The Best TV Shows on BBC One Wales

Every BBC One Wales Show Ranked From Best To Worst

With its programming history stretching from 1962 to N/A, BBC One Wales offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Leading the pack on BBC One Wales are BBC Wales Today and Pages from Ceefax, with their initial broadcasts in 1962 and 1984. As of September 2025, we’ve curated over 20 of BBC One Wales’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure.

  • Wild Wales
    Wild Wales (2010)10.0

    Iolo Williams shares his passion for Welsh wildlife. Filmed over a year, the series features stunning aerial and wildlife photography.

  • SOS: Extreme Rescues
    SOS: Extreme Rescues (2024)10.0

    Saving lives in a place like no other takes an emergency service like no other. In the stunning, wild landscape of Eryri, also known as Snowdonia, dedicated teams stand by to help.

  • The Golden Cobra
    The Golden Cobra (2024)8.0

    This animated comedy follows delivery driver Nick and the Abassi family, proprietors of the worst catering establishment in Ebbw Vale, The Golden Cobra Indian takeaway.

  • Wales: Land of the Wild
    Wales: Land of the Wild (2019)7.0

    Wales: Land of the Wild tells the story of the country's wildlife across twelve dramatic months. The series follows some of Wales's most iconic and charismatic animals from ked kites to grey seals across the year, and in doing so we ll come to know and understand the dynamic forces that influence wildlife in this beautiful country. Each episode captures the moments most associated with that time of year: birth and regeneration in the spring months, growing up and forging a new life across the summer, preparing for the change in autumn and then surviving the winter.

  • Wales' Home of the Year
    Wales' Home of the Year (2022)7.0

    Three experts scour the nation to find the country’s most amazing home. Interior designer Mandy Watkins and architect Glen Thomas will be judging on functionality, distinctiveness and clever design. Joining them is Owain Wyn Evans who has a passion for property and will be looking for a home which reveals the owner’s personality and individual style.

  • The Story of Wales
    The Story of Wales (2012)4.5

    Huw Edwards presents a major television history of Wales, showing the country in ways it has never been seen before.

  • Age of Outrage
    Age of Outrage (2021)4.0

    Age of Outrage is a new comedy that takes a quizzical, sceptical and humorous look at modern life. With a variety of sketches the programme pokes fun at the frustrations of life in the digital age.

  • BBC Wales Today
    BBC Wales Today (1962)N/A

    Wales Today is the BBC's national news programme for Wales, broadcast on BBC One Wales from the headquarters of BBC Wales in Llandaff, Cardiff. According to the BBC, it is the world's longest-running television news programme. The programme can be watched in any part of the UK on digital satellite channel 972 on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite service. Selected video packages from the programme are available on the BBC news website.

  • Pages from Ceefax
    Pages from Ceefax (1984)N/A

    In-vision Ceefax was first shown in March 1980, originally in 30-minute slots and by mid-1983 it was a common filler during daytime downtime. Transmissions were originally billed on-air as Ceefax in Vision but daytime transmissions were not listed in the Radio Times until 7 January 1984, under the title of Pages from Ceefax.

  • Hidden Houses of Wales
    Hidden Houses of Wales (2010)N/A

    Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen visits some of the finest houses in Wales, stepping back in time to uncover their hidden stories.

  • Wales and the History of the World
    Wales and the History of the World (2010)N/A

    Eddie Butler presents a series that reveals some extraordinary stories about Wales and the history of the world.

  • Swansea: Living on the Streets
    Swansea: Living on the Streets (2012)N/A

  • BBC Wales Investigates
    BBC Wales Investigates (2017)N/A

    Investigative series examining a wide variety of subjects affecting the lives of people in Wales

  • The Crash Detectives
    The Crash Detectives (2018)N/A

    Series going inside the cordon with Gwent Police's dedicated forensic collision investigators, as they deal with serious incidents on the roads.

  • Six Nations Sin Bin
    Six Nations Sin Bin (2019)N/A

    Getting everyone ready for a Six Nations weekend. Gabby Logan and Gareth Thomas are joined by stars and famous fans to look ahead with previews, predictions and a packed crowd.

  • Reunion Hotel
    Reunion Hotel (2023)N/A

    If you could reunite with one person from your past, who would it be? Alex Jones and her team give people a unique chance to make that happen at a one-of-a-kind hotel.

  • Saving Lives in Cardiff
    Saving Lives in Cardiff (2024)N/A

    Life-saving operations, difficult dilemmas. Lifting the lid on the heart-rending, hard-headed decisions surgeons must make before tackling the day job of changing people’s lives.

  • Live From Merthyr Tydfil
    Live From Merthyr Tydfil (2025)N/A

    As part of BBC Wales's Merthyr season, Kiri Pritchard-McLean introduces Welsh comedians performing live at Theatr Soar.

  • Iolo's River Valleys
    Iolo's River Valleys (2025)N/A

    Iolo Williams explores four of Wales’s most stunning river valleys from sea to source, uncovering their hidden wonders and remarkable wildlife.

  • Deuawdau Rhys Meirion
    Deuawdau Rhys Meirion (N/A)N/A

    Rhys Meirion sings new arrangements of popular duets with Welsh singers.