhin – 10 documentaries of 30 min.:
Les gendarmes du Rhin
Von den Ursprüngen bis zum Bodensee
Bodensee und Hochrhein
Am Oberrhein : Flußausbau und die Folgen
Weinbau am Rhein
Der romantische Rhein
Der Rhein der Republik:Bonn u. Köln
Industriegebiet und der Strukturwandel am Niederrhein

Coproduced by
France 3 Alsace
SDR/SWF Baden-Baden
SDR/SWF Baden-Baden
SDR/SWF Baden-Baden
SWF Mainz
SWF Mainz
WDR Düsseldorf
WDR Düsseldorf
WDR Düsseldorf/NCRV Hilversum

A co-production pool on the Rhine was created and programme exchange has already been achieved. For further information about this specific co-production,

Latest Development
SWF (Germany) has started a co-production on the Danube. It deals with the Danube itself and all the rivers connected with it. As there is a great interest in co-producing on this topic and as many stations already have some programmes on it (e.g. in Italy, Croatia, Germany and Poland), an exchange of material on the Danube has been agreed on. See also co-production on Danube 2000.

Contact
Sarah Palmer, SWR/SDR, Tel +49 7221 922844/2850, Fax +49 7221 922123.