The 40 most popular german kids TV shows, ranked. Click any show for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.


Shimmer and Shine
2016 · DE
Twins genies, Shimmer and Shine, grant their human friend Leah three wishes every day - unintentional chaos follows.


The Peppercorns
1999 · DE
Die Pfefferkörner is a German television series produced by Der Kinderkanal. The peppercorns are five friends from Hamburg: Jana Holstein Coutre, Natasha "Tascha" Jaonzäns, Philip "Fiete" Overbeck, Cem Gülec and Vivien "Vivi" Overbeck, Fiete's eight year old sister. After school, the young detectives meet at a high level of a spice warehouse of the company Overbeck & Associates, which belongs to Fiete and Vivi's parents in the first part, but is later given to Fiete and Vivi to look after. Here, in the historic warehouse district, the five friends have their headquarters. With smarts, combined delivery and support of the Internet, they find their cases here. The detectives convict polluters, animal dealers and drug smugglers. They also help each other with personal problems they encounter. Cem has lost his parents in a car accident and sometimes feels sad and lonely. Jana lives with her divorcee mother, a lawyer who is rarely at home. Natasha comes from Latvia. Her parents initially have very strict rules in terms of her education, that make Natasha unhappy. Fiete has problems showing his feelings and hides them behind grumpiness and hostility towards girls, until he falls in love with Natasha. Vivi is suffering from her role of the youngest member of the group. She believes that she must constantly struggle for recognition.


1, 2 oder 3
1977 · DE
The quiz show for the whole family with Elton and Piet Flosse: Three teams from Austria, Germany, and a changing third country compete against each other. Each team consists of a mixed group of three kids – smart minds and quick legs are required. 1, 2, or 3? If you know the answer, you’re in!


The Cramp Twins
2003 · DE
The story of a pair of non-identical twin brothers, Lucien and Wayne, who live with their hygiene-crazed mother and their western/country-crazed father in a small town called Soap City. Lucien is a delicate, nature-loving boy, while Wayne is a rough antisocial bully, whose only interest in life is junk. Naturally, some conflicts will ensue.


Talis and the Thousand Tasks
2002 · AT
Talis, who aspires to become a knight at the Arthurian Round Table, has to fulfil the thousand tasks set for him by Merlin. But… he is unwittingly catapulted through the warps of time from the Dark Ages to the 21st century.


Wissen macht Ah!
2001 · DE
No overview available


Pinocchio: The Series
1972 · DE
Mokku of the Oak Tree, also known as Mokku Woody the Oak Tree, or Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio in the United States, is a 52 episode anime series by Tatsunoko Productions first aired on Fuji Television in 1972. The story is based on the novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Italian author Carlo Collodi. Unlike the more cheerful lighter tones of the Disney Version and Nippon Animation's version Piccolino no Bōken, this series has a distinctly sadistic darker theme and portrays the main character, Pinocchio, as suffering from constant physical and psychological abuse and freak accidents.


Master Eder and his Pumuckl
1982 · DE
Pumuckl is a Kobold from a German radio play series for children. He is a descendant of the Klabautermänner. He is invisible to people around him except for the master carpenter Eder with whom Pumuckl lives. Pumuckl was invented by Ellis Kaut for a radio play series of the Bavarian Radio in 1961. Later on it was turned into a very successful TV series. Three movies and a musical also deal with the adventures of the little kobold. Pumuckl is one of the most popular characters in children's entertainment in Germany and several generations have now grown up with the cheeky but funny little Kobold.


Maya the Bee
2013 · DE
Hello everyone, I'm Maya the Bee! What do I love? Freedom! That's why I live in the meadow instead of the hive. I have a thousand and one adventures with my friends: Shelby snail, Max the worm ... and of course Willy! Willy is very lazy and greedy ... But he's my best friend. Together, we go on an many adventures! Let's go!


