The Best TV Shows on KiKa

Every KiKa Show Ranked From Best To Worst

1, 2 oder 3 and Schloss Einstein represent the pinnacle of KiKa’s programming, launching in 1977 and 1998. KiKa’s extensive portfolio includes more than 20 shows, spanning the years from 1977 to 2022. Stay up-to-date with over 20 of KiKa’s elite series, with our list refreshed for October 2026.

  • 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.

  • Lazy Lucy
    Lazy Lucy (2004)10.0

    At eight years old Lucy has her own view on life: why tire yourself out doing something, when you can find a lazier way? Lucy redoubles her energy to work out original and amusing solutions: from the room which tidies itself, to the dance for planting strawberries, she proves that she has more than one trick up her sleeve!

  • 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.

  • 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 Adventures of the Young Marco Polo
    The Adventures of the Young Marco Polo (2013)7.5

    In a time when the earth was believed to be flat and there was much to discover, young Marco Polo sets off to find his missing father, who vanished while exploring the Road to China. Accompanied by his strong, good-natured friend Luigi, the "Chinese princess" Shi La Won, and their tame bat Fu Fu, the brash Marco is ready to take on the world with his great curiosity, his burning thirst for knowledge...and his gift for getting into trouble. With Marco's father's journal as a guide, their wild adventure takes them through distant lands and mystical times.

  • Animanimals
    Animanimals (2013)7.0

    The Animanimals are animals with little quirks. Each time, a different animal faces an absurd adventure that could only happen to them.

  • 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.

  • Arman's Secret
    Arman's Secret (2015)5.8

    Five teens find a new home, new friends, a new family on the Lilientals' horse ranch - a truly magical place: An ancient curse traps them here between heaven and earth. Will the teens manage to band together, solve Arman's secret and vanquish the evil sorcerer Garwin?

  • 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.

  • Die Tigerentenbande
    Die Tigerentenbande (2010)N/A

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

  • Checkpoint
    Checkpoint (2014)N/A

  • Edmond and Lucy
    Edmond and Lucy (2022)N/A