1. Events

2. Debuts

3. Television shows
    1950s 

4. Ending this year

5. Births

6. Deaths

This is a list of German television-related events in 1956.

Events

• 24 May - Germany enters the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time with "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück", performed by Walter Andreas Schwarz and "So geht das jede Nacht", performed by Freddy Quinn.

Debuts

Television shows

1950s

• Tagesschau (1952–present)

Ending this year

Births

• 23 February
  • Sabine Sauer, TV host & journalist
  • Reinhold Beckmann, TV host, football commentator & singer
• 24 July - Carmen Nebel, TV host

Deaths

• Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness
• Frank C. Huston
• Frank Cifaldi
• Frank Cignetti, Jr.
• Frank Cignetti, Sr.
• Frank Clark (athlete)
• Frank Clarke (Australian politician)
• Frank Clarke (pilot)
• Frank Clarke (Victorian politician)
• Frank Clay
• Frank Claybourne
• Frank Clayton
• Frank Clayton (disambiguation)
• Frank Clayton (Emmerdale)
• Frank Cleckley
• Frank Clement Staniford
• Frank Clifford
• Frank Clifford (cricketer)
• Frank Close (athlete)
• Frank Close (footballer)
• Frank C. Ludera
• Frank Clyde Brown
• Frank Cody
• Frank Coghlan, Jr
• Frank Colacurcio Sr.