starting sometime in the mid-afternoon each year on new year’s eve, the german public television network ARD begins its annual recurring broadcast of dinner for one, an ~20-minute, black-and-white sketch comedy filmed in british english. the sketch is replayed on multiple local public stations until long past midnight, and according to Wikipedia it is watched by nearly half the German population every year. it is the only foreign language program i have ever seen broadcast on german television in its original form (instead of dubbed over) - and without subtitles at that! the irony is that although the sketch is wildly popular in german-speaking and scandinavian countries, it appears to be largely unknown to the anglosphere (although it is broadcast in Australia and South Africa too, also according to wikipedia).
Video was unavailable but the post was spot on! Love how you can take an old slapstick performance and weave it with meaning!