# Bavarian TV Awards

Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (the Bavarian TV award) is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989. The prize symbol is the "Blue Panther", a figure from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. The prize money is €10,000 (Special prize: €20,000).

## Winners
### 2021

* Michaela May, Honorary Award of the Bavarian Prime Minister
* Thomas Heise and Claas Meyer-Heuer in the information category for The Power of the Clans
* Daniel Harrich in the information category for the documentary Spur des Terrors
* Karoline Schuch Best Actress for her role in The Secret of the Dead Forest
* Rainer Bock Best Actor for his roles in Der Überläufer and Das Boot 2
* Franziska Schlotterer in the category Directing for Totgeschwiegen
* Bernd Lange [de] for screenplay Tatort: In der Familie und Der Überläufer
* Felix Cramer in the Camera category for Oktoberfest 1900
* Carolin Kebekus and Shary Reeves in the entertainment category for Brennpunkt Racism
* Nora Kauven in the entertainment category for Showtime of my Life – Stars Against Cancer
* Cristina Trebbi and Jobst Knigge in the culture and education category for The world at a distance – journey through a special year
* Max Uthoff [de] and Claus von Wagner Special Prize (undated) for Die Anstalt
* Klaus Steinbacher Young Talent Award for Oktoberfest 1900

### 2020

* Carolin Reiber, Honorary Award of the Bavarian Prime Minister
* Aylin Tezel, Best Actress for her role in The Singing Butchers Society
* Felix Klare, Best Actor for his role in Because you belong to me
* Katrin Bühlig, for her screenplay Because you belong to me
* Emma Bading, young talent award for her acting performance in the ARD Movie Play
* Thilo Mischke in the information category for his ProSieben report Germans on the ISIS front
* ZDF for finally a widower
* Christian Klandt for We are now as the best youth series (RTL2)
* BR cooking show Landfrauenküche in the entertainment category
* Sebastian Pufpaff for Pufpaff's Happy Hour in the entertainment category (ZDF)
* Maxine Brückner and Florian Hartung in the culture and education section for childhood under the swastika – 80 years of World War II (VOX)
* Jonas Nay and David Grabowski for Best Score at The Singing Butchers Club
* Friedrich Scherer and Winfried Laasch for One Day in Auschwitz (ZDF)

### 2019

* Elmar Wepper and Fritz Wepper, honorary award of the Bavarian Prime Minister
* Natalie Spinell Young Talent Award for Servus Baby
* Anna Schudt Best Actress for Departure to Freedom
* Jan Josef Liefers Best Actor for Arthur's Law
* Axel Brüggemann, Culture and education, for moderating the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth
* Sonja Rom, Camera, for Decomposed – A case for Dr. Abel
* Maren Kroymann, Entertainment
* Ulf Röller, Foreign correspondent
* Holger Karsten Schmidt Screenplay for Gladbeck
* Gero von Boehm Producer and Director for Exodus? – A History of the Jews in Europe
* Mark Monheim and Max Eipp Director for Everything Isy
* Astrid Quentell Producer for The Teacher
* Das Boot, Special Prize

### 2018

* Hape Kerkeling, honorary award of the Bavarian Prime Minister
* Julia Jentsch, best actress in the TV film / series and series category for her role in Das Verschicken (ARD)
* Maximilian Brückner, best actor in the TV film / series and series category for his role in Hindafing (BR)
* Neuesuper GmbH by Simon Amberger, Korbinian Dufter and Rafael Parente, Young Talent Award
* Stefanie Albrecht as an author and reporter for twisting facts and fake news: Undercover in alternative media (RTL)
* Stephan Lamby as a journalist for his political documentaries Nervous Republic, The duel – Merkel against Schulz and Bimbes – The black coffers of Helmut Kohl (all ARD)
* Claudia Garde in the category television films / series and series as director of the television films Eine Gute Mutter (ARD) and Das Nebelhaus (SAT1)
* Christian Schwochow as director of the series Bad Banks (ZDF)
* Robert Löhr as best screenwriter for the series Das Institut (BR, NDR, WDR, Puls, ARD Alpha)
* Thomas Hermanns in the entertainment category as moderator of the entertainment program 25 years of nonsense Comedy Club (Sky)
* Mark Land as Executive Producer of the entertainment program Ninja Warrior Germany (RTL / Norddeich.TV)
* Daniel Harting, Amai Haukamp and Anne Morgan in the culture and education category as authors of the report Mann oder Frau? – Living in the Wrong Body (VOX)
* Babylon Berlin (Sky, ARD DEGETO), special price

### 2017

* Gerhard Polt, honorary award of the Bavarian Prime Minister, he is an expert on the character of the Bavarians
* Sonja Gerhardt, Best Actress in the categories TV Movies / Series and Series for her roles in Jack the Ripper – A woman hunts a murderer (Sat.1) and Ku'damm 56 (ZDF)
* Devid Striesow, Best Actor in the TV Movies / Series and Series categories for his roles in Das weiße Kaninchen (ARD) und Luther and I [de] (ARD)
* Katrin Nemec, young talent award as an author for her graduation film About Loving and Dying as a film student
* Arndt Ginzel and Marcus Weller as authors and reporters of the article Exclusiv im Erste: Spiel im Schatten – Putin's undeclared war against the West (ARD)
* Felix von der Laden, as presenter of Like or Dislike: YouTuber Dner in the US Election Campaign (ZDF)
* Christian Becker, as producer of the film Winnetou (RTL)
* Christian Schwochow as director of the television film The Perpetrators [de] of the ARD trilogy NSU German History X
* Daniela Knapp, as camerawoman of the TV film Luther and I [de] (ARD)
* Martin Eigler, Sönke Lars Neuwohner and Sven S. Poser, as authors of the TV series Morgen hör ich auf (ZDF)
* Matthew Kowalski, as executive producer of the entertainment program: The Voice of Germany (season 6) (ProSieben/SAT.1)
* Carmen Butta and Gabriele Riedle, as authors of the documentary The Secret Revolution – Women in Saudi Arabia (ZDF)
* Lars Friedrich, as the author and director of the documentary Melancholy and Lightness. Dietl's Journey (BR)

