The Best TV Shows on France 3

Every France 3 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Check out the most acclaimed shows on France 3, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for July 2026. Icons of France 3, Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats and Strip-Tease made their debut in 1984 and 1985, setting industry standards. France 3 has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1984 and as recent as 2019.

  • LoliRock
    LoliRock (2014)8.8

    When Iris joins the girl group LoliRock, her life is changed forever, as a new world of music, mysteries and magical powers is revealed.

  • Wakfu
    Wakfu (2008)8.3

    Follow Yogu and his friends Amalia, Evangelyne, Tristepin, Ruel and Az as they try to rescue the world of Wakfu from destruction.

  • It's Not Rocket Science!
    It's Not Rocket Science! (1993)7.9

    C'est pas sorcier is a French educational television program that originally aired from November 5, 1994 to present.

  • Rabbids Invasion
    Rabbids Invasion (2013)7.7

    The Rabbids are back in their new tv show. The rabbids discovers new things and learn what they do. But that they don't know is that they are curious.

  • Oggy and the Cockroaches
    Oggy and the Cockroaches (1999)7.5

    Oggy, an anthropomorphic cat, would prefer to spend his days watching television and eating, but is continuously pestered by three roaches: Joey, Marky and Dee Dee. The cockroaches' slapstick mischief ranges from plundering Oggy's refrigerator to hijacking the train he just boarded. In many situations Oggy is also helped by Jack, who is more violent and short-tempered than him and is also annoyed by the cockroaches. Bob, a short-tempered bulldog, also appears in the show, and is Oggy's neighbor.

  • Zombie Hotel
    Zombie Hotel (2005)7.5

    Zombie Hotel is an animated children's program about a hotel run by zombies, produced by French production company Alphanim and shown internationally. The main characters are Fungus and Maggot, two child zombies who pretend to be human to get into their local school, and their family and boarders at the hotel run by their parents. They make friends with Sam, a human boy whose mother is away most of the time. Sam soon finds out about their zombie powers and all three make a team of friends. Sam uses an old railway carriage as his haunt. The plot often involves a risk of the discovery of Maggot and Fungus' zombie nature and the three trying to prevent this. The hotel itself is one of several main locations used in the show. Others include the school and Sam's railway carriage.

  • Murders in...
    Murders in... (2013)7.3

    Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.

  • Grizzy & the Lemmings
    Grizzy & the Lemmings (2016)7.3

    The forest ranger's house is the only area of human civilization in the middle of untamed wilderness in a vast natural reserve in Canada. When the ranger is away, a bear named Grizzy feels that the ranger's house is his territory, given that bears sit at the top of the food chain. After making his way inside the home, Grizzy takes advantage of all the modern conveniences there, including a comfortable sofa, air conditioning and fully equipped kitchen. He's not alone, though, because a group of small creatures called lemmings also populate the ranger's house when he is away. Because Grizzy and the lemmings are not civilized enough to live together in peace, it becomes an atmosphere of madness when the two sides try to outdo each other with tricks.

  • Martin Morning
    Martin Morning (2003)6.7

    Martin, an ordinary nine-year-old boy, has one strange characteristic: every morning he awakes to find himself transformed into fantastic and legendary beings. Despite the transformations, he goes to school with his friends, and adventures then ensue.

  • Angelo Rules
    Angelo Rules (2010)6.7

    Angelo is the kid who tries to be the wise guy. He is constantly coming up with plans and strategies to get out of trouble. ... Angelo isn't put off by the natural setbacks most kid have to confront: like parents, siblings and rules but that doesn't deter him.

  • Pacific Criminal
    Pacific Criminal (2019)6.7

    Clarissa, a police captain from Réunion Island, is a squad commander in a working-class neighborhood of Nouméa, New Caledonia. Smart, stubborn, and a vital member of her squad, she's also a widow, raising two teenagers by herself.

  • Chronicles of the Sun
    Chronicles of the Sun (2018)6.6

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

  • The Garfield Show
    The Garfield Show (2009)6.5

    Your favorite lazy, fat cat is at it again. Garfield, Odie, Jon and the rest of the gang are back for more funny misadventures. Whether he's scarfing down lasagna or tricking Nermal the kitten, Garfield is guaranteed to crack you up. But remember: He hates Mondays!

  • Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats
    Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats (1984)6.4

    Heathcliff knows he is the best cat around! Never have we seen such self-confidence topped off with a heavy dose of vanity, cunning, ruthlessness, and a mischievous love of gags. He cruises and struts down the street and watch out any person, cat, or dog who gets in his way! Although he may terrorize the neighborhood, let an outsider try to push anyone around and he is a veritable tiger of defense. On the other side of town are The Catillac Cats, which typically revolve around leader Riff-Raff's get-rich-quick schemes or searches for food.

  • Crossbow
    Crossbow (1987)6.3

    Crossbow follows the adventures of William Tell and takes place in the 14th-century in Switzerland. William Tell and his son are imprisoned by the tyrannical Gessler. As Governor of Austria, Gessler plans to stop the Swiss uprising. Having split the apple on his son's head with his crossbow, much to Gessler's chagrin, there is no stopping William Tell's legendary strength and skill.

  • Strip-Tease
    Strip-Tease (1985)5.3

    Strip-Tease was created by Jean Libon and Marco Lamensch. The aim of the creators was to produce documentary films of a new genre, in which the commentators take a back seat to let the protagonists have their say. The program mainly deals with excerpts from everyday life (family meals, washing up, the life of a farmer's wife). Viewers can thus recognize themselves in their daily intimacy.

  • Captain Biceps
    Captain Biceps (2010)5.0

    Captain Biceps is a French animated series based on the comic books by Frederic Thebault and Philippe "Zep" Chappuis, available in 78 episodes of 8 minutes each. The series is about a fighting superhero, very muscular but unintelligent, called Captain Biceps, assisted by his faithful companion, Genius, facing the villains to save Capitaleville from disaster. The series first aired on November 8, 2010 on France 3 in France. It also airs on Starz Kids & Family in the United States, weekdays at 8:00am ET/PT.

  • Plus belle la vie
    Plus belle la vie (2004)4.4

    The daily lives of the inhabitants of "le Mistral", an imaginary neighbourhood in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, where wealthy families cross paths with the less than rich.

  • Vivement dimanche
    Vivement dimanche (1998)3.6

  • Cut
    Cut (2013)N/A