The Best TV Shows on AVRO

Every AVRO Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of June 2025, our compilation of AVRO’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows. Across the timeline from 1956 to 2014, AVRO has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows. Notable series such as Eurovision Song Contest and Top Cat from AVRO first graced the screens in 1956 and 1961.

  • Ciske de Rat
    Ciske de Rat (2001)10.0

  • Junior Eurovision Song Contest
    Junior Eurovision Song Contest (2003)9.5

    The Junior Eurovision Song Contest, often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong, is a song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003 and is open exclusively to broadcasters that are members of the EBU. It is held in a different European city each year, however the same city can host the contest more than once.

  • The Bluffers
    The Bluffers (1985)8.0

    Welcome to the magical, musical land of Bluffoonia where the evil tyrant, Clandestino, rules the kingdom with an iron hand and a cold heart. Day by day he's destroying the beautiful forest for his own selfish gains, but the Bluffers—a group of lovable and mischievous animals—are determined to save their forest homeland.

  • Wedden, dat..?
    Wedden, dat..? (1986)8.0

  • Spoorloos verdwenen
    Spoorloos verdwenen (2006)8.0

    A special team searches for missing persons.

  • Top Cat
    Top Cat (1961)7.5

    Top Cat, known as T.C. to his alley cat friends, is a mischievous prankster who lives in a trash can in the alley ways of New York City. He and his alley-cat cohorts think of get rich schemes and assorted pranks which are mostly involving and aimed at Officer Dibble, their nemesis and friend. T.C. manages to get out of his tight situations with hilarity and charm and even helps Dibble on occasion who is underscored by his overbearing sergeant...

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.2

    The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

  • Otje
    Otje (1998)7.0

  • We gaan nog niet naar huis
    We gaan nog niet naar huis (2008)7.0

  • 2012 Het jaar nul
    2012 Het jaar nul (2009)7.0

    What will happen on December 21, 2012? Nobody knows for sure. This is the day the Mayan calendar ends. This lost civilization believed in a great upheaval. Are we in danger? The answer lies in Mexico. A new codex has been found with information about the end of the era. Four children go looking. But they're not the only ones. Who is trying to stop them? And do they know how to avoid all dangers?

  • Doctor Snuggles
    Doctor Snuggles (1981)6.8

    Doctor Snuggles is an animated television series created by Jeffrey O'Kelly based on original artwork by Nick Price, about a friendly and optimistic inventor named Doctor Snuggles who has unusual adventures with his friends. The show featured fantastical scenarios which usually involved Doctor Snuggles inventing something outlandish such as a robot helper or diamond-making machine, and had a variety of supporting characters who were mostly anthropomorphic animals.

  • The Hidden Force
    The Hidden Force (1974)6.4

    In the sweltering Dutch East Indies, the European colonizers are plagued by a hidden force; a combination of tropical magic, Eastern inscrutability and mutual incomprehension. Blind and deaf to the slumbering powers of the East Indian people, resident Van Oudyck, his son, daughter and seductive wife slowly but surely fall prey to this mysterious force...

  • Pleidooi
    Pleidooi (1993)6.0

  • Ramses
    Ramses (2014)5.8

    A chronicle of legendary Dutch singer Ramses Shaffy’s rise to fame, from his early days as a stage actor in late 1950s Amsterdam to his emergence as a national music icon throughout the following two decades.

  • Mensen zoals jij en ik
    Mensen zoals jij en ik (1981)5.5

  • Willem van Oranje
    Willem van Oranje (1984)4.7

  • Opsporing Verzocht
    Opsporing Verzocht (1982)N/A

    Opsporing Verzocht is een Nederlands televisieprogramma dat wordt uitgezonden door de AVRO.

  • Blik op de Weg
    Blik op de Weg (1991)N/A

  • Medea
    Medea (2005)N/A

    Greek tragedy by Euripide moved to Dutch politics. Medea, the daughter of the chairman of the senate, falls madly in love with ambitious politician Jason. Together they plan a campaign to make Jason prime minister.

  • Allemaal FILM
    Allemaal FILM (2007)N/A