Der Hügel (TV series)

Der Hügel is an Alvak political drama television series created by Klemens Gruber. It tells how Emily Rauschenberg, a minor centrist politician, becomes the first female Chancellor of Alvakalia against all the odds. Der Hügel, literally "The Hill", is the informal name of the Government District where all three branches of Alvak government reside: the Bundestag, the Chancellor's Office, and the Supreme Court, and is often used as a figure of speech for the Alvak government.

Klemens Gruber is the co-writer and developer of the series, together with Sabina Neumayer and Miriam Woerfel. Der Hügel is produced by ARA, the Alvak public broadcaster which had previously produced other TV series like 1952 and Vagabund.

The series stars Aline Rosen as Emily Rauschenberg; Selina Sackler as Rosemarie Träger, a TV1 news anchor; Julius Luka as Benedikt Martin, a spinmeister; Luis Möhring as Alwin Buchner, news editor for TV1; Sakis Alexandro as Emily's husband, Phillip; and Diep Van Son as Cuong Meyer-Le, a journalist.

Three series, each comprising ten episodes, have been made. The first series was shown in Alvakalia in the autumn of 201-, the second in the autumn of 201-, and the third beginning 1 January 201-.

In Tiperyn, started broadcasting the first series on 7 January 201-, with a repeat-showing starting on 13 June 201-. The second series started on 5 January 201-, with initial overnight viewing figures of over the five million mark for the first episode. The third series began on 16 November 201-, with two episodes being shown back-to-back.

---, a satellite and cable channel, started broadcasting the first series on 29 October 2011; it thus became eligible for and won, the Klein Award.

The fourth series is currently in production. Before the third series aired, Klemens said that the fourth was likely to be the last.