The Best TV Shows on KiKa

Every KiKa Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Icons of KiKa, 1, 2 oder 3 and Schloss Einstein made their debut in 1977 and 1998, setting industry standards. Across the timeline from 1977 to 2018, KiKa has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows. Our curated list, current as of October 2026, showcases over 20 of KiKa’s highest-rated series.

  • Talis and the Thousand Tasks
    Talis and the Thousand Tasks (2002)10.0

    Talis, who aspires to become a knight at the Arthurian Round Table, has to fulfil the thousand tasks set for him by Merlin. But… he is unwittingly catapulted through the warps of time from the Dark Ages to the 21st century.

  • Ein Fall für die Erdmännchen
    Ein Fall für die Erdmännchen (2017)10.0

  • 1, 2 oder 3
    1, 2 oder 3 (1977)9.0

    The quiz show for the whole family with Elton and Piet Flosse: Three teams from Austria, Germany, and a changing third country compete against each other. Each team consists of a mixed group of three kids – smart minds and quick legs are required. 1, 2, or 3? If you know the answer, you’re in!

  • School for Vampires
    School for Vampires (2007)9.0

    A vampire boy who can’t stand the sight of blood and who is, worst of all, in love with a human girl called Sunshine – the cards are stacked against Oskar, the vampire! His friends are shrill, charming, have names like Stoker, Gothetta, Klot, and Count Horrificus. All have one thing in common: They all are vampires and pupils.

  • Wissen macht Ah!
    Wissen macht Ah! (2001)8.2

  • A Houseful of Animals
    A Houseful of Animals (2010)8.2

    With a woof-woof here and a baaa-baaa there and a quack-quack, oink-oink everywhere, there's always some furry or feathered creature demanding attention from the Hansens. It's partly because Dr. Philipp Hansen is a veterinarian who's just opened a practice in the big old villa he's moved into with his family. But it's mostly because of ten-year-old daughter Greta, who never saw an animal she didn't want to adopt.

  • Anja & Anton
    Anja & Anton (1998)8.0

    Anja & Anton was a German family television series broadcast in 55 25 minute episodes between December 1997 and 2007.

  • Curse of the Hawk
    Curse of the Hawk (2011)8.0

    The curse of the Hawk tells the story of six students who are on their way home from a school trip when their bus breaks down somewhere in the no man's land with a puncture and the bus driver disappears without a trace. Soon, the friends realize that they can no longer leave the forest and that it is inhabited by strange people. To get back home, they must first solve their mystery.

  • Coconut the Little Dragon
    Coconut the Little Dragon (2015)8.0

  • Baumhaus
    Baumhaus (2018)8.0

  • Maya the Bee
    Maya the Bee (2013)7.5

    Hello everyone, I'm Maya the Bee! What do I love? Freedom! That's why I live in the meadow instead of the hive. I have a thousand and one adventures with my friends: Shelby snail, Max the worm ... and of course Willy! Willy is very lazy and greedy ... But he's my best friend. Together, we go on an many adventures! Let's go!

  • The Peppercorns
    The Peppercorns (1999)6.9

    Die Pfefferkörner is a German television series produced by Der Kinderkanal. The peppercorns are five friends from Hamburg: Jana Holstein Coutre, Natasha "Tascha" Jaonzäns, Philip "Fiete" Overbeck, Cem Gülec and Vivien "Vivi" Overbeck, Fiete's eight year old sister. After school, the young detectives meet at a high level of a spice warehouse of the company Overbeck & Associates, which belongs to Fiete and Vivi's parents in the first part, but is later given to Fiete and Vivi to look after. Here, in the historic warehouse district, the five friends have their headquarters. With smarts, combined delivery and support of the Internet, they find their cases here. The detectives convict polluters, animal dealers and drug smugglers. They also help each other with personal problems they encounter. Cem has lost his parents in a car accident and sometimes feels sad and lonely. Jana lives with her divorcee mother, a lawyer who is rarely at home. Natasha comes from Latvia. Her parents initially have very strict rules in terms of her education, that make Natasha unhappy. Fiete has problems showing his feelings and hides them behind grumpiness and hostility towards girls, until he falls in love with Natasha. Vivi is suffering from her role of the youngest member of the group. She believes that she must constantly struggle for recognition.

  • Schloss Einstein
    Schloss Einstein (1998)6.7

  • 13 Hours: Race Against Time
    13 Hours: Race Against Time (2010)6.7

    A bunch of terrorists take over a school to get to an instructor who has access to an advanced scientific device. A core group of youngsters fight back to try and stop the bad guys.

  • The New Adventures of Peter Pan
    The New Adventures of Peter Pan (2013)5.9

    Featuring first-in-class animation, comedy and adventure, The New Adventures of Peter Pan transports Peter Pan, Wendy, John, Michael and the Lost Boys and Girls to wondrous places that often turn out to be far more dangerous than anyone would have ever expected! In order to keep Neverland safe from Captain Hook, Peter and his friends fly head on into adventure to protect their right to never grow up.

  • Lily's Driftwood Bay
    Lily's Driftwood Bay (2014)4.0

    Follow the imagination of Lily, a five-year-old hunter, as she creates a world of adventure and friendship from treasures she finds washed up on the beach.

  • KRIMI.DE
    KRIMI.DE (2005)N/A

  • Die beste Klasse Deutschlands
    Die beste Klasse Deutschlands (2008)N/A

    The best class in Germany is determined in a school competition.

  • Schau in meine Welt!
    Schau in meine Welt! (2012)N/A

  • Schmatzo – Koch-Kids-Club
    Schmatzo – Koch-Kids-Club (2013)N/A