Notizen aus der Provinz (German for "News From the Province") is a political cabaret program that was hosted by Dieter Hildebrandt and broadcast by ZDF from 1973 to 1979.
[2] Notizen aus der Provinz was the second attempt to establish a political cabaret show in German television after the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) had tried out a similar concept, Hallo Nachbarn!
Instead, Hildebrandt — feigning provincial innocence[5] — would sit on a desk and comment on recent events from a satirical perspective, combined with 3 to 5 minute long clips about the subjects.
[15] Hildebrandt's persona as the innocent commentator from the province proved to be easily identifiable by the public and as such, identification with his satirical opinions about politicians was deemed very likely.
[14] After the effective cancellation of the Notizen, Hildebrandt switched to the Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) where he founded the Scheibenwischer as a similar program that ran until 2009.