Are the '68ers still alive? Yes - by and large. Many people think of Rudi, Daniel, Uschi & Co. when they hear "68" - of the student revolt against rigid structures, against the Vietnam War and emergency laws and for democratic socialism, peace and free love. But 1968 was much more than that. This one year changed the world. Great personalities are shot, but 1968 also stands for beauty and progress: kenhaus - alive. Twiggy,The show takes a look back at 1968. With exciting, tragic and often bizarre original material, it wanders through this very special year, supported by celebrities who lived through 1968 as young adults, teenagers or children, including Hannes Jaenicke, Christine Westermann, Achim Reichel, Uschi Nerke, Katja Ebstein, Claudia Roth, Jürgen Trittin and Wilfried Schmickler.

Nine prominent contemporary witnesses describe their experiences from their personal favorite year on WDR television! All this embedded in the political, cultural and social events of the time - from the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 to the controversial fashion of the 80s to the worst case scenario in Fukushima in 2011. A very personal journey through six exciting decades! For Wolfgang Niedecken it is very clear: his favorite year is 1987. That's when he tried his hand at being a solo artist for the first time alongside his "accomplices", went on tour through Nicaragua and caught a veritable jaundice there. After a few weeks of convalescence leave, which he spends on his mother's sofa in the south of Cologne, he's already on tour again: This time he and BAP are making more than 100,000 Chinese happy with rock "Made in Cologne". Oh yes,