and was last broadcast in 2007. Production company While visiting the UK in the early 1970s, Biolek caught notice of the British comedy troupe Monty Python, and excited by their innovative, absurd sketches, he invited them over to Germany in 1971 and 1972 to write and act in two special German episodes of their show Monty Python's Flying Circus. The result, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, was produced by Biolek in co-production with Westdeutscher Rundfunk. With his own company Pro GmbH, Between 1991 and 2003, Biolek produced his weekly show Boulevard Bio. Biolek developed the art of sensitive conversation and attracted much attention. From 1994 to 2006, he also cooked with celebrities on his show alfredissimo!. Additional activities Besides his media career, Biolek taught as an honorary professor at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne from 1990 onwards. He supported the intercultural work of the American Field Service Deutschland, with which he spent a year abroad in the US as one of the first German exchange students in the 1950s. He was actively engaged in the struggle against AIDS and unwanted pregnancy in Africa. In 2000, he was appointed the first German UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. In October 2005, Biolek founded the charity fund Alfred Biolek Stiftung – Hilfe für Afrika, to give African youngsters the opportunity of a better start in life. He was on the advisory board for the German Foundation for World Population. As a patron of the arts, Biolek was committed to supporting cabaret. He was one of the patrons of the vaudeville theatre "Bar jeder Vernunft" in Wilmersdorf. Since October 2006, Biolek was on tour with his program Mein Theater mit dem Fernsehen (My theatre/struggle with TV), in which he illustrated parts of his TV career. Personal life On 10 December 1991, the director and activist Rosa von Praunheim outed Biolek, among other celebrities, as gay during a TV show. Biolek lived with his partner in Cologne and Berlin. In 2010, Biolek suffered brain injuries from a fall on a stair. Scott Ritchie took care of him, and he adopted him. Biolek died on 23 July 2021 in Cologne, aged 87. TV shows 1971/1972 – producer of Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus 1974 – producer of the Rudi Carrell show 1978 – first own show Bio's Bahnhof 1991 – talk show 1994 – cooking show with celebrities Awards Source: 1983 – Adolf-Grimme-Preis in Gold 1993 – Goldene Kamera