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The Best TV Shows on France 2

Every France 2 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

For top-tier entertainment, France 2 delivered Le Grand Échiquier and Fan School in 1972 and 1977. France 2 has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1972 all the way to 2020. Our curated list, current as of November 2024, showcases over 20 of France 2’s highest-rated series.

  • Faites entrer l'accusé
    Faites entrer l'accusé (2000)8.4

  • Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects
    Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects (2006)8.1

    Short video animations giving a bird's eye view of insects' day to day existence, distorted through a burlesque, yet poetic lens.

  • Le Grand Échiquier
    Le Grand Échiquier (1972)8.0

  • Secrets d'Histoire
    Secrets d'Histoire (2007)7.9

    Series of feature-length documentaries about persons of interest throughout history, including many royals, both French and from other European countries.

  • Astrid: Murder in Paris
    Astrid: Murder in Paris (2020)7.9

    Astrid Nielsen works in the library of the judicial police. She has Asperger's syndrome. With an incredible memory, she excels at analyzing files of ongoing investigations. The district commander decides to use it to the fullest, entrusting her with very complex investigations which have remained unsolved to date.

  • Call My Agent!
    Call My Agent! (2015)7.7

    At a top Paris talent firm, agents scramble to keep their star clients happy—and their business afloat—after an unexpected crisis.

  • Fort Boyard
    Fort Boyard (1990)7.4

    A game show set and filmed on the real Fort Boyard in France. The contestants have to complete in physical and endurance challenges to win prize money.

  • Maigret
    Maigret (1991)7.4

    The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.

  • The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
    The Little Murders of Agatha Christie (2009)7.4

    French adaptations of the stories by Agatha Christie.

  • Candice Renoir
    Candice Renoir (2013)7.2

    Candice Renoir had put her career on standby for 10 years. When she returns from Singapore to resume service in a port town in the south of France, she feels a bit “rusty”. Despite the obvious defiance of her unit and a cynical superior who doesn’t make her job any easier, she is determined to turn her so-called weaknesses into strengths, solving the most complex cases with her common sense, her acute observation and her practical nature seasoned by a busy daily routine. Only Candice can catch a killer because she knows the chemical composition of a window-cleaning product or determine the hour of a murder from the cooking-time of kebabs… Candice is only naive on the outside, and nobody can resist her!

  • Deadly Tropics
    Deadly Tropics (2019)7.0

    On the Caribbean island of Martinique, in the middle of the tropics, several mysterious murders occur. Now it is up to the two investigators Mélissa Sainte-Rose and Gaëlle Crivelli to solve the case - even if the two women have very different views of law.

  • Chronicles of the Sun
    Chronicles of the Sun (2018)6.8

    Claire is surprised when she gets arrested for the murder of her childhood friend after she returns to Montpellier.

  • The Crimson Rivers
    The Crimson Rivers (2018)6.7

    Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his former student Camille Delaunay tackle complex, brutal murder cases.

  • Cain
    Cain (2012)6.6

    A cynical experienced homicide detective based in Marseilles, France is crippled in the line of duty and depends on a wheelchair to get around. He is accompanied by a young ,vivacious female detective who's been forced on him to train as a condition of his ability to continue to work as a field detective.

  • Fan School
    Fan School (1977)6.5

    Host Jacques Martin invites different talented children from various backgrounds to showcase their beautiful voices. The participants entertain and wow the audience with their lovely performances.

  • Champs-Elysées
    Champs-Elysées (1982)6.2

  • It starts today
    It starts today (2017)5.3

    Faustine Bollaert receives different guests who wish to share their story on a specific theme, whether it is a sentimental, family, friendly or professional environment. They evoke their experience and enrich it with exchanges with other witnesses. Different professionals regularly intervene in the program to give advice.

  • Vivement dimanche
    Vivement dimanche (1998)3.2

  • Infrarouge
    Infrarouge (2006)3.0

    French current affair show

  • Vestiaires
    Vestiaires (2011)N/A