### 2016

* Senta Berger, honorary award from the Bavarian Prime Minister for outstanding achievements in German television
* Tobias Krell, Young Talent Award as a reporter in the documentary Checker Tobi Extra – Why so many people flee (BR/ARD/KIKA)
* Nina Kunzendorf, as best actress in the categories television films / series and series for her role in Nacht der Angst (ZDF)
* Martin Brambach, as best actor in the categories television films / series and series for his roles in Fatal News [de] (NDR/ARD), Unter Verdacht: A Judge (ARTE) and Tatort: In One Shot (MDR/ARD)
* Antonia Rados, as author of the reportage Nachtjournal-special: The IS-Connection (RTL)
* Güner Yasemin Balcı, as author and director of the documentary Der Jungfrauenwahn (ZDF/ARTE)
* Ralf Husmann and Peter Güde, as authors of the film Beware of People (WDR/ARD)
* Richard Huber [de], as director of the television film Two Lives, One Hope (SAT.1) and the TV series Club der roten Bänder (VOX)
* Bantry Bay Productions Gerda Müller and Jan Kromschröder, as producers of the television series Club der roten Bänder (VOX)
* Olli Dittrich, as author and actor of Schorsch Aigner – The man who was Franz Beckenbauer (ARD)
* Sky sports department, represented by sports director Roman Steuer and commentator Wolf-Christoph Fuss, for the Sky Bundesliga conference – the original (Sky)
* Dietmar Klumpp, as author and director of the report: Fight for peace in the Congo – the largest UN mission in the world (life adventure) (Kabel eins)
* Mike Conway, as author and director of the documentary Nobody is allowed to know – Corinne and her secret (ZDF)

### 2015

* Jörg Armbruster, honorary award from the Bavarian Prime Minister for outstanding achievements in German television
* Mala Emde, Young Talent Award for her role as Anne Frank in My Daughter Anne Frank (ARD/HR/RBB/WDR)
* Gabriela Sperl, Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann, Special prize as producer of the three-part series Tannbach (ZDF)
* Angela Andersen and Claus Kleber, as authors of the two-part documentary Hunger! Thirst! (ZDF)
* Philipp Kadelbach, as best director in the category television films / series and series for Naked Among Wolves (ARD/MDR)
* Ferdinand von Schirach and André Georgi, for achievements as a book author and as a screenwriter of the story and the film Volksfest (ZDF)
* Helene Fischer, for The Helene Fischer Show 2014 (ZDF)
* Mario Barth, for Mario Barth reveals! (RTL)
* Patrick Hörl, as director and producer of the documentary Fukushima – Nothing is as it was (BR)
* Eckhart Querner, as author of the documentary Der Sänger Christian Gerhaher (BR)
* Andrea Mocellin and Thomas Muggenthaler, as authors of the documentary Crime Love – by Polish forced laborers and German women (BR)
* Felicitas Woll, as best actress in the categories television films / series and series for her role in The Disobedience (Sat.1)
* Matthias Brandt, as best actor in the categories television films / series and series for his role in A Faithful Husband (ARD / HR)

### 2014

* Otto Waalkes, honorary award of the Bavarian Prime Minister for his life's work
* Julia Koschitz, Best Actress in the TV Film category for her role in Take Care of Him! (ZDF)
* Kai Wiesinger, best actor in the TV film category for his role in the docudrama The Resignation (Sat.1)
* Gisela Schneeberger, Best Actress in the Series and Series category for her role in The Spin Cycle (BR)
* Alexander Held, best actor in the series and series category for his role in Munich Murder (ZDF)
* Young talent promotion award of the LfA Förderbank Bayern for the producers Lüthje Schneider Hörl Film GbR for their television series Lerchenberg of the ZDF
* Thomas Liesen, as author and producer in the information category for the film Live, love, forget – Alzheimer's at 40 (ARD)
* André Schäfer, as director and producer in the information category for Willy Brandt – Memories of a Politician's Life (ARD/WDR)
* Hilmer Rolff, as a producer in the information category for the miniseries From Spreewaldgurken to FKK – Die DDR privat (n-tv)
* Günter Schütter, as author for the television film Polizeiruf 110: Death makes angels out of us all (ARD/BR)
* Gero Steffen, as cameraman for the television film Tatort: Auf immer Dein (ARD/WDR)
* Friedemann Fromm, as director of Weissensee, 2. Season (ARD)
* Palina Rojinski, Nikeata Thompson and Howard Donald, as a jury on Got to Dance (ProSieben and Sat.1)
* Ralf Blasius, as author and director of the documentary Terra X: Expedition Germany – A journey through 500 million years (ZDF)
* Sylvia Griss and Franz Xaver Karl, as editors of Capriccio (BR)
* Kai Pflaume, as host and discussion partner of the series Show me your world (ARD)

### 2013

* Ruth Maria Kubitschek, honorary award from the Bavarian Prime Minister for her life's work
* Nadja Uhl as best actress in the television film category for her roles in Operation Sugar [de] (ARD/WDR, BR) and The Tower (ARD/MDR, BR, NDR, WDR, SWR, RBB)
* Robert Atzorn as best actor in the television film category for his role in The Case of Jakob von Metzler [de] (ZDF)
* Caroline Peters as best actress in the series and series category for her role in Mord mit Aussicht – The Venus of Hengasch (ARD)
* Charly Hübner as best actor in the series and series category for his role in Polizeiruf 110 – Fischerkrieg (ARD/NDR)
* Alicia von Rittberg: Young Talent Award of the LfA Förderbank Bayern for her performance as an actress in And all have been silent (ZDF)
* Katharina Schüttler, Miriam Stein, Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling and Ludwig Trepte: Special prize for the ensemble of actors in Generation War (ZDF)
* Guido Knopp as head of the Weltenbrand series (ZDF)
* Frank Rudnick as the author of Innocent in prison – victims of justice and their fight against wrongful convictions (VOX)
* Sebastian Dehnhardt, Manfred Oldenburg and Jobst Knigge as authors and directors of the documentary Drei Leben: Axel Springer (ARTE/ZDF)
* Jochen Alexander Freydank for directing Und weg bist du [de] (SAT.1)
* Rola Bauer as producer for World Without End (SAT.1)
* Christian Lyra and Sebastian Wehlings as Writers of Add a Friend (TNT Series)
* Oliver Welke as moderator of the heute-show (ZDF)
* Arne Kreutzfeldt as Executive Producer of Undercover Boss – Kamps (RTL)
* Denis Scheck as moderator of freshly printed – new books with Denis Scheck (ARD/BR, NDR, WDR, HR)

