Patrik Pacard

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German TV series or program

Patrik Pacard

Created by	Bernd Burgemeister Gero Erhardt [de] (Producer)
Starring	Hendrik Martz Peter Bongartz Gila von Weitershausen Wolfgang Kieling Knut Hinz Jean-Claude Bouillon Agnes Dünneisen Jan Biczycki Sabi Dorr Reinhard Glemnitz Andreas Mannkopff Andreas Seyferth Karl-Heinz Vosgerau Charles M. Huber Jeanette Mühlmann Pierre Clémenti Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand Christian Wolff
Country of origin	Germany Austria Switzerland
No. of episodes	6 (Germany) 12 (Switzerland) (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	45 Minutes
Original release
Network	ZDF (Germany) SF-DRS (Switzerland)
Release	25 December 1984 (1984-12-25) – 29 January 1985 (1985-01-29)

Patrik Pacard was the sixth ZDF-Weihnachtsserie (English: Christmas Series), and aired in 1984. The series was broadcast in Germany on ZDF, and consisted of 6 episodes. Broadcasting in Germany began on 25 December 1984. The series was also broadcast in Switzerland, and consisted of 12 episodes. Broadcasting in Switzerland began on 4 December 1984.

An English-language version of this series was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom in 1992, and repeated in 1995, though with a revised plot to reflect the end of the Cold War. A French-language version of this series was broadcast as well.

The shows titular character and theme song are incorporated in an Internet meme on YTMND in relation to an alter-ego of Star Trek's Jean-Luc Picard, who was played by Patrick Stewart.