Hotel 13
2012 · BE
The story is about six vacationers Tom, Anna, Liv, Victoria, Flo, Lenny and Jack, who have jobs in hotel 13. Tom is an inventor who has been given the message to go to hotel 13 and find room 13. Anna and Liv help him with this. There they find a passage to a dusty room with a strange mechanical device. This turns out to be a time machine with which they can go back in time. But if they change something in the past, the future can be changed with it. Jack and Mr. Leopold are constantly on their heels and they want to find room 13 too.
Baumhaus
Baumhaus
2018 · DE
No overview available


A Houseful of Animals
2010 · DE
With a woof-woof here and a baaa-baaa there and a quack-quack, oink-oink everywhere, there's always some furry or feathered creature demanding attention from the Hansens. It's partly because Dr. Philipp Hansen is a veterinarian who's just opened a practice in the big old villa he's moved into with his family. But it's mostly because of ten-year-old daughter Greta, who never saw an animal she didn't want to adopt.


Round the Twist
1990 · AU
Round the Twist is a Logie Award-winning Australian children's television series about three children and their father who live in a lighthouse and become involved in many bizarre magical adventures.
Mini Playback Show
Mini Playback Show
1990 · DE
No overview available


Coconut the Little Dragon
2015 · DE
No overview available


School for Vampires
2007 · DE
A vampire boy who can’t stand the sight of blood and who is, worst of all, in love with a human girl called Sunshine – the cards are stacked against Oskar, the vampire! His friends are shrill, charming, have names like Stoker, Gothetta, Klot, and Count Horrificus. All have one thing in common: They all are vampires and pupils.


The New Adventures of Peter Pan
2013 · DE
Featuring first-in-class animation, comedy and adventure, The New Adventures of Peter Pan transports Peter Pan, Wendy, John, Michael and the Lost Boys and Girls to wondrous places that often turn out to be far more dangerous than anyone would have ever expected! In order to keep Neverland safe from Captain Hook, Peter and his friends fly head on into adventure to protect their right to never grow up.


The NeverEnding Story
1995 · DE
The animated adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux in the enchanted storybook world of Fantasia.


Heidi
2015 · AU
A plucky young orphan sent to live with her grandfather in the mountains discovers wonder and adventure around every corner.


Ferdy The Ant
1984 · DE
"Fredy" is a black ant who solves his problems in every episode with his intelligence and the help of his friends.


Bamboo Bears
1995 · ES
Bamboo-Lee, Dah-Lee and Slo-Lee are three bears with a goal: to save the world before more species become extinct. But can the bears stand up to the spineless villains behind Ratco Corporation?


Lazy Lucy
2004 · FR
At eight years old Lucy has her own view on life: why tire yourself out doing something, when you can find a lazier way? Lucy redoubles her energy to work out original and amusing solutions: from the room which tidies itself, to the dance for planting strawberries, she proves that she has more than one trick up her sleeve!


Leo Da Vinci
2019 · DE
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.


Ein Fall für die Erdmännchen
2017 · DE
No overview available


Karate Sheep
2022 · DE
Trico is an enthusiastic sheep who loves to share new objects and ideas with the rest of the flock. This causes ruckus in the mountain pastures, which all inevitably end up at Wanda’s expense, a tough ewe whose job is to keep the sheep safe. Not a small feat, especially when Wolf is always lurking, waiting to make the most of this newfound chaos.


Pan Tau
2020 · DE
Pan Tau is a kind gentleman who wears an elegant suit and is always there when families need him. Although it radiates from a completely different time and not a word is spoken, but everything is there and responds to problems in its own way. There can be magic appearing seemingly randomly among families across all social strata in any way possible by tapping the bowler hat on his head for magical perspective shifts. By doing this, it seems to be ignoring all the laws of physics.


Simsala Grimm
1999 · DE
SimsalaGrimm is a German television series, consisting of stories based on fairy tales by Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Anderson and other notable authors.


Pigs Next Door
2000 · DE
A family of pigs moves into a human town.


The Woodlies
2012 · AU
Funny, fast and furry - the WOODLIES are nuttier than a squirrel’s lunch, on a mission to protect their forest from the human Uglies and get their paws on the biggest stash of food they can find! Big job when you’re not much bigger than a squirrel...


