| Runtime: | 45 Minutes |
| Creator: | Bernd Burgemeister (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: | Germany Austria Switzerland |
| Network: | ZDF (Germany) SF-DRS (Switzerland) |
| Num Episodes: | 6 (Germany) 12 (Switzerland) |
| List Episodes: | List of The Patrik Pacard episodes |
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 Treks Jean-Luc Picard, who was played by Patrick Stewart.
The story is about a German boy and his family getting into an espionage story whilst on holiday in Norway.