Das Erste

The clock is ticking... When a woman is bludgeoned to death, detectives face mounting pressure to crack the case and catch a killer. Intense crime drama inspired by real-life cases.

Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland?

Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland? ("Top priority ESC 2025 – Who sings for Germany?") was the competition that selected the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The competition took place between 14 February 2025 and 1 March 2025 at the EMG Studio 8 in Hürth, hosted by Barbara Schöneberger, and consisted of two heats, a semi-final and a final. The heats and semi-final were broadcast on RTL and online via RTL+, while the final was broadcast on Das Erste and One as well as online via the ARD Mediathek [de] platform and ARD's Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.de.

Die Derbys – Legendäre Fußball-Duelle

The Next Level

Rosa Bernhard, a young journalist, investigates the death of an American tourist named Zofia, who died following a night out at a nightclub called Reaktor.

Jagd auf die Mafia

It explores the European fight against 'Ndrangheta, highlighting Germany's high mafia concentration and 'Ndrangheta's control of drug trafficking, with partner Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion.

ARD Crime Time: The Germanwings Crash - Chronology of a Crime

The four-part ARD Crime Time series reconstructs the crash and its aftermath from the perspective of the French police and German investigators, the relatives, Lufthansa, and the public prosecutor's office.

3.0

Hardly any piece of clothing embodies freedom, pragmatism and individuality as much as the Bluejeans. It is considered a symbol of the "American Dream" and is carried from arm to rich by almost every person. Despite their popularity, very few know the history of their invention. Around 1850, the German-Jewish peddler son Levi Strauss emigrated to America with his sister due to lack of prospects and anti-Semitism in the old Franconian homeland. His brothers are already doing a dry goods store there. When the big gold rush breaks out, Levi continues to San Fransicso, where he opens a textile goods business under his own name. The demand from the gold-diggers for hard-wearing pants is high. So the bustling businessman teams up with the ingenious Latvian tailor Jacob Davis, who came up with the idea of strengthening the seams of the pants with rivets. But a protection money patron dominates the port city and makes life difficult for them. And there are also difficulties with the patent.

Europe

From the icy desert of Svalbard to the sun-kissed Mediterranean, this six-part wildlife series explores Europe’s most important and fascinating habitats, and meets their most remarkable wild inhabitants. Blue whales, polar bears, wolverines, and soaring golden eagles star alongside rarely-seen marvels such as genets, Iberian wolves, Eurasian lynx and rare Persian leopards. Packed with spectacular imagery and new-to-science behaviour, Europe is one of the most ambitious wildlife series ever made.

8.0

Smeilingen

7.4

Black Fruit

When Lalo is thrown off course by the sudden death of his father, he suppresses his loss with impulsive actions that disrupt his life. While he and his best friend Karla, both in their mid-twenties, queer and Black in Germany, try to shape who they want to become, they are forced to grapple with the limits of their flexibility.

6.3

Herrhausen - Der Herr des Geldes

Alfred Herrhausen, CEO of Deutsche Bank, has a vision to provide debt relief to the world's poorest countries, including making a deal with the nearly bankrupt Soviet Union, but his vision quickly attracts attention from all sides.

Wäldern

Amado, Belli, Biedermann

7.8

Akutstation Psychiatrie

All on yellow

The four-part documentary series follows the German team Bora-Hansgrohe on its way to the Tour de France 2024. The team wants to finally win the overall title, which is why they have recruited the Slovenian Primoz Roglic. He has won everything but the Tour de France. Both are hungry for victory. But the competition is fierce.

Wo wir sind, ist oben

Tod für Olympia – Der Fall Birgit Dressel

Millennial Punk