Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day - Season 1

First aired: 10/29/1972 5 episodes

The young toolmaker Jochen fights with his colleagues to a performance bonus. He gets to know the girl Marion. For both, it is love at first sight.

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Episodes

1. Jochen and Marion

Aired: 10/29/1972

A love affair blossoms between middle-class tool factory employee Jochen and office advertiser Marion.

2. Oma and Gregor

Aired: 12/27/1972

Jochen's grandmother Oma searches for an affordable apartment to share with Gregor, a gentleman she picked up in a park. When Oma comes across an abandoned library space, she and Gregor decide to become do-it-yourself squatters and turn it into a kindergarten.

3. Franz and Ernst

Aired: 1/21/1973

After the death of the foreman, the tool factory comrades hope that Franz will get promoted. However, tensions rise when the manager instead brings in an outsider.

4. Harald and Monika

Aired: 2/18/1973

Following a visit from Marion's strict mother, Jochen is pressured into proposing. Meanwhile, growing strained relations between Monika and the overbearing Harald start Monika on thoughts of divorce.

5. Irmgard and Rolf

Aired: 3/18/1973

Upon discovering that the tool factory is being relocated, Jochen and Marion seek a new place while the workers list demands for their growing impatience.