Jim Button
1999 · DE
Jim Button and his best friend Luke live on an island called Tomorrow Land (Morrow Land). Because there is no place on the island will have to be demolished all the rails for a home for Jim. Hence Luke decides which driver is about to leave the island with his trusty locomotive Emma. Jim hears this, he decides to go with Luke. They have no idea what dangers lurk in the world in which they arrive. They come on the road against pirates, “Wild 13” that have captured princess Lisi Mandala and taken to Bleak Land (Sorrow Land), where the mighty dragon lady dominates Knar Stand. After they make to come into Mandala they know Poemkin emperor, father of Lisi; deceitful prime minister Pi Pa Poo and his sidekick Meewentee, Jooviloopiebluu the imperial cook and his grandson Ping Pong.


Momo
2003 · DE
There is a little girl in a cargo train driving through the night: The orphan Momo, who is looking for a new home. As a conductor become suspicious and stops the train, Momo has to jump off. She meets the little turtle Cassiopeia, who is accompanying Momo from now on. Together, the two find a small cozy town in which they immediately make the acquaintance of Beppo The Sweeper. Beppo takes care of Momo and realizes that she has a special gift: Simply her presence enchants people and brings out the best in them. Only the mysterious gray gentlemen, who appear increasingly in the town, are unimpressed by Momo's gift and continue their dark business.


Bibi & Tina
2020 · DE
No overview available


Shadow of the Elves
2004 · DE
Almost microscopic in size, there exists a world hidden within our own; the Meadowlands is a delicate world of flowers as large as redwoods, and insects the size of dragons, where peaceful fairies take wing and comical trolls haunt the lowland swamps and inhabit dark, hidden caves. Without warning, a shroud of evil is creeping across the land... deep in the Dark Wood at the edge of the Meadowlands, the Elves have built their citadel in a gnarled ancient tree. Their malevolent leader, Lord Kann, lusts after control of the entire fairy empire and has vowed to conquer every corner of this magical realm.


Weckschreck
2022 · DE
No overview available


Sesamstraße
1975 · DE
Sesamstraße is the German-language version of Sesame Street, a children's television series. It airs primarily in Germany and the surrounding German-speaking countries. The show premièred on 8 January 1973, Sesamstraße has been running on Norddeutscher Rundfunk since 1973; it's now in its 40th season. Sesamstraße is also broadcast on Das Erste and KiKa.


Neue Geschichten vom Pumuckl
2023 · DE
In the carpenter shop of his uncle Master Eder, Florian Eder encounters the small goblin Pumuckl, who never leaves his side after that.


Jasper the Penguin
2003 · DE
Not so very long ago, Jasper lived at the South Pole with his family, as is normal for penguins. But one day it happened: in his unbounded curiosity, Jasper had dared to go too far to the edge of the breaking ice cap. Suddenly there was a loud cracking noise from behind him and before he knew it, he was sitting on an ice floe, which, propelled by the current, pulled him ever further towards the horizon... until he drifted in to the harbour of a town. He looked for a cool and damp place to sleep and finally found just such a spot next to an old refrigerator, which stood in a forgotten corner at the very back of a junk shop. Since everything was so new and exciting, Jasper decided to stay for a while. However, so that his family would not be worried about him, he sent them regular reports of his experiences and observations in his "new" world. And what could be a better way of doing that, than sending a message in a bottle...


TOM & das Erdbeermarmeladebrot mit Honig
2005 · DE
Tom und das Erdbeermarmeladebrot mit Honig is a German television series.


A gURLs wURLd
2010 · AU
A gURLs wURLd, also known as Emma's Chatroom and Cyber Girls, is an Australian children's television series, co-produced by Screen Australia, Southern Star Entertainment, Southern Star Singapore, the Media Development Authority of Singapore, NDR, the German Norddeutscher Rundfunk and TV Plus Production. It first aired on the Nine Network on 2 July 2011. There are 26 half hour episodes in the series.


Alfons Zitterbacke
1986 · DE
Alfons is very unlucky boy. Even when he intends well everything is going wrong, so his life is full of various mishaps.
German television has found an international audience through high-concept genre serials and historical drama, backed by some of the largest production budgets in continental Europe.
Children's television is a craft of its own — pacing, repetition, and emotional clarity tuned to a developing audience. The best of it has a visual and musical identity kids remember for life.