The Best TV Shows on SWR Fernsehen

Every SWR Fernsehen Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of August 2025, our compilation of SWR Fernsehen’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows. For top-tier entertainment, SWR Fernsehen delivered Zur Person and Ein Herz und eine Seele in 1963 and 1973. A broadcaster of distinction, SWR Fernsehen has aired more than 20 shows between 1963 and 2020.

  • Ein Herz und eine Seele
    Ein Herz und eine Seele (1973)8.7

    Ein Herz und eine Seele is a German cult sitcom based on the British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part by Johnny Speight. The show premiered on January 15, 1973 and lasted for about twenty episodes, airing its last on November 4, 1974. In 1976, the show had a short-lived revival with another four episodes. Ein Herz und eine Seele was written by Wolfgang Menge. The show was extremely successful during its initial run and it still proves very popular in reruns. Two episodes in particular, Silvesterpunsch and Rosenmontagszug have gained such popularity that they are now shown traditionally on German TV on New Year's Eve and Rosenmontag, respectively.

  • Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause
    Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause (2020)8.5

  • 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.

  • With the Train Through...
    With the Train Through... (2006)8.0

  • A Houseful of Animals
    A Houseful of Animals (2010)7.5

    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.

  • The Turncoat
    The Turncoat (2020)6.2

    Summer 1944. Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train is blown up by partisans. Together with a scattered bunch of German soldiers, cut off from the front, he awaits certain death while the commands of his superior Willi Stehauf are becoming more and more senseless and inhuman.

  • Menschen der Woche
    Menschen der Woche (2000)6.0

  • Nachtcafé
    Nachtcafé (1987)4.7

  • Schnell ermittelt
    Schnell ermittelt (2009)4.1

    Angelika Schnell is the head of homicide and living proof that chaos is just another form of order. Nevertheless, she is a brilliant investigator - even if her methods are sometimes quite unconventional: In addition to hard facts, she also allows her distinctive inner voice to apply, which often leads to incomprehensible but very important conclusions...

  • Die Fallers – Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie
    Die Fallers – Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie (1994)3.5

  • Zur Person
    Zur Person (1963)N/A

  • Telespiele
    Telespiele (1977)N/A

  • Wortwechsel
    Wortwechsel (1982)N/A

  • Sport im Dritten
    Sport im Dritten (2000)N/A

  • Kaffee oder Tee?
    Kaffee oder Tee? (2000)N/A

  • Planet Wissen
    Planet Wissen (2002)N/A

  • Alfons und Gäste
    Alfons und Gäste (2008)N/A

  • Musikalische Reise
    Musikalische Reise (2010)N/A

  • Lesenswert
    Lesenswert (2013)N/A

  • Sag die Wahrheit
    Sag die Wahrheit (2015)N/A