The Best TV Shows on SWR Fernsehen

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.

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.

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...

Nia, homeless and deeply in debt, unexpectedly inherits the Stardust, a run-down grand hotel in space. But what seems to be the solution to all her problems turns out to be pure chaos, along with the staff. Nia actually hopes to get rid of her debts by selling the hotel quickly. But to do that, she would have to get the hotel in shape and entice guests to check in, which the Stardust sorely lacks. And last but not least, she has to get her feelings for the head concierge Adam under control. She convinces Adam with a passionate speech to join her in restoring the outdated grand hotel to its former glory.

The news program delivers captivating stories and informative insights on current topics in Rhineland-Palatinate.

A reality dance competition for kids.