This is a list of German television related events from 2005.

Events

*1 March - Sascha Sirtl wins the fifth season of '' Big Brother Germany''. *7 March - Deutschland sucht den Superstar season 1 participant Gracia Baur is selected to represent Germany at the

2005 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (E ...

with her song " Run & Hide". She is selected to be the fiftieth German Eurovision entry during Germany 12 Points! held at the Arena Berlin in Berlin.

Debuts

Domestic

*3 January - ''Die Patriarchin'' (2005) (

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

) *9 May - ''

Speer und Er ''Speer und Er'' (literally "Speer and He", released as ''Speer and Hitler: The Devil's Architect'') is a three-part German docudrama starring Sebastian Koch as Albert Speer and Tobias Moretti as Adolf Hitler. It mixes historical film material wi ...

'' (2005) ( ARD)

International

*12 March - '' Two and a Half Men'' (2003-2015) (

Prosieben ProSieben (, ''sieben'' is German for "seven"; often stylized as Pro7) is a German free-to-air television network owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. It was launched on 1 January 1989. It is Germany's second-largest privately owned television company ...

, ORF 1) *15 August - ''

Gordon the Garden Gnome ''Gordon the Garden Gnome'' is an animated children's television series aimed at getting children interested in gardening. Gordon is a happy garden gnome, whose voice is provided by TV gardening presenter Alan Titchmarsh. The series began in 2005 ...

'' (2005–2006) ( KiKA) *3 September - '' X-Men: Evolution'' (2000–2003) ( Kabel eins) *21 November - '' Being Ian'' (2005–2008) ( KiKA)

BFBS

* ''

Diamond Geezer ''Diamond Geezer'' was a British television crime drama, broadcast on ITV between 20 March 2005 and 23 April 2007. Created by Caleb Ranson, the series stars David Jason as jewel thief and professional con man Des. One series of the programme w ...

'' (2005–2007) * ''

King Arthur's Disasters ''King Arthur's Disasters'' is a British animated series which first aired on CITV. Co-created by Paul Parkes and Will Ashurst, the series follows and depicts attempts by King Arthur, assisted by the wizard Merlin, to woo the beautiful self-ob ...

'' (2005–2006) * ''

The Secret of Eel Island ''The Secret of Eel Island'' is a Channel Five drama series, that revolves around the secret of Eel Island, The first series contained twelve episodes and the second series thirteen episodes. Cast * Ben Kerfoot as Malachite Episode list Ser ...

'' (2005)

Television shows

1950s

*''

Tagesschau (German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality ...

'' (1952–present)

1960s

* '' heute'' (1963–present)

1970s

* '' heute-journal'' (1978–present) * ''

Tagesthemen ''Tagesthemen'' is one of Germany's main daily television news magazines, presented by journalists Caren Miosga and Ingo Zamperoni. Second only to the 20:00 '' Tagesschau'' ("Review of the Day") ''Tagesthemen'' ("Issues of the Day") is ARD's most ...

'' (1978–present)

1980s

*'' Wetten, dass..?'' (1981-2014) *'' Lindenstraße'' (1985–present)

1990s

*'' Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten'' (1992–present) *'' Marienhof'' (1992–2011) *''

Unter uns ''Unter uns'' (''"Between Us"'') is a German television soap opera, based on the Hungarian soap opera Barátok közt, first broadcast on RTL (German TV channel), RTL on 28 November 1994. It is centered on the lives of the people in a residentia ...

'' (1994–present) *''

Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mal ...

'' (1995-2015) *'' Schloss Einstein'' (1998–present) *'' In aller Freundschaft'' (1998–present) *'' Wer wird Millionär?'' (1999–present)

2000s

*'' Big Brother Germany'' (2000-2011, 2015–present) *''

Deutschland sucht den Superstar ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' (''DSDS''; "Germany is looking for the Superstar") is a German reality talent show. Part of the ''Idol'' franchise, it was created by British media mogul Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show ''P ...

'' (2002–present)