The Best TV Shows on ZDFinfo

Every ZDFinfo Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from June 2026 that includes over 20 unique series. Premiering in 2007 and 2009, Final Days of an Icon and Ich kann Kanzler are among ZDFinfo’s most celebrated shows. A broadcaster of distinction, ZDFinfo has aired more than 20 shows between 2007 and 2026.

  • Final Days of an Icon
    Final Days of an Icon (2007)10.0

  • Der Zweite Weltkrieg
    Der Zweite Weltkrieg (2018)10.0

  • Lege packt aus
    Lege packt aus (2021)9.0

  • The History of the RAF
    The History of the RAF (2015)8.0

    In 2014, Germany television network ZDF commissioned a comprehensive TV documentary on the history of the Red Army Faction (RAF). In six 45-minute parts, the series describes the origins, rise, and fall of the terrorist organization "Red Army Faction." Interviewees include Winfried Ridder, former head of department at the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution; Rainer Hofmeyer, former head of department at the Federal Criminal Police Office; and political scientist Dr. Wolfgang Kraushaar.

  • Ermittler!
    Ermittler! (2018)8.0

  • Nazi Underworld
    Nazi Underworld (2011)6.8

    Adolf Hitler pretended to be poor but amassed a huge private fortune. The Führer may have believed he was Jewish. Rigorously fact-checked revelations throw a genuine new light on the Nazi regime.

  • The Cuba Libre Story
    The Cuba Libre Story (2015)6.6

    Recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.

  • Franco: The Brutal Truth About Spain’s Dictator
    Franco: The Brutal Truth About Spain’s Dictator (2017)6.5

    Using extensive research, this five-part docuseries takes a comprehensive look at Francisco Franco's turbulent, decades-long regime.

  • The Abyss – Rise and Fall of the Nazis
    The Abyss – Rise and Fall of the Nazis (2021)6.2

    Explores the Third Reich from a contemporary perspective to investigate how the Nazis managed to conquer Germany and then half of Europe in the wake of World War I.

  • Annihilation
    Annihilation (2014)5.7

    Seventy years after the liberation of Auschwitz, we have not finished accounting for the destruction of Europe's Jewish population. One question remains today: not why, but how was the Shoah possible?

  • Face to Face
    Face to Face (2014)2.0

  • Ich kann Kanzler
    Ich kann Kanzler (2009)N/A

  • Hitlers Vollstrecker – Das Volksgericht und der Widerstand
    Hitlers Vollstrecker – Das Volksgericht und der Widerstand (2011)N/A

  • Scandal!
    Scandal! (2015)N/A

  • Das war dann mal weg
    Das war dann mal weg (2017)N/A

  • Countdown zum Zweiten Weltkrieg
    Countdown zum Zweiten Weltkrieg (2018)N/A

  • Mythos - Die größten Rätsel der Geschichte
    Mythos - Die größten Rätsel der Geschichte (2020)N/A

  • Hitlers Sklaven
    Hitlers Sklaven (2020)N/A

  • Öl. Macht. Geschichte
    Öl. Macht. Geschichte (2021)N/A

  • Einsatzbereit - Ausbildung bei der Bundeswehr
    Einsatzbereit - Ausbildung bei der Bundeswehr (2026)N/A

    Exclusive insights into specialized training programs of the German Armed Forces. The series follows soldiers in the Army and Navy on their demanding training path – from beginning to end.