The Best TV Shows on BR Fernsehen
Every BR Fernsehen Show Ranked From Best To Worst
Highlighting BR Fernsehen’s quality programming, Polizeiinspektion 1 and kinokino stand out, premiering in 1977 and 1978. Our curated list, current as of January 2026, showcases over 20 of BR Fernsehen’s highest-rated series. BR Fernsehen has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1977 and as recent as 2016.
Der Kaiser von Schexing (2008)10.0Andreas Kaiser returns to his Bavarian hometown of Schexing after around 15 years. The mayoral elections are coming up, but there is no one who wants to take over the office. Municipal treasurer Nelz and town hall manager Rosi Specht see Andreas as the ideal candidate. Inexperienced as he is, they believe they have an easy game with him. A mistake, as it soon turns out. No less stubborn than his father, farmer Ludwig Kaiser, Andreas throws himself into his work, develops unusual ideas and slowly but surely begins to turn the idyllic village upside down. Which doesn't meet with everyone's approval.
Löwengrube (1989)8.0"Löwengrube – Die Grandauers und ihre Zeit" is a German television series first aired between 1989 and 1992, created by Willy Purucker and directed by Rainer Wolffhardt. It is set in Munich and follows the lives of Ludwig Grandauer and his son Karl, both policemen, covering the years from 1897 to 1954. The TV show is based on Purucker's radio play series Die Grandauers und ihre Zeit (‘The Grandauers and their time’). The series’ main title "Löwengrube", meaning ‘Lions’ Den’, refers to the address of the Munich Police Headquarters inaugurated in 1913.
Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger (1978)7.0
Der Letzte seines Standes? (1991)7.0Der Letzte seines Standes? Is a documentary television series of the BR. On behalf of the Bayerischer Rundfunks, several filmmakers produced 30-minute film documentaries on old craftsmanship and old production methods. The aim of the series was to portray centuries of craft trades that are threatened with extinction because of industrial progress. In the individual documentation craftsmen were represented in the manual production of a product corresponding to their guild. The protagonist provides information about his apprenticeship, his working life, but also about the recipes, handbooks, materials and techniques of the traditional way of producing his product.
Dahoam is Dahoam (2007)5.6The lives of the residents of the fictitious village of Lansing in Upper Bavaria.
kinokino (1978)N/A- Bavarian Film Awards (1979)N/A
Weißblaue Geschichten (1984)N/A- Blauer Panther (1989)N/A
Café Meineid (1990)N/ACafé Meineid is a German courtroom comedy television series based on actual cases. The series aired 147 episodes from 1990 to 2003 and ended with the death of lead actor Erich Hallhuber.
- Alpha Forum (1998)N/A
- Münchner Runde (2000)N/A
- Blickpunkt Sport (2000)N/A
- quer (2002)N/A
- Wir in Bayern (2003)N/A
- Ralphi (2005)N/A
Ralphi – Der Schlaubär aus der Augsburger Puppenkiste is a German television series.
- Der Sonntags-Stammtisch (2007)N/A
Ringlstetter (2016)N/A