That's Life 2005 - 2007

Unter Uns (1994 - 2019)

2.8 /10

Unter uns is a German television soap opera, first broadcast on RTL on 28 November 1994. Centered around the lives of the people in a residential house, which is set in the fictional Schillerallee in Cologne. Since the show debuted the baker's family Weigel is the series core family. Unter uns isn't based on a foreign soap opera like Verbotene Liebe or Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten. After Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten, the show was the second daily soap for RTL, followed years later in 2006 by Alles was zählt. The show aired its 3,500th episode on 30 December 2008.

Average Episode Run Time: 30` . Year(s): 1994 - 2019

Director: Ray Kolle , Jörg Brückner

Stars: Ben Ruedinger , Milos Vukovic , Petra Blossey , Isabell Hertel , Lars Steinhöfel , Stephen Dürr

Alles was zählt (2006 - 2021)

0 /10

Alles was zählt is a German television soap opera first broadcast on RTL on September 4, 2006. The original plot revolved around Diana Sommer's dream to become a world class ice skater. She fell in love with Julian Herzog, who signed her at the prestigious Steinkamp Sport and Wellness Center, run by the unscrupulous Steinkamp dynasty. Diana and Julian eventually became a couple, but in November 2007, Julian suffered a brain hemorrhage and died during their wedding. Diana remained in Essen until January 2009, when she left to join a skating centre in Halle. The story continues to revolve around the Steinkamp Sport and Wellness Centre and its quest to become a sporting powerhouse, as well as the lives of the characters who work at and around the Centre.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2006 - 2021

Stars: Silvan-Pierre Leirich , Tatjana Clasing , André Dietz , Sam Eisenstein , Igor Dolgatschew , Julia Augustin

Anna und die Liebe (2008 - 2012)

3 /10

Anna und die Liebe is the eleventh Telenovela made in Germany. It has aired since August 25, 2008 on German channel Sat.1 and Austrian Channel ORF 1.

Average Episode Run Time: 30` . Year(s): 2008 - 2012

Stars: Jeanette Biedermann , Franziska Arnold , Roy Peter Link , Lars Löllmann , Heike Jonca , Josephine Schmidt

Dahoam is Dahoam (2001 - 2023)

0 /10

The lives of the residents of the fictitious village of Lansing in Upper Bavaria.

Average Episode Run Time: 27` . Year(s): 2001 - 2023

Stars: Bernhard Ulrich , Heidrun Gärtner , Brigitte Walbrun , Ursula Erber , Wilhelm Manske , Senta Auth

In aller Freundschaft (1998 - 2023)

0 /10

German soap opera about the staff of the fictional hospital "Sachsenklinik" in the city of Leipzig.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 1998 - 2023

Stars: Thomas Rühmann , Ursula Karusseit , Andrea-Kathrin Loewig , Alexa Maria Surholt , Uta Schorn , Thomas Koch

Verbotene Liebe (1995 - 1997)

6.8 /10

Verbotene Liebe is a German television soap opera Verbotene Liebe was initially based on original story and character outlines from the Australian soap opera Sons and Daughters, before evolving into a show of its own as the series progressed. The show originally focused on two core families: the wealthy Anstetten family and the middle-class Brandner family. More specifically, it dealt with the story of Jan Brandner and Julia von Anstetten, two strangers whose fascination for each other leads them to fall in love, neither of them cognizant of the fact that they are twins separated by their parents. It is this story of forbidden love that gave the series its title.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . Year(s): 1995 - 1997

Stars: Gabriele Metzger , Isa Jank , Miriam Lahnstein , Wolfram Grandezka , Martina Servatius , Kerstin Landsmann

Für alle Fälle Stefanie (1995 - 2005)

2.4 /10

Für alle Fälle Stefanie is an German medical drama television series created by Werner Krämer that aired on Sat.1 from May 15, 2005 to August 29, 2005. It was produced by Novafilm Fernsehproduktion. Für alle Fälle Stefanie follows the professional and personal life of nurse Stefanie Engel, then Stephanie Wilde and for a short time Fanny 'Stephanie' Stephan. The show was a giant success for the network and had around seven, in later years, five million viewers on a weekly basis. It won the Goldene Kamera award in 1997 and the Bavarian TV Award in 1996.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 1995 - 2005

