Kim & Co.
| Kim and Co. | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children Adventure |
| Starring | Simon Fisher Turner |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, France |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes per episode |
| Release | |
| Original network | ZDF, BBC |
| Original release | 27 May 1975 (BBC), 19 October 1975 (ZDF) – 12 January 1977 (ZDF), 30 July 1977 (BBC) |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
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Kim & Co. is a British-German-Austrian-French children's television series from 1975 to 1977 which was first broadcast on BBC 1 from May 1975.[1] It is very loosely based on the "Detective Kim" novels by Bengt Janus Nielsen alias Jens K. Holm. Two seasons of 13 episodes were produced.
Series overview
Kim Anderson and his friends, the energetic Katja, the impulsive, somewhat inexperienced Eric and the photography-loving “intelligence stud” Brillo, are students from Copenhagen. On behalf of the publisher Karl Rasmussen, they travel across Europe to advertise Kim's autobiographical adventure books or to experience new adventures that can later be adapted in literary terms. In doing so, they repeatedly end up in dangerous situations in which they sometimes act as detectives. The cities where the action takes place, for example, are in Paris, Bordeaux, London, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Lübeck, Munich, Vienna or the caves of Les Eyzies. In the last episode, Rasmussen pursues the grandiose plan to turn the now famous Kim & Co into movie stars. The four take this as an opportunity to instead dissolve the team and take care of their respective futures.
Production
The series name "Kim & Co." goes back to the title of the very first "Detective Kim" novel from 1957. The first season was produced by Antrobus Film (UK), Iduna-Film (Munich) and Studio-Film (Vienna). In the second season, Antenne-2 (Paris) replaced Antrobus, but there was still British participation behind the camera. The series was shot in English and then dubbed into German. The catchy, partly whistled theme song was written by Ron Grainer, who also wrote the theme music for the Doctor Who series. David Maloney and Jan Darnley-Smith took turns directing for the first season, with CM Pennington-Richards directing episode 12. The director of all episodes of the second season was Austrian Wolf Dietrich. Kim & Co only travelled to cities in the participating production countries in the series; popular European travel destinations such as Italy or Spain were thus left out.
Three of the four young protagonists were played by young British actors. Leading actor Simon Fisher Turner had already released a pop album under the aegis of Jonathan King in 1973 and became a successful film and television composer, though Brillo was played by German actor David Friedman. Familiar British performers such as John Abineri, Vanda Godsell, John Gregson, Jack Woolgar, Keith Chegwin, and Patricia Hayes made appearances in the series.
In the first season, Kim & Co dealt with professional crooks more often than in the second, even coming across cold-blooded killers (episode 8). The second season was noticeably more leisurely. Kim & Co now moved around on mopeds, with more emphasis on interpersonal relationships. A young Frenchman Jean-Luc joined the group and made friends with the main characters.
Changes from Detective Kim Books
The character Glasses from the books was renamed Brillo for the series. Kim's Lübeck publisher, Karl Rasmussen, was named Otto in the books. Kim himself was given the name Anderson for the television series, and not Andersen, as originally called.
Broadcast dates
The first season was broadcast on ZDF from October 19, 1975 to January 11, 1976, the second from October 13, 1976 to January 12, 1977. The BBC showed 13 episodes in the series, sporadically from May 27, 1975 to July 30, 1977.
List of episodes (translated from German)
1st season 1. Have you ever finished alone? (Setting: Copenhagen) 2. Have you ever hit the bull's eye? (Copenhagen) 3. Have you ever stumbled? (Lübeck) 4. Have you ever enjoyed art? (Lübeck / Hamburg) 5. Have you ever dug in the sand? (Setting: Danish coast) 6. Have you ever played howling buoy? (London) 7. Ever heard of Waterloo? (Edinburgh) 8. Have you ever made a big catch? (Location: Mull) 9. Have you ever been scared? (Blackpool) 10. Ever tried to get rid of a bird? (London) 11. Have you ever visited relatives? (Munich) 12. Have you ever fallen off your bike? (Salzburg) 13. Have you ever had to sing? (Salzburg)
2nd season 1. Have you ever been annoyed about a workshop? (Setting: Paris) 2. Have you ever gone swimming? (Bordeaux) 3. Have you ever followed girls? (Bordeaux) 4. Have you ever made a find? (Location: Liorac-sur-Louyre / Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil) 5. Have you ever been amazed at building blocks? (Bordeaux / Liorac-sur-Louyre /?) 6. Have you ever been broke? (Paris) 7. Have you ever made up a horse? (Bavaria) 8. Have you ever been connected incorrectly? (Border area Germany / Austria) 9. Have you ever missed football? (Vienna and the surrounding area) 10. Have you ever washed glasses? (Location: Vienna) 11. Have you ever had a silver look? (Place of action: "Rauenstein Castle" = Finstergrün Castle in Ramingstein) 12. Ever done a hot stove? (Bavaria) 13. Have you ever hunted green men? (Munich)
Main cast
- Simon Fisher-Turner as Kim Anderson 26 episodes, 1975-1977
- David Friedman as Brillo 26 episodes, 1975-1977
- Christopher Lofthouse as Eric 26 episodes, 1975-1977
- Georgina Kean as Katja 24 episodes, 1975-1977
- Thomas Astan as Karl Rasmussen 10 episodes, 1975-1977
- Gérard Berner as Jean-Luc Blanchard 7 episodes, 1976-1977
- Delphine Desyeux as Claire Moissinac 3 episodes, 1976
References
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