Alfred Biolek
| Alfred Franz Maria Biolek | |
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10 July 1934 Freistadt (Fryštát), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | entertainer, television producer |
| Known for | Bio’s Bahnhof, Boulevard Bio, alfredissimo! |
Alfred Biolek (Alfred Franz Maria Biolek) (born 10 July 1934) is a well-known German entertainer and television producer. Biolek holds a PhD in law and is an honorary professor at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.
Biolek was born in Freistadt (Fryštát) in Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic, in a Sudetengerman family. After expulsion from Czechoslovakia in 1946, the Biolek family moved to Waiblingen near Stuttgart, where Biolek's father practiced law again. Biolek was raised a Catholic and was an altar boy. He temporarily joined later the German conservative party CDU.
He attended the Gymnasium (high school/grammar school) in Waiblingen and graduated in 1954. He then studied law in Freiburg im Breisgau, Munich und Vienna. In 1958 he took a first state exam of law (third-best exam in Baden-Württemberg) and graduated with honors. Biolek worked as a lawyer in his father's office and passed the second state exam. In 1970 Biolek moved to Munich and worked for a larger office. Living in the city, Biolek underwent a radical change and distanced himself from his conservative mindset. He actively participated in the Munich bohemian lifestyle and was part of the film maker Rainer Werner Fassbinder's circle of friends.
In 1967, Biolek acted as an assessor in the legal department of the German TV channel ZDF and switched soon to editorial tasks. He became anchor man of the TV show Drehscheibe and produced since 1974 the show Am laufenden Band for Bavaria Film GmbH, together with Rudi Carrell. That led to his career breakthrough. In 1975 with the journalist Dieter Thoma they started the talk show Kölner Treff for the channel WDR in Cologne. Since 1978 aired his first own produced and moderated show with the title Bios Bahnhof (Bio's railway station). In 1980s, commercially unsuccessful shows followed: Bei Bio, Show Bühne and the game show Mensch Meier.
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