Where television writes history – and reinvents itself.
Archive. Think tank. Reproduction machine for television over time.
On June 6, 1986, the Kabelpilotprojekt Ludwigshafen broadcast the Miroslav Baumwaldi Show into the living rooms of early private television pioneers. Recorded on VHS. Aired in a system that knew no repeats – and, frankly, never expected to need one. A singular moment. Or so everyone thought.
Then, nearly 40 years later, the same show resurfaced on OKTV on December 6, 2025. Same cast. Same concept. The same inner logic – slightly aged, but unbroken. What emerged was the world's longest documented gap between two identical TV shows with an identical cast. Nobody had planned it. The German Record Institute approved anyway.
To make sense of this phenomenon – and because four decades of fragmented material deserved better than a dusty drawer – Hetham Abbey Studios was born. Not a conventional production studio. More of an archive with ambitions, a think tank with a camera, and a reproduction machine for television that should have been forgotten long ago. With modern technology and AI, images are restored, gaps are filled, and new stories are told – because some ideas are simply too good to be broadcast only once.
RECORD CERTIFICATE · GERMAN RECORD INSTITUTE · DECEMBER 6, 2025
Miro probably has more ideas per minute than others manage in an entire year. Whether it's a concept, a sketch, or a spontaneous monologue in the middle of a live broadcast – he does it, he loves it, and the audience notices immediately. The stage is his natural habitat, the microphone his best tool. Quick-witted, entertaining, unpredictable – and that's exactly what makes him irreplaceable.
Paul doesn't plan – he creates. And if a plan does exist, he abandons it by the second take at the latest. Fortunately, because that's exactly where things get interesting. As a director, he knows: the best scene is the one nobody expected – including himself. Calm on the outside, permanently simmering within. And somehow the camera is always rolling in the end.
MIRO AND PAUL ON SET · HETHAM ABBEY STUDIOS · 2025
The world record documented by Hetham Abbey Studios is based on clearly defined and verifiable criteria. What was captured here is not a staged record attempt – but the unintentional creation of a singular moment in media history.
It is precisely this unplanned nature that gives the project its cultural and historical relevance. The record was reviewed and officially confirmed by the German Record Institute.
The title, basic structure, and conceptual core of the show are identical in both broadcasts.
The cast members involved are identically assigned in both episodes.
Both broadcasts are verifiable through archival material, broadcast schedules, and contemporary documents.
The time span between the two broadcasts is nearly 40 years.
The record was reviewed and officially confirmed by the German Record Institute.