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BBC World Service on Instagram: "Every New Year's Eve since 1972, millions of Germans watch this British sitcom - Dinner for One. Weirdly, hardly anyone in the UK has heard of it!
The late German entertainer Peter Frankenfeld came across the show while in the UK and brought it to Germany in 1963.
"It's about an old lady celebrating her 90th birthday in her home, with her butler and a couple of friends. The problem is, the friends are all dead," explains Thomas Frankenfeld, Peter's son.
"Every time Miss Sophie rises and toasts her friends, the butler has to drink. He becomes extremely drunk and this is very funny... you should watch it and you will probably laugh your head off," says Peter.
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