Katzen!
Did you ever think to yourself: I love watching human interest stories, but I wish they would make them about cats? Well, our German public broadcasters have you covered! Click on the title to your left to access a YouTube playlist featuring over a dozen of videos showing German cats on their way to work or running other errands.
Stream Public Television
ARD is the German Channel One. The program presents all of its content in its Mediathek, and very often the media comes prepared with German subtitles – an excellent resource for German language learners! Please note that only in-house productions will be available on devices located outside of Germany, i.e. you won’t be able to watch, for example, Hollywood productions on their page.
ZDF is the German Channel Two. Like the ARD, this program uploads all of its content to the Mediathek, and many titles feature German subtitles. Among other things, it features the popular program ZDFneo and Neo Magazin Royale.
3Sat focuses on German, Austrian and Swiss culture, science and society. It is a treasure trove for anyone interested in learning more about the peoples and their traditions in German speaking countries. And again, most videos feature German subtitles.
Popular Shows
Tatort is a popular crime show and one of the longest running programs on German television. Each week, a different pair of detectives investigates a case in a different German city, making the show also a bit of a tour of Germany.
“Charité” tells the story of an institution through the ages. Groundbreaking medical research and enormous social upheavals shape the Berlin hospital from 1888 to 2049.
A show about the daily struggle of young city dwellers with everything that goes with it: loving, laughing, working, celebrating and crying, being driven and letting yourself drift.
News
The Tagesschau is a German institution – a fifteen-minute summary of the major news of the day. In previous generations, it was considered a faux-pas to call someone between 8:00 and 8:15pm, as this was the time when the family assembled in front of the television to participate in this venerable evening ritual.
For learners of German, the Tagesschau every day produces a separate broadcast in which the news of the day are presented using less complex structures and vocabulary – an excellent resource for any student.