### 2012

* Udo Wachtveitl and Miroslav Nemec, honorary award from the Bavarian Prime Minister for their life's work
* Anna Loos, actress, for The Teacher (ZDF)
* Armin Rohde, actor, for going it alone (ARD/BR)
* Anja Kling, actress, for Hannah Mangold & Lucy Palm (SAT.1)
* Matthias Brandt, actor, for Polizeiruf 110 – Because they don't know what they do (ARD/BR)
* Friedrich Ani and Ina Jung, screenwriters, for The Invisible Girl (ZDF/arte)
* Maria von Heland, director, for Die Sterntaler (ARD/SWR)
* Andreas Prochaska, director, for A Day for a Miracle (ZDF)
* Andreas Bareiss and Sven Burgemeister, producers, for Die Rache der Wanderhure (SAT.1)
* Monika Anthes and Edgar Verheyen, Reporter, for Das System Wiesenhof (ARD Exclusiv) ARD/SWAR
* Peter Kloeppel, presenter and author, for September 11 – How one day changed our lives (RTL)
* Birgit Kappel and Sabina Wolf, authors, for The economy in the sights of online criminals (ARD Exclusiv) ARD/BR
* Monika Gruber, Comedian, for The Big Nonsense Variety Show, Monika Gruber live 2011, Grünwald Friday comedy (ProSieben/BR)
* Sylvie van der Vaart and Daniel Hartwich, moderators, for Let's Dance (RTL)
* Harald Lesch, Moderator, for Adventure Research: Drilling or chilling? The way to the super child (ZDF)
* Henryk M. Broder and Hamed Abdel-Samad, moderators, for Either Broder – Die Deutschland-Safari (ARD/HR/BR/SR)
* Young Talent Award of the LfA Förderbank Bayern for Rüdiger Heinze and Stefan Sporbert for Screams of the Forgotten (ProSieben)

### 2011

* Iris Berben, honorary award of the Bavarian Prime Minister for her life's work
* Antonia Rados, Special Prize for Middle East Reporting (RTL/n-tv)
* Vladimir Burlakov, actor, young talent award for Marco W. – 247 days in Turkish prison (SAT.1)
* Andreas Kuno Richter for his documentary Der Verrat. How the Stasi abused children and young people as spies (RTL/n-tv)
* Mike Lingenfelser and Thomas Kießling, authors of The Biofuels Scandal – Climate Policy in a Dead End (BR)
* Johannes Hano, author of the travel report China's borders (ZDF)
* Max Färberböck, director, for sow number four. A Lower Bavaria thriller (BR)
* Hermine Huntgeburth, director, for Neue Vahr Süd (ARD/WDR/Radio Bremen)
* Dominik Graf, director, for Im Angesicht des Verbrechens (ARD/WDR)
* Stefan Scheich and Robert Dannenberg, authors of Der letzte Bulle (SAT.1)
* Ute Biernat, producer of X Factor (VOX)
* Richard Ladkani and Volker Tittel for The Vatican – The Hidden World (ARD/BR)
* Markus Kavka for the music documentary Number One! – Ozzy Osbourne (Cable 1)
* Andrea Sawatzki as best actress in the TV film category for Bella Vita (ZDF neo)
* Frederick Lau as best actor in the television film category for Neue Vahr Süd
* Lisa Wagner [de] as best actress in the series category for Tatort: Never be free again
* Henning Baum as best actor in the series and series category for Der letzte Bulle

### 2010

* Klaus Doldinger, honorary award of the Bavarian Prime Minister
* Till Endemann, special prize for directing Flight into the Night – the Accident at Überlingen (ARD)
* Jörg Wontorra for one-two (Sport1)
* Peter Mezger for foreign reporting from Iran (BR/ARD)
* Düzen Tekkal and Jan Rasmus for Extra Special: Fear of the new neighbors (RTL)
* Niki Stein for writing and directing Until Nothing Remains (ARD/SWR)
* Carolin Hecht for the book Alone among students (Sat.1)
* Nina Gummich, Young Talent Award for her role in Alone Among Pupils
* Stefan Raab as initiator and jury president for Our Star for Oslo (ProSieben/ARD)
* Uta von Borries and Stephan Rebelein for 37 degrees – life on the smallest foot (ZDF)
* Thomas Kufus and Volker Heise [de] for 24h Berlin – A day in the life [de] (ARTE/RBB)
* Senta Berger as best actress in the television film category for her role in the film Frau Böhm says no (WDR/ARD)
* Herbert Knaup for best actor in the television film category for his role in the film Thanksgiving
* Annette Frier as best actress in the series and series category for her role in the series Danni Lowinski (Sat.1)
* Florian Martens as best actor in the series and serials category for his role in the crime series Ein starkes Team (ZDF)

