The comedy series with Jan Fedder and Peter Heinrich Brix [de] portrays events in the fictional village of Büttenwarder in Schleswig-Holstein.
The two main characters are played by Jan Fedder (Kurt Brakelmann; until 2019) and Peter Heinrich Brix [de] (Arthur „Adsche“ Tönnsen).
The 25 minute long episodes are usually concerned with the friendship between Brakelmann and Adsche who often try to outdo each other usually in the pursuit of quick money making opportunities.
At the beginning of 2010 NDR ran a casting call in which fans of the show could upload videos of their unique talents onto YouTube.
As part of the celebrations for the 15th anniversary of Neues aus Büttenwarder, a special cinema only compilation was shown in four north German towns.
The episodes Schmerzensgeld, Guten Appetit and Schafwölkchen as well as parts of the documentary 15 Jahre – 15 Fragen (15 years – 15 questions) were shown.