The Best TV Shows on BR Fernsehen

Every BR Fernsehen Show Ranked From Best To Worst

A broadcaster of distinction, BR Fernsehen has aired more than 20 shows between 1977 and 2017. Polizeiinspektion 1 and Bayerischer Filmpreis represent the pinnacle of BR Fernsehen’s programming, launching in 1977 and 1979. Our curated list, current as of August 2025, showcases over 20 of BR Fernsehen’s highest-rated series.

  • Löwengrube
    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.

  • Abendschau
    Abendschau (2000)6.0

    The Berliner Abendschau is the news magazine for Berlin.

  • Dahoam is Dahoam
    Dahoam is Dahoam (2007)5.6

    The lives of the residents of the fictitious village of Lansing in Upper Bavaria.

  • Polizeiinspektion 1
    Polizeiinspektion 1 (1977)N/A

    Polizeiinspektion 1 is a German television series.

  • Bayerischer Filmpreis
    Bayerischer Filmpreis (1979)N/A

  • Weißblaue Geschichten
    Weißblaue Geschichten (1984)N/A

  • Showgeschichten
    Showgeschichten (1986)N/A

  • Blauer Panther
    Blauer Panther (1989)N/A

  • Café Meineid
    Café Meineid (1990)N/A

    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.

  • Alpha Forum
    Alpha Forum (1998)N/A

  • Playtime
    Playtime (N/A)N/A

  • Münchner Runde
    Münchner Runde (2000)N/A

  • Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
    Der Sonntags-Stammtisch (2007)N/A

  • Les années lycée
    Les années lycée (N/A)N/A

    Les années lycée was a German educational television series produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk, teaching French as a foreign or second language to young-adult German viewers.

  • Die Komiker
    Die Komiker (N/A)N/A

  • Wir in Bayern
    Wir in Bayern (2003)N/A

  • Gipfeltreffen
    Gipfeltreffen (2003)N/A

  • Nachtlinie
    Nachtlinie (2007)N/A

  • Ringlstetter
    Ringlstetter (2016)N/A

  • Kreuzer trifft
    Kreuzer trifft (2017)N/A