Premiering in 1970 and 1985, Scene of the Crime and Alltagsgeschichten are among ORF 2’s most celebrated shows. With its programming history stretching from 1970 to 2025, ORF 2 offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from April 2026 that includes over 20 unique series.




Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph falls in love with young Elisabeth. It's love at first sight but Franz Joseph's mother Sophie doesn't approve of the relationship.

First Police Chief Inspector Vera Lanz, a Munich police detective, attempts to balance her professional and private life.

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.




The criminal psychologist Richard Brock teaches at the University of Vienna. He used to work as a psychologist until his wife took her own life and he lost his license on suspicion of incorrect treatment. In the meantime he has developed a reputation as a particularly good interrogation specialist and is therefore called in by the police in special cases.

Drama about the last ten years of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria.

After World War I, political divisions deepen in a village in Upper Bavaria. Julius Kraus, a reclusive cobbler, finds himself caught between the fronts when his Jewish identity is revealed. The two 90-minute feature films are based on the novel "Unruhe um einen Friedfertigen" (Unrest Around a Peaceful Man) by Oskar Maria Graf, a masterpiece of German-language exile literature.







