Across the timeline from 1961 to 2020, Hr-fernsehen has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows. Leading the pack on Hr-fernsehen are Hessenschau and Kommissar Freytag, with their initial broadcasts in 1961 and 1963. Dive into our updated selection of Hr-fernsehen’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of January 2026.




In Crime Time, the public prosecutor's office, forensic medicine, police and profilers talk about Hessian criminal cases that they won't soon forget. How do they manage to catch the perpetrators? How do real murderers think?

The story begins on a tiny island called Morrowland, which has just enough space for a small palace, a train station and rails all around the island, a grocery store, a small house, a king, two subjects, a locomotive named Emma, and a locomotive engineer by the name of Luke.



15 year old Leo and his friends Lollo and Lisa work on his ingenious inventions to help the city’s rulers, the Medicis, from the traps and ploys of a mysterious Conspirator.








Giraffe, Erdmännchen & Co. is a German television series.



