The Best TV Shows on France 5

Willa's Wild Life is a French/Canadian/American animated television series that first aired on ABC2 in 2008, then on Qubo and Nickelodeon Canada in 2009. The show is based on Dan Yaccarino's book An Octopus Followed Me Home. It is about a 9 year old girl named Willa who has some very unusual pets. She has, so far, acquired a giraffe, two elephants, an alligator, and many more exotic animals.

Weekly current affairs show

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

Toyland’s boy detective, Noddy, solves mysteries and finds missing objects with help from his friends: a panda, a superhero, a dinosaur and a robot.

Échappées Belles is a French weekly discovery magazine, broadcast on Saturdays in the first part of the evening on France 5 since September 30, 2006. It is presented in turn by Sophie Jovillard, Jérôme Pitorin, Ismaël Khelifa, Tiga, Sabine Quindou, Théo Curin and Anto Cocagne.

In the turbulent formative centuries of early Europe, power-hungry family dynasties fought for domination of the continent.

A French current affairs show.

Mouk is an animated television series produced by the French company: Millimages, adapted from the work of Marc Boutavant and directed by François Narboux.

Simon is an adorable little rabbit who exudes all the vitality of childhood. He's at an age when little rabbits (and indeed little children!) are starting to come into their own - challenging relationships with parents, embarking upon school life, learning about the world in general, dealing with authority and of course, language.

The adventures of a young Sioux Native American who has the unique ability to talk with animals.

Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second part, the program welcomes, around a meal prepared by a qualified chef, artists in promotion.

Meet SamSam, the smallest of heroes. For a hero, he doesn't quite yet have super powers. But it doesn't mean he can't fly his own SamSaucer into space or can't deal with dirty rotten monsters. Sometimes he does need a little help from his cuddly SamTeddy, SamMummy or SamDaddy, as well as his friends. And granted, sometimes, using his noggin and a bit of imagination gets the work done, too.

Mini-Wolf and his fun-loving pals friends are always on the look out for a new adventure -- even if it includes a little bit of mischief.