### 2009

* Christoph Süß, Presenter of quer [Across] (ARD/BR)
* Richard C. Schneider, Correspondent of Bayerischer Rundfunk, for Tage des Schreckens [Days of fear] (ARD/BR)
* Roland Suso Richter, Special award for Mogadischu (ARD/BR and SWR)
* Julia von Heinz, Nachwuchsförderpreis (Youth Award) for screenplay and director of Standesgemäß [According to social status] (ARD/BR und SWR)
* Matti Bauer, writer and director of Domspatzen (arte/BR)
* Falko Korth and Thomas Riedel as writers and directors of the documentary Freiheit! Das Ende der DDR [Freedom! The end of the German Democratic Republic] (Sat.1)
* Silke Zertz, writer of Wir sind das Volk [We are the people] (Sat.1)
* Bora Dağtekin for Doctor's Diary (RTL)
* Walter Moers for Die drei Bärchen und der blöde Wolf [The three little bears and the big daft wolf] (ARD/WDR)
* Christian Rach for Rach, der Restaurant-Tester [Rach, the restaurant reviewer] (RTL)
* Dr. Petra Lidschreiber for Ein Jude der Deutschland liebte [A Jew who loved Germany] (ARD/rbb)
* Anja Kling as best actress in the category television film for Wir sind das Volk [We are the people] (Sat.1)
* Ken Duken as best actor in the category television film for A Long Way Home [de] (ARD/SWR)
* Diana Amft as best actress in the category series for Doctor's Diary (RTL)
* Manfred Zapatka as best actor in the category series for KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst [Permanent criminal investigation service] (ZDF)
* Christiane Hörbiger, Bavarian Prime Minister's award for Der Besuch der alten Dame [The visit of the old Lady] (ARD), Zwei Ärzte sind einer zu viel [Two doctors are one more than needed] (ZDF) and for lifetime achievement

### 2008

* Katharina Wackernagel as Best Actress in the television film category for Contergan [de] (ARD) and Mein Mörder kommt zurück [My murderer returns] (ZDF)
* Edgar Selge as Best Actor in the television film category for Angsthasen [Scaredy-cats] (BR/ARD)
* Alexandra Neldel as Best Actress in the series category for Unschuldig [Innocent] (ProSieben)
* Axel Milberg as Best Actor in the series category for Doktor Martin (ZDF)
* Karsten Scheuren as writer and director of Galileo Special Grab in eisigen Höhen – Bergung aus der Todeszone [A grave in icy heights – rescue from the zone of death] (ProSieben)
* Thomas Präkelt as writer and producer of Der Arbeitsbeschaffer [The job-finder] (RTL)
* Wolf von Lojewski as writer and director of Meine Heimat, Deine Heimat – mit Wolf von Lojewski durch Ostpreußen [My homeland, your homeland – through East Prussia with Wolf von Lojewski] (ZDF)
* Hermine Huntgeburth for directing Teufelsbraten [de] [Hellion] (WDR/NDR/Arte/ARD)
* Detlef Michel as writer of Eine folgenschwere Affäre [An affair with consequences] (ZDF)
* Anke Engelke and Bastian Pastewka for Fröhliche Weihnachten! – mit Wolfgang & Anneliese [Merry Christmas with Wolfgang & Anneliese] (Sat.1)
* Hape Kerkeling for Kerkeling liest – Ich bin dann mal weg [Kerkeling reads – So I'm gone now] (RTL)
* Thomas Weidenbach and Shi Ming as writers, directors, and producers of Chinas Größenwahn am Yangtse [China's megalomania on the Yangtze] (arte/ARD)
* Janina Stopper, Nachwuchsförderpreis (Youth Award) for her supporting role as Mother Anne Kempf in the Tatort episode Kleine Herzen [Little Hearts] (ARD)
* Dieter Kronzucker, Bavarian Prime Minister's award
* Trixter Film GmbH Michael Coldewey and Simone Kraus, special award for the development and implementation of virtual characters in the film The Secret of Loch Ness [de] (Sat.1)

### 2007

* Rosemarie Fendel as Best Actress for Das zweite Leben [Second Life] (BR/ARD)
* Friedrich von Thun as Best Actor for Helen, Fred und Ted (ARD – BR as coproducer)
* Saskia Vester as Best Actress for KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst (ZDF)
* Christian Ulmen as Best Actor for Dr. Psycho (ProSieben)
* Rosalie Thomass Nachwuchsförderpreis (Youth Award) for her theatrical performances in (among others) Polizeiruf 110: Er sollte tot [de] (ARD)
* Friedemann Fromm for directing, among others, the Tatort episode "Außer Gefecht" [Incapacitated] (BR/ARD)
* Juliane Schuler for the long-term documentary film Marcel – Ein Kämpchen, das wär' schön (BR/ARD)
* Cordula Stratmann in the Comedy category for Schillerstraße [Schiller Street] (Sat.1)
* Daniel Speck for his screenplay for Kiss me Kismet [de] [My crazy Turkish wedding] (ProSieben)
* Holly Fink for cinematography in the miniseries Die Flucht [March of Millions] (ARD)
* Richard Gress, special award for his documentary about the Surma people in Ethiopia: Voxtours: Reise zu den letzten Gladiatoren [Voxtours: journey to the last gladiators] (VOX)
* Ralf Benkö for his reportage about astronaut Thomas Reiter Ein Deutscher im All (RTL)
* Manfred Oldenburg for his sports documentary Das verflixte dritte Tor – Wembley '66 – Die wahre Geschichte [That damn third goal – Wembley '66 – The true story] (ZDF)
* Bayerischer Rundfunk, special award for the charity event Sternstunden [Magic Moments]
* Frank Elstner, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 2006