Director: Joachim Friedmann

Stars: Lisa Kreuzer , Eva Maria Bauer , Udo Thomer , Siegfried Terpoorten , Peter Prager , Tobias Langhoff

Lindenstraße (1985 - 2020)

4.7 /10

Lindenstraße is a German television show on ARD's Das Erste, one of Germany's two publicly administered TV channels. The first episode was aired on 8 December 1985 and since then new episodes have been broadcast weekly. Its current timeslot on Das Erste is Sundays at 18:50. The events of the Sunday episode usually take place on the Thursday before the show, based on the TV station's original plan of airing the episodes Thursday night. Prior of the start of the show, the timeslot was switched to Sunday evening but the Thursday remained the day the events usually take place as the show shall feature the daily life routine of the protagonists on a working day. Exceptions are the so-called holiday episodes that take place on Sunday, such as for Christmas and Easter and also on important election days. Setting the pace for other soap operas in Germany, the first episodes were met with mostly bad reviews. However, Lindenstraße soon became one of the most successful shows on German TV.

Average Episode Run Time: 28` . Year(s): 1985 - 2020

Director: Herwig Fischer , Hans W. Geißendörfer

Producer: Hans W. Geißendörfer

Stars: Marie-Luise Marjan , Joachim Hermann Luger , Moritz A. Sachs , Knut Hinz , Andrea Spatzek , Georg Uecker

Berlin – Tag & Nacht (2011 - 2020)

2 /10

A german reality-TV soap opera with various changing protagonists, mainly young people and bachelors, trying to live their lifes in the giant metropole of Berlin.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 2011 - 2020

Stars: Gabi Gold

Frauentausch (2010 - 2022)

0 /10

Frauentausch is a German reality television series broadcast on RTL II. This program is similar to other Wife Swap programs, when, for ten days, wives exchange homes and families. They are allowed to advise each other through a video and information cards. The meet blindfolded, half-way en route to their new homes. They are allowed to greet each other, then are later asked for their impression of the meeting. On the tenth and last day of the swap the wives prepare for their trip home, and say goodbye to their substitute families. At the half-way point en route to their apartments, the women or men meet each other again. They might give each other advice on what they can change or talk about problems encountered, etc. Sometimes the discussions end in insults or even in violence. Finally we see their arrival at their own home and how their families receive them. On May 18, 2006, the hundredth episode was shown with a big anniversary special. It was shown whether the lives have changed of the families who have taken part at Frauentausch or whether there are new friendships between some families. Prisma Film produces with Tausche Familie a similarly successful format for Austrian television.

Average Episode Run Time: 1hr 30` . Year(s): 2010 - 2022

Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love (2005)

5.5 /10

It's true that a hotel can hardly look more impressive and be more beautifully situated than Rhives Castle, but all beginnings are difficult. The young manager Carrie, who wants to lead the house to new splendor, has to realize this as well. That's why she worries a lot when she realizes that she is pregnant. What will her financier and life partner Sam say about this? As a newspaper publisher, he has his hands full trying to dissuade bestselling author Alexia White from suing for defamation: one of his employees accused her of plagiarism. The writer has it in her hands to financially destroy him and Carrie. Carrie's jealousy and the pressure from his bank don't make Sam's negotiations with the woman whose honor has been violated any easier.

Average Episode Run Time: 1hr 30` . Year(s): 2005

Director: Giles Foster

Stars: Honor Blackman , Björn Casapietra , Anna Maguire , Lara-Joy Körner , Sinéad Cusack , Jason Durr

The Kelly Family – Die Reise geht weiter (2022)

9.3 /10

The docu-soap accompanies the Kelly Family in the preparations for their big concert tour from November 2022. The aim is to continue writing the history of the musical family and to make the family members a unit again. Joey Kelly invites his siblings Patricia, Jimmy, Kathy, John and Paul to take a road trip to the most important milestones in their long career. But first they have to restore their legendary double-decker bus.

Average Episode Run Time: 1hr 30` . Year(s): 2022

Stars: Patricia Kelly , Joey Kelly , Jimmy Kelly , Kathy Kelly , Paul Kelly , John Kelly