📰 Tele‑Tips – BRAVO Page: Feb. 1972

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BRAVO’s weekly TV highlights, featuring T. Rex’s upcoming Musikladen appearance.

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A colourful BRAVO TV‑guide page previewing the week’s programming — thrillers, comedies, sports, and a major highlight for pop fans: Marc Bolan and Mickey Finn performing live on Musikladen during their German tour.

📰 Key Highlights

• BRAVO Tele‑Tips page dated February 14, 1972

• Announces T. Rex’s appearance on Musikladen

• Highlights The Dubliners and Chi Coltrane

• Full weekly TV listings for Feb 17–23

• Includes BRAVO’s TV Hit List voted by readers

• Mix of films, series, sports, and music programming

📰 Overview

This BRAVO Tele‑Tips page offers a curated look at German television for the week of February 17–23, 1972. Alongside thrillers, crime series, comedies, and sports broadcasts, the standout highlight is a Musikladen episode featuring T. Rex — timed to coincide with their German tour. BRAVO positions the appearance as a “big surprise for pop fans,” signalling the band’s growing influence in German youth culture.

📰 Source Details

Publication: BRAVO

Date: February 14, 1972

Issue: Tele‑Tips page

Provenance Notes: Weekly TV listings curated by BRAVO editorial staff.

📰 The Story

The Tele‑Tips page opens with a bold announcement: “Big surprise for pop fans: T. Rex’s hot show live on screen!” As part of their German tour, Marc Bolan and Mickey Finn are set to appear on Musikladen, one of the country’s most influential youth‑music programmes. BRAVO emphasises the excitement, noting that fans will see the same high‑energy performance style that electrified their concerts.

The listings themselves paint a vivid picture of early‑70s German television. Thrillers like The Last Bullet and The Wrong Man anchor the weekend, while adventure series such as Shiloh Ranch and Barrier Reef fill the early‑evening slots. Crime remains a staple, with Paul Temple, Der Kommissar, and Dan Oakland drawing strong viewership.

Comedy fans get Porky Pig and Laurel and Hardy, while quiz and variety shows — Hitparade, Acht nach Acht, Drei mal Neun — reflect the era’s love of light entertainment. Sports coverage remains central, with Sportschau, Das aktuelle Sport‑Studio, and Sport‑Reportage dominating the weekend.

The page also includes BRAVO’s TV Hit List, voted by readers. At the top sits The Two, followed by The Partridge Family, Porky Pig, and The White Spider. The presence of Hitparade and Disco ’73 shows how deeply music programming shaped youth viewing habits.

But the emotional centre of the page is Musikladen. BRAVO promises a fiery T. Rex performance, alongside folk‑rock favourites The Dubliners and powerhouse vocalist Chi Coltrane. For German fans, this broadcast offered a rare chance to see Marc Bolan’s charisma up close — a televised extension of the glam‑rock fever sweeping Europe.

📰 Visual Archive

both original German and English translations

BRAVO Tele‑Tips page featuring T. Rex’s upcoming Musikladen appearance, February 14, 1972.

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📰 Closing Notes

This Tele‑Tips page captures a moment when German television was a vibrant mix of imported films, local crime dramas, variety shows, and youth‑music programming — with T. Rex’s Musikladen appearance standing out as the week’s essential viewing.

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📰 Sources

• BRAVO magazine, February 15, 1972

• ARD/ZDF broadcast schedules, early 1970s

• Contemporary BRAVO TV listings

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