The Best TV Shows on NDR Fernsehen

Every NDR Fernsehen Show Ranked From Best To Worst

With its programming history stretching from 1956 to 2024, NDR Fernsehen offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Leading the pack on NDR Fernsehen are Eurovision Song Contest and Stahlnetz, with their initial broadcasts in 1956 and 1958. Stay up-to-date with over 20 of NDR Fernsehen’s elite series, with our list refreshed for August 2025.

  • Neues aus Büttenwarder
    Neues aus Büttenwarder (2001)9.4

  • Crime Scene Cleaner
    Crime Scene Cleaner (2011)8.2

    Heiko Schotte (Schotty) works for a cleaning company, cleaning all kind of crime scenes. There he sometimes meets weird people and tries to solve difficult situations.

  • Wild Russia
    Wild Russia (2008)8.0

    Through unprecedented access we showcase the spectacle that is Wild Russia. From east to west, via mountains, volcanoes, deserts, lakes and Arctic ice, this breathtaking six-part series uses stunning cinematography to chart the dazzling natural wonders of this vast country.

  • Inas Nacht
    Inas Nacht (2007)7.8

  • Extra 3
    Extra 3 (2004)7.4

    Extra 3 is a political satirical magazine from Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR).

  • Heirs of the Night
    Heirs of the Night (2019)7.4

    1889: the five remaining vampire clans in Europe are training to survive. In their midst is 14-year-old Alisa who has the power to choose between eternal life as a vampire or for all vampires to live as humans.

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.2

    The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

  • Kafka
    Kafka (2024)7.2

    The story of Franz Kafka's life from different perspectives. Presenting his difficult relationship with his domineering father Hermann, his deep friendship with Max Brod and his various love affairs.

  • The Peppercorns
    The Peppercorns (1999)6.8

    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.

  • Stahlnetz
    Stahlnetz (1958)6.7

    Stahlnetz is a German television series.

  • NDR Talk Show
    NDR Talk Show (1979)6.5

  • Gefragt - Gejagt
    Gefragt - Gejagt (2012)5.6

  • DAS!
    DAS! (1991)4.2

  • Panorama
    Panorama (1961)4.0

  • Heimatgeschichten
    Heimatgeschichten (1992)1.0

  • Treffpunkt New York
    Treffpunkt New York (1961)N/A

  • Tietjen und Bommes
    Tietjen und Bommes (1997)N/A

  • Hamburg Journal
    Hamburg Journal (2011)N/A

  • Schleswig-Holstein Magazin
    Schleswig-Holstein Magazin (2012)N/A

  • Sportclub Story
    Sportclub Story (2015)N/A