* Heike Makatsch as actress in the area of television plays for Margarete Steiff [de]
* Matthias Brandt as actor in the area of television plays for In Sachen Kaminski [Concerning Kaminski]
* Jutta Speidel as best actress in a serial for Um Himmels Willen [For Heaven's sake]
* Fritz Wepper as best actor in a serial for Um Himmels Willen
* Felicitas Woll Youth Award for her performance in the TV film Dresden
* Beate Langmaack for a screenplay of Polizeiruf 110 episode Vorwärts wie rückwärts [Forwards like backwards]
* Frank Plasberg in the field of information for his moderation of the political program Hart aber fair [Hard but fair]
* Matti Geschonneck for directing the television films The News [de] and Silver Wedding [de]
* Frank-Markus Barwasser (also known as Erwin Pelzig) and the BR show Aufgemerkt! Pelzig unterhält sich [Attention! Pelzig chats] in the field of entertainment
* Nico Hofmann, special award for Dresden, Die Luftbrücke [de] [The Airlift] and Die Sturmflut [de] [Storm Tide]
* Joachim Lang for the children's show Tigerenten Club (ARD)
* Klaus Feichtenberger for book and direction of ZDF series Expedition – der Kontinent [Expedition – the continent]
* Lisa Eder and Thomas Wartmann for book and direction of the documentary Jenseits von Samarkand – eine usbekische Liebesgeschichte [Beyond Samarkand – an Usbek love story] (SWR/arte)
* Jürgen Ast and Daniel Ast for the documentary Abrechnung mit Stalin – das Jahr 1956 [Settling the score with Stalin – the year 1956] (Arte/RBB)
* Jens Kemper and Mark Brauckmann for the RTL documentary Mein Chef der Bundeskanzler – Ludwig Erhard aus der Nähe und in Farbe [My boss the chancellor – Ludwig Erhard close-ups in colour]
* Hannelore Elsner, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 2005

* Ulrike Kriener for her performance as an actress in Kommissarin Lucas – Vergangene Sünden [Commissioner Lucas – Sins of the past] and Kommissarin Lucas – Vertrauen bis zuletzt [Trust until the end] (ZDF)
* Ulrich Mühe und Gregor Edelmann for the script and acting performance in Der letzte Zeuge (ZDF)
* Heike Richter-Karst for producing of the Polizeiruf 110 episodes "Winterende" [End of the winter] and "Dumm wie Brot" [Thick as a brick] (NDR/ARD)
* Franz Xaver Bogner for book and direction of the series München 7 (BR)
* Christoph Maria Herbst for his acting performance in the entertainment series Stromberg (Pro7)
* Isabel Kleefeld for directing the television film Das Gespenst von Canterville [The ghost of Canterville] (Sat.1)
* Bastian Pastewka for his performance as an actor in the broadcast Ohne Worte [Wordless] (RTL)
* Sebastian Koch for his acting performance in the television film Speer und Er (Speer and Him) (WDR/NDR/BR/ARD/ORF)
* Andrea Morgenthaler for the documentary Joseph Goebbels (SWR/WDR/ARD)
* Dan Setton and Helmar Büchel for directing the report In Gottes Namen – Die Rekruten des Heiligen Krieges [In the name of God – the recruits of the Holy War] (Spiegel TV/RTL)
* Theo Koll for presenting the broadcast Frontal 21 (ZDF), as a proxy for the entire editorial staff
* Rainer Kaufmann for directing the television films Queen of Cherries [de] (ZDF) and Marias's Last Journey [de] (BR/ARD)
* Evita Bauer for book and direction of Lena Christ – Heimat und Sehnsucht [Lena Christ – homeland and longing] (BR)
* Monica Bleibtreu, Nina Kunzendorf and Michael Fitz [de], special award for their acting performances in the television film Marias's Last Journey (BR/ARD)
* Joachim Fuchsberger, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 2004

* Kaspar Heidelbach and Götz Weidner for the television film A Light in Dark Places [de] [Das Wunder von Lengede] (Sat.1)
* Axel Stäck for the script of the television film Prince Charming [de] (ProSieben)
* Dagmar Manzel for the television film Leben wäre schön [Life would be nice] (BR/ARD)
* Veronica Ferres for the television films Annas Heimkehr [Anna's returning home] (BR/ARD), Für immer verloren [Lost forever] (Sat.1) and Stärker als der Tod [Stronger than death] (ZDF)
* Tobias Moretti for the television film Swabian Children [de] (BR/SWR/ARD/Arte/ORF/SF DRS)
* Wolfgang Stumph for the TV series Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall [Stubbe – From case to case] (ZDF)
* Marc Conrad and Friedrich Wildfeuer for the TV series Abschnitt 40 (RTL)
* Heidi Umbreit and Bernd Umbreit for the documentary "Sam und Tim – geboren an der Grenze des Lebens" [Sam and Tim – born at the edge of life] from the series Menschen hautnah [Close to people] (WDR/ARD)
* Meinhard Prill for the episode "Von Himmel und Erde – Alltag im Kloster Landshut-Seligenthal" [On Heaven and Earth – Life in the Landshut-Seligenthal monastery] from the series Irgendwo in Bayern [Somewhere in Bavaria] (BFS) and "Kulisse für alle Zeiten – der Stadtplatz von Eggenfelden" [A scenery for eternity – the town square of Eggenfelden] from the program series Unter unserem Himmel [Under our skies] (BFS)
* Dominique Klughammer for the film Jung, erfolgreich – arbeitslos [Young, successful… unemployed] from the program series 37° (ZDF)
* Danuta Harrich-Zandberg and Walter Harrich for the documentary Der Contergan-Skandal [The contergan row] (NDR/ARD)
* Hape Kerkeling for the entertainment program Die 70er Show [The 70's show] (RTL)
* Artem Demenok and Andreas Christoph Schmidt, special award for the documentary Helden ohne Ruhm – der 17. Juni 1953 [Heroes without glory – 17 June 1953] (RBB/ARD/Arte)
* Ruth Drexel, Special award for lifetime achievement
* Harry Valérien Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 2003

