The Best TV Shows on WDR Fernsehen
Every WDR Fernsehen Show Ranked From Best To Worst
Highlighting WDR Fernsehen’s quality programming, Zur Person and Klimbim stand out, premiering in 1963 and 1973. WDR Fernsehen has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1963 all the way to 2010. Dive into our updated selection of WDR Fernsehen’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of September 2025.
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany (1975)9.0Based on extensive interviews, shot on 16mm in a series of static long takes, Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, is one of the most fascinating examples of "Film history on film" ever produced. Straschek devoted years to researching the topic and accumulating both film and non-film materials. Apart from some radio features and articles, however, this 290-minute TV programme remains the only published trace of Straschek's lifelong work on the emigration of film personnel. He had intended to publish a three-volume book, encompassing all available data about 3,000 emigrants originating from the centre and peripheries of film production, but the book never materialised.
Wunderschön! (2008)8.5
Wissen macht Ah! (2001)8.0
Hobbythek (1974)7.0
Dittsche - Das wirklich wahre Leben (2004)6.8
Klimbim (1973)6.5A German sketch comedy show that prioritises provocative absurdity above all else.
Zimmer frei! (1996)6.3
Kölner Treff (1976)6.0
Boulevard Bio (1991)6.0- Mitternachtsspitzen (1988)4.0
Zur Person (1963)N/A
Geld oder Liebe (1989)N/A- Pssst ... (1990)N/A
- Presseclub (1995)N/A
- Die Anrheiner (1998)N/A
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.
Planet Wissen (2002)N/A- West.art am Sonntag (2003)N/A
- Das NRW Duell (2006)N/A
- Plasberg persönlich (2008)N/A
- Westpol: Eins zu eins (2010)N/A