Hr-fernsehen’s extensive portfolio includes more than 20 shows, spanning the years from 1961 to 2023. Hessenschau and Mission Terra represent the pinnacle of Hr-fernsehen’s programming, launching in 1961 and 1985. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from February 2026 that includes over 20 unique series.




In Crime Time, the public prosecutor's office, forensic medicine, police and profilers talk about Hessian criminal cases that they won't soon forget. How do they manage to catch the perpetrators? How do real murderers think?

The story begins on a tiny island called Morrowland, which has just enough space for a small palace, a train station and rails all around the island, a grocery store, a small house, a king, two subjects, a locomotive named Emma, and a locomotive engineer by the name of Luke.



15 year old Leo and his friends Lollo and Lisa work on his ingenious inventions to help the city’s rulers, the Medicis, from the traps and ploys of a mysterious Conspirator.





Giraffe, Erdmännchen & Co. is a German television series.