* Anke Engelke and Olli Dittrich for Blind Date – Taxi nach Schweinau (ZDF)
* Götz George and Klaus J. Behrendt for Mein Vater [My father] (WDR/ARD)
* Matti Geschonneck for Die Mutter [The mother] (WDR/ARD)
* Hannelore Hoger for the Bella Block episode "Tödliche Nähe" [Fatal closeness] (ZDF)
* Maybrit Illner for the Berlin Mitte political magazine (ZDF)
* Rebecca Immanuel and Christoph M. Ohrt for the Edel & Starck series (Sat.1)
* Max Thomas Mehr for the screenplay of "Sebnitz – die perfekte Story" [Sebnitz – the perfect story] from the series Ein Tag mit Folgen [A day with consequences] (arte)
* Jan Mojto for producing Napoléon (ZDF)
* Jochen Richter for Landschaften der Erde [Landscapes of the Earth] (BR/ARD)
* Anneke Kim Sarnau for Final Hope [de] (NDR/ARD)
* Britta Stöckle for the screenplay for Geht nicht, gibt’s nicht [lit.: 'It won't work', doesn't work.] (ZDF)
* Hilmar Thate for Operation Rubikon (ProSieben)
* Willi Weitzel for Willi will's wissen (BR/WDR/KI.KA)
* Andre Zalbertus and Peter Kloeppel for Kanzler, Krisen, Koalitionen [Chancellors, crises, coalitions] (RTL)
* Special award for Horst Tappert in Derrick (ZDF)
* Special award for the editors of 50 years of Tagesschau (ARD)
* Helmut Dietl, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 2002

* Pablo Bach and Jens Klüber for Revenge of the Rats [de] (ProSieben)
* Heinz Baumann for Adelheid und ihre Mörder (NDR/ARD)
* Rainer Berg and Peter Keglevic for Dance with the Devil [de] (Sat.1)
* Monica Bleibtreu, Veronica Ferres, Jürgen Hentsch, Sebastian Koch, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Sophie Rois for Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman [The Mann family – a novel of the century]
* Peter Dudzik for reporting from the Middle East (BR/ARD)
* Gisela Graichen as the author of the archaeology series Schliemanns Erben Schliemann's heirs (ZDF)
* Mariele Millowitsch for the serie Nikola (RTL)
* Jens Niehuss for "Einsatz für den Flugzeugträger: Leben auf der USS-Roosevelt" [A mission for the aircraft carrier: Life on USS Roosevelt] (ProSieben)
* Werner Reuß as editorial chief of BR-alpha
* Charlotte Roche for Fast Forward (VIVA)
* Jens Schanze and Börres Weiffenbach for the documentary Otzenrather Sprung [The Otzenrath jump] (ZDF/3Sat)
* Dieter Thoma and Volker Weicker for Skispringen: Vierschanzentournee [Ski jumping: Four Hills Tournament] (RTL)
* Special award for Heinrich Breloer and Horst Königstein [de] in Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman
* Vicco von Bülow, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 2001

* Aiman Abdallah and Susanne Wiesner for the popular science series Galileo (ProSieben)
* Hans-Christoph Blumenberg and Ulrich Lenze for the television film Deutschlandspiel [The Germany Game] (ZDF/Arte)
* Sebastian Dehnhardt, Christian Frey and Meinhard Prill for Die Vertriebenen – Hitlers letzte Opfer [The displaced – Hitler's last victims] (MDR/NDR/ARD)
* Heino Ferch and Roland Suso Richter for the television film The Tunnel (Sat.1)
* Vivian Naefe, Miroslav Nemec and Udo Wachtveitl for Tatort (BR/ARD)
* Christiane Hörbiger for the soap Julia – Eine ungewöhnliche Frau [Julia – an extraordinary lady] (SR/ARD/ORF)
* Christian Jeltsch for Einer geht noch [One for the road!] (BR/SWR/arte) und Rote Glut [Red heat] (ZDF/Arte)
* Peter Schönhofer and Thomas Grimm for Faust – der Tragödie erster und zweiter Teil Faust– acts 1 and 2 (ZDF/Arte/3sat/ZDF-Theaterkanal)
* Sandra Maischberger for her political talk show Maischberger (n-tv)
* Gert Scobel for Kulturzeit [Culture time] (3sat)
* Michael Mandlik for reporting from Rome and Vatican City (BR/ARD)
* Günther Jauch, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 2000

* Martina Gedeck for acting performance in Deine besten Jahre [Your best years] (Arte/ZDF)
* Bernd Grote for the series 2000 Jahre Christentum [2000 years of Christendom]
* Bernadette Heerwagen for Der Schandfleck [The eyesore]
* Hans-Hermann Hertle and Gunther Scholz as directors of Als die Mauer fiel. 50 Stunden, die die Welt veränderten [When the Berlin Wall fell. 50 hours that changed the world] (SFB)
* Janusch Kozminski and Richard Chaim Schneider as producer of Wir sind da! – Juden in Deutschland nach 1945 [We're there! Jews in Germany after 1945] (WDR/BR)
* Jan-Josef Liefers for directing and acting performance in Jack’s Baby
* Peter Lohmeyer for acting performance in Der Elefant in meinem Bett [The elephant in my bed]
* Hans Werner Meyer for acting performance in Und morgen geht die Sonne wieder auf [And tomorrow the sun will rise again] and Die Cleveren [The smart ones] (RTL)
* Christine Neubauer for acting performance in Frische Ware [Fresh goods] (BR)
* Elmar Paulke for the documentary Boris Becker – I did it my way (DSF)
* Julian Pölsler, Hans-Michael Rehberg and Bernadette Heerwagen, special award for directing Der Schandfleck (BR/ARD)
* Antje Schmidt for the TV films Und morgen geht die Sonne wieder auf (RTL) and Der Elefant in meinem Bett (ProSieben)
* Hartmut Schoen [de] for the TV film Waiting Means Death [de] (ZDF)
* Walter Flemmer, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 1999

