With its programming history stretching from 1966 to 2015, WDR Fernsehen offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. For top-tier entertainment, WDR Fernsehen delivered Pater Brown and Graf Luckner in 1966 and 1971. Check out the most acclaimed shows on WDR Fernsehen, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for April 2026.

Between 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.


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.












A German sketch comedy show that prioritises provocative absurdity above all else.




