Ruck Zuck is the German version of the short-lived U.S. game show Bruce Forsyth’s Hot Streak. It premiered on January 11, 1988, and ended on October 20, 2000 and four years lated it came back to Tele 5 on October 25, 2004 and ended on June 3, 2005. Like its American counterpart, the series was packaged by Reg Grundy’s Worldwide television empire. During its 1988-2000 and 2004-2005 run, Tele 5, RTL II and tm3 in its original incarnation, ran the show.
Over time, the show had three hosts: Werner Schulze-Erdel, Jochen Bendel and Matthias Euler-Rolle.While Désirée Nosbusch hosted a short-lived kids version of Ruck Zuck on Tele 5 called Kinder Ruck Zuck in 1992.