* Bayerischer Rundfunk for the ARD network reporting on the Kosovo War (Dr. Gerhard Fuchs and Sigmund Gottlieb as proxies)
* Thomas Berger and Barbara Jago for the script to Busenfreunde 2 – Alles wird gut [Bosom Buddies 2 – It's going to be alright]
* Suzanne von Borsody for Days of Darkness [de] (WDR) and Die Mörderin [The murderess] (ZDF)
* Axel Engstfeld for Im Bannkreis des Nordens – Labyrinth des Todes [Under the spell of the North – Labyrinth of death]
* Oliver Hirschbiegel for Todfeinde – Die falsche Entscheidung [Sworn enemies – The wrong decision]
* Dariusz Jablonski for Der Fotograf [The photographer]
* Kathi Leitner für Einmal leben [Living for once]
* Jan Peter [de] for the episode "Drei Tage im August" [Three days in August] from the History series (ZDF)
* Dieter Pfaff for the episode "Sperling und der brennende Arm" [Sperling and the burning arm] from the Sperling police series
* Harald Schmidt for Die Harald Schmidt Show (Sat.1)
* Dror Zahavi for the episode "Die Todfreundin" [lit: the deadly girlfriend] from the series Doppelter Einsatz
* Jo Baier, special award for the television play Der Laden [de] [The store] after the novel by Erwin Strittmatter
* Thomas Gottschalk, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 1998

* Friedhelm Brebeck for his reports on the various crises in the former Yugoslavia
* Karoline Eichhorn for the TV film Daybreak [de]
* Heiner Gatzemaier, Ingeborg Jacobs and Hartmut Seifert for the documentary series OP – Schicksale im Klinikum [OP – Fate and fortunate in the clinic]
* Hans Grimmelmann for the TV film Blind Date – Flirt mit Folgen [Blind Date – a fateful flirt]
* Paul Hengge for the TV film Das Urteil [de] [The verdict]
* Günther Jauch and Marcel Reif for presenting the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League semi finals football game Real Madrid C.F. vs Borussia Dortmund
* Heiner Lauterbach for the TV films The Scorpion [de] and Opernball [Opera Ball]
* Klaus Löwitsch for the TV film Das Urteil [de] [The verdict]
* Franka Potente for the TV film Opernball [Opera Ball]
* Roland Suso Richter for the TV film The Bubi Scholz Story [de]
* Nina Steinhauser for Tötet die Hure – Der Fall Maria Stuart [Kill the whore – the case of Mary, Queen of Scots]
* Dominik Graf special award for the TV films The Scorpion [de], Dr. Knock and Das Wispern im Berg der Dinge [The whispering inside the mountain of things]
* Peter Ustinov, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 1997

* Percy Adlon for directing Hotel Adlon (BR/Arte)
* Heinrich Breloer special award for the TV film Death Game [de]
* Markus Fischötter and Andre Zalbertus for Einmal Hölle und zurück [Return ticket to hell]
* Evelyn Hamann for acting performance in Adelheid und ihre Mörder (ARD)
* Corinna Harfouch for acting performance in Der Ausbruch [The prison break] and Gefährliche Freundin [Dangerous girlfriend]
* Guido Knopp for the documentary series Hitlers Helfer [Hitler's helpers] (ZDF)
* Antje-Katrin Kühnemann for presenting the medical series Die Sprechstunde [The consultation] (BR)
* Rainer Laux for editing Leben im Ghetto [Life in the Ghetto]
* Ulrich Noethen for acting performance in Der Ausbruch [The prison break] and Busenfreunde [Bosom buddies]
* Johannes Reben as the author of Bruder Esel [Brother Donkey]
* Gernot Roll as cinematographer for Refuge (Unter die Haut) and A Girl Called Rosemary
* Christoph Waltz for acting performance in You Are Not Alone: The Roy Black Story [de]
* Peter Welz for Viel Spaß mit meiner Frau [Have fun with my wife]
* Eduard Zimmermann, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 1996

* Mario Adorf, Günter Strack and Heinz Hoenig for the TV film The Shadow Man [de] (ZDF)
* Jo Baier for the comedy Der schönste Tag im Leben [The best day in your life] (ZDF)
* Monika Baumgartner, Bettina Kupfer and Kathrin Waligura for the TV films Sau sticht [lit. (the) sow jabs], Das Wunschkind, Für alle Fälle Stefanie (ZDF)
* Michael von Dessauer for the series Welt der Wunder [World of Miracles] (Pro Sieben)
* Andrzej Falber and Ekkehard Kuhn for the documentary film Schlesien – Brücke in Europa Silesia – a bridge in Europe (ZDF)
* Christel Hinrichsen for the documentary series Lebenslinien [Life lines] (BR)
* Nico Hofmann [de] for directing the action series Der Sandmann [de] [The Sandman] (RTL2)
* Peter Kloeppel for the news series RTL aktuell (RTL)
* Siegfried Lowitz, special award for acting performance
* Erni Singerl, special award for acting performance
* Lorin Maazel, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 1995

* Gerd Anthoff for acting performance in Über Kreuz (BR/ARD)
* Wolf Bachofner, Karl Markovics and Tobias Moretti for the police series Inspector Rex (Sat.1)
* Reinhold Beckmann for the football magazine Ran – Sat.1 Bundesliga (Sat.1)
* Cornelia Froboess for acting performance in Judgment Day [de] (RTL)
* Martina Gedeck for acting performance in Hölleisengretl (ZDF)
* Max Grießer, Thomas Hackenberg, April Hailer, Geert Müller-Gerbes and Lutz Reichart for the series Wie bitte? [Excuse me?] (RTL)
* Armin Maiwald for the episode "Nachkriegsmaus" [Post-war Mouse] from the children's series Die Sendung mit der Maus (WDR/ARD)
* Imo Moskowicz for directing Über Kreuz [Across] (BR/ARD)
* Christian Rischert for the portrait of the city of Vienna, Wiener Lust [Viennese lust] (BR/ARD)
* Andreas Christoph Schmidt for the documentary film Festung Berlin – Der Untergang der Reichshauptstadt [Fortress Berlin – The downfall of the Reich's capital] (SFB/ARD)
* Oliver Storz [de], special award for the television film Three Days in April [de] (SDR/ARD/Arte)
* Uschi Glas, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 1994

