The Best TV Shows on SDR

Every SDR Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Boasting a rich catalog, SDR features more than 8 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 1960 to 1991. Peruse our comprehensive roster of SDR’s top shows, encompassing over 8 distinct series as of April 2026. Das Dritte Reich and Lieder, Arien und Geschichten represent the pinnacle of SDR’s programming, launching in 1960 and 1964.

  • Eisenbahn-Romantik
    Eisenbahn-Romantik (1991)8.3

    Railway-related documentary covering modern railway systems, museum railways and their facilities as well as items on model railway layouts. Politics and criticism is not left out; the series reports on closures, controversial model ideas, delays to reconstruction plans or smart commuter transport concepts.

  • Cinderella '87
    Cinderella '87 (1987)7.0

    In this contemporary retelling of the Cinderella story, a feisty 18-year-old Italian-American New Yorker named Cindy is sent off to Rome with her irascible stepmother and vain stepsisters. On the way, she meets, and falls in love with, globetrotting bagpacker Mizio, who eventually turns out to be of Italian nobility. There's a fairy stand-in in the form of a spaced-out astrologer, a dance, and she even loses a shoe at one point. Care to venture a guess how it all turns out?

  • Das Dritte Reich
    Das Dritte Reich (1960)N/A

  • Lieder, Arien und Geschichten
    Lieder, Arien und Geschichten (1964)N/A

  • TV Intim
    TV Intim (1969)N/A

  • Sterns Stunde
    Sterns Stunde (1970)N/A

  • Schnick-Schnack
    Schnick-Schnack (1975)N/A

  • Leute
    Leute (1983)N/A