Dive into our updated selection of BR Fernsehen’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of September 2025. Polizeiinspektion 1 and Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger represent the pinnacle of BR Fernsehen’s programming, launching in 1977 and 1978. BR Fernsehen has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1977 all the way to 2016.
Der 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.
The lives of the residents of the fictitious village of Lansing in Upper Bavaria.
Café 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.