Tagesthemen hosts are not restricted to simply reading the daily dispatches, they can develop a lively, personal style compared to their colleagues at Tagesschau, although they are still required to be neutral and objective. Current presenters Former presenters 1985 onwards 1978-1985 Wolf von Lojewski, 1978-1979 Klaus Stephan, 1978 Alexander von Bentheim, 1978 - 1980 Barbara Dickmann, 1979 - 1983 Edmund Gruber, 1984 - ? Gisela Mahlmann 1980-1981 Klaus Bednarz, 1982 - 1983 Gerhard Fuchs, 1982-1985 Klaus-Peter Siegloch, 1982-1985 Günther von Lojewski, 1978 - ??? Günther Müggenburg, 1978 - 1983 Ernst-Dieter Lueg, 1978 - 1985 Rüdiger Hoffmann, 1982 - 1985 Otto Deppe, 1982-1983 Elke Herrmann, 1984-1986 Hannelore Gadatsch, 1984-1985 Trivia In 2001, as part of a bet that he lost in Wetten, dass..?, the show's host, Thomas Gottschalk, had to introduce the weather on Tagesthemen. On 12 August 2014 Tagesthemen host Caren Miosga honored the deceased Hollywood actor Robin Williams by standing on the host's desk. With this gesture she alluded to Williams' movie Dead Poets Society, one of Williams' most well-known movies in whose final scene pupils stand atop of their desks to show respect toward their teacher played by the deceased actor. The opening theme of Tagesthemen on 23 October 2020 was played live from the studio in rock style arranged by Berlin rock band Die Ärzte. References External links Official site (in German) Tagesthemen via Tagesschau'''s YouTube Channel. Wikipedia.de: Alle bilden alle - Report by Tagesthemen on the German-language Wikipedia (in German) Interview: "Kontrollinstanz sind die Nutzer selbst" - Interview by Tagesthemen'' (in German) Interview with Ulrich Wickert: "Bunt und locker flockig reicht nicht" (in German, by sbznet.de) ARD (broadcaster) 1978 German television series debuts German television news shows 1980s German television series 1990s German television series 2000s German television series 2010s German television series German-language television shows Das Erste original programming