The Best TV Shows on WDR Fernsehen
Every WDR Fernsehen Show Ranked From Best To Worst
As of October 2026, we’ve curated over 20 of WDR Fernsehen’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure. Premiering in 1963 and 1971, Zur Person and Graf Luckner are among WDR Fernsehen’s most celebrated shows. WDR Fernsehen has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1963 all the way to 2010.
Graf Luckner (1971)10.0Between the first and second World Wars, we portray glorified and renown naval sea officer Felix Graf von Lucker and his fictitious ship Niobe, which is the 1887 built Amphitrite from Southampton. Von Luckner is famous for his tactical genius in the first World War, especially sinking 14 enemy ships and only losing one crewman, whilst always seeking a peaceful outcome - making him the ideal seaman.
Quarks (1993)9.4
Presseclub (1995)9.0- Die Anrheiner (1998)9.0
Die Anrheiner is a German television soap opera series, broadcast on WDR-TV since March 21, 1998. The series is set and filmed in Cologne.
Wissen macht Ah! (2001)8.2
Wunderschön! (2008)8.1- Pssst ... (1990)8.0
Geld oder Liebe (1989)7.0
Boulevard Bio (1991)7.0
Zimmer frei! (1996)7.0
Planet Wissen (2002)7.0
Dittsche - Das wirklich wahre Leben (2004)6.9
Kölner Treff (1976)6.8- Mitternachtsspitzen (1988)5.3
Zur Person (1963)N/AA German television format in which Günter Gaus interviewed prominent members of German society, particularly politicians. More than 200 interviews were conducted over the course of 40 years.
- Hier und heute (1998)N/A
- West.art am Sonntag (2003)N/A
- Das NRW Duell (2006)N/A
Die Sendung mit dem Elefanten (2007)N/A- Westpol (2010)N/A