Oh, I'm that aunt. My family sucks. But my niece contacted me yesterday since I'm moving to where I grew up. I know my fam is a bunch of asshats and she asked me if I could take her to a concert. My idiot sister would not allow her to go. I asked my niece which bands she would you like to see and immediately booked 4 tickets for those and another 2 for Moon Hooch.
Fuck people who don't allow you listening to music.
Radio plays are not exclusive to Germany, but their popularity in Germany is 2nd to none. In Great Britain, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis) started out as a radio play on BBC before it was published as a book.
The three investigators were continued in Germany only. It's still a huge thing thanks to the radio plays. The first ones were released in 1979 based on the original English novels. After the series was discontinued in the States, German writers took over and published new books. With the radio plays we're now at episode 250 with the original voice actors from back in the day who are now in their 50s / 60s.
I am the Guinness people. ^^