* Wigald Boning, Olli Dittrich, Stefan Jürgens, Mirco Nontschew, Tanja Schumann, Esther Schweins and Hugo Egon Balder as of the comedy show RTL Samstag Nacht (RTL)
* Joachim Bublath for the series Abenteuer Forschung [The adventure of research] and Die knoff-hoff Show [The 'knoff-hoff' show (a pun on the English "know-how")] (ZDF)
* Max Färberböck for the TV films Einer zahlt immer [There's always one who's got to pay] and Bella Block (ZDF)
* Wolf Gaudlitz for the documentary Gezählte Tage [Numbered days] (Radio Bremen/ARD)
* Arabella Kiesbauer for the talk show Arabella (ProSieben)
* Jennifer Nitsch for the series Nur eine kleine Affäre [de] [Only a small affair] (ZDF)
* Udo Samel for the TV film Durchreise [Transit] (ZDF)
* Thekla Carola Wied for the television play Ich klage an [I accuse] (Sat.1)
* Henric L. Wuermeling, special award for the documentary Netzwerk [Network] (BR/ARD)
* Gerd Ruge, special award for his reports as ARD correspondent in Moscow
* Willy Millowitsch, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 1993

* Ingo Bethke und Ulrich Brochhagen for the TV film Pulverfaß Provinz. Der 17. Juni 1953 im Bezirk Halle [The provincial tinderbox – the 17 June 2953 in the Halle district] (MDR)
* Gero von Boehm for the TV film Schöpfer Mensch [Creator Man] (SWF)
* Franz Xaver Bogner for the TV film Madame Bäurin [Madame farmer] (BR)
* Harald Juhnke for the TV film The Parrot [de] (BR)
* Leslie Malton and Dieter Wedel for the TV film The Great Bellheim [de] (ZDF)
* Linda de Mol for the series Traumhochzeit [Wedding of your dreams] (RTL)
* Otto Schenk for the TV films Duett (WDR/ORF) and Die Sternstunde des Josef Bieder [Josef Bieder's moment of glory] (SDR/ORF)
* Karl Heinz Willschrei for "Poker" from the detective series Wolffs Revier [Wolff's precinct] (Sat.1)
* Herbert Reinecker, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 1992

* Jürgen Bretzinger and Susanne Schneider for the TV film Fremde liebe Fremde [Stranger, dear stranger] (BR)
* Sabine Christiansen for the news program Tagesthemen (ARD)
* Maxim Dessau for the portrait Ugorski, denn seinen Freunden gibt er's schlafend [Ugorski – for he gives to his friends when they sleep] (ZDF)
* Christian Frey and Heiner Sylvester for the TV film Clara Mosch oder die schöpferische Zersetzung [Clara Mosch, or the creative disintegration] (MDR)
* Götz George and Hajo Gies [de] for the Tatort TV episode Der Fall Schimanski [de] [The Schimanski case] (WDR)
* Detlev Kleinert for the report Die Hölle von Sarajewo [The hell of Sarajevo] (BR)
* Roger Willemsen for the talk show 0137 (Premiere)
* Rudolf Mühlfenzl, honorary award
* Hans Christian Blech, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 1991

* Ernst Arendt and Hans Schweiger for the TV film "Lied der Landschaft" [Song of the landscape] from the series "Tiere vor der Kamera" [lit.: animals in front of the camera] (BR)
* Erich Böhme for the talk show Talk im Turm [Talk in the tower] (Sat.1)
* Heinrich Breloer and Georg M. Hafner for the television play Kollege Otto – Die Coop-Affäre [de] [Colleague Otto – the co op affair] (WDR)
* Hellmuth Karasek, Sigrid Löffler and Marcel Reich-Ranicki for the series Das literarische Quartett [The literary Quartet] (ZDF)
* Hape Kerkeling for the program Total Normal [Totally normal] (Radio Bremen)
* Employees of the correspondent posts of ARD and ZDF in East Berlin
* Willy Purucker for the series Löwengrube [The lion's den] (BR)
* Peter Scholl-Latour for the documentary series Das Schwert des Islam [The sword of Islam]
* Sönke Wortmann, for the television film A Crazy Couple (ZDF)

### 1990

* Jo Baier for the television film "Rosse" (BR)
* Jurek Becker, Manfred Krug and Werner Masten for the series Liebling Kreuzberg (SFB/NDR/WDR)
* Karin Brandauer for the TV films Marleneken [dialect for 'Little Marlene'] (ZDF) and Verkaufte Heimat [Sold homeland] (ORF/NDR)
* Nikolaus Brender and Georg M. Hafner for the report El Expectador – Der Tod schreibt mit [El Expectador – Death is taking notes] (WDR)
* Eva Mieke for the TV film Marleneken (ZDF)
* Günter Rohrbach for the series Rote Erde [Red soil] (WDR)
* Hartmut Schoen for the documentary Kälte, Mord und Perestroika [Cold, murder, and Perestroika] (ZDF)
* Dieter Wieland for the series Topographie [Topography] (BR)
* Peter von Zahn, Bavarian Prime Minister's award

### 1989

* Fritz Egner for the show Dingsda [lit.: 'thingy'] (BR)
* Marianne Hoppe for the television play Bei Thea [At Thea's] (ZDF)
* Günther Jauch for the series Menschen [People], Na siehste [lit.: Look (I told you)] and Das aktuelle Sportstudio (ZDF)
* Franz Peter Wirth for Die unruhige Nacht [Restless night] and Ein Stück Himmel [A Square of Sky]
* Henric L. Wuermeling [de] for the TV series August '39 – Elf Tage zwischen Frieden und Krieg [August '39 – Eleven days between peace and war] (ARD)
* Dana Vávrová and Werner Stocker for Herbstmilch [Autumn Milk]
* Rüdiger Proske for the TV series Mitten in Europa – Deutsche Geschichte [In the heart of Europe – History of Germany] (Sat.1)
* Helmut Ringelmann, Bavarian Prime Minister's award