The Best TV Shows on France 3

Every France 3 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

With its programming history stretching from 1976 to 2019, France 3 offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Notable series such as 30 millions d'amis and Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats from France 3 first graced the screens in 1976 and 1984. As of June 2025, we’ve curated over 20 of France 3’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure.

  • It's Not Rocket Science!
    It's Not Rocket Science! (1993)8.2

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

  • The Little Prince
    The Little Prince (2010)7.9

    The animated adventures of a young interplanetary traveler. Based on the classic children's novel.

  • Des racines & des ailes
    Des racines & des ailes (1997)7.8

    A magazine show with each segment telling the story of a country, a civilization, a period or emblematic characters, rich in iconography and archival images.

  • 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)7.4

    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.

  • Murders in...
    Murders in... (2013)7.4

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

  • The Daltons
    The Daltons (2010)7.0

    Unshackle your laughing gas, put your ball and chain away, take a prison break and get ready to escape with the Daltons! The fab four are back! The Daltons will try every trick in the books to get out and then some: a maze of tunnels, explosives, hot air balloons and rain dances, and a whole cast of zany characters to help them get free ... or not! The only thing they don’t try using are their brains! But what they lack in intelligence, they sure make up for in willpower and imagination! The far west has never been crazier!

  • Mr. Magoo
    Mr. Magoo (2019)7.0

    Mr. Magoo, the eponymous kind-hearted fellow is always happy to lend a hand, but often causes disasters instead as without his glasses he makes all kinds of chaotic mix-ups. Despite this, his only enemy is his neighbor Fizz: a megalomaniacal hamster and his human minion, Weasel, who are somehow always accidentally thwarted by Magoo.

  • Grizzy & the Lemmings
    Grizzy & the Lemmings (2016)6.9

    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.

  • Angelo Rules
    Angelo Rules (2010)6.8

    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.

  • Chronicles of the Sun
    Chronicles of the Sun (2018)6.7

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

  • Cédric
    Cédric (2001)6.5

  • Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats
    Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats (1984)6.3

    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.

  • Faut pas rêver
    Faut pas rêver (1990)6.0

  • Tootuff
    Tootuff (2001)5.9

  • 30 millions d'amis
    30 millions d'amis (1976)5.8

  • Papa Beaver's Storytime
    Papa Beaver's Storytime (1993)5.6

    Collection of tales based on the Père Castor series of French children's stories. Papa Beaver's Storytime is an animated television series which tells of Papa Beaver, a caretaker, a father figure, but most importantly, a storyteller. The show starts out with some type of disagreement between the children, who then turn to Papa Beaver for a solution. He begins telling them some stories which are somehow related to the situation the children are in, the stories are either a fable or a fairytale ultimately telling the morality of the story to teach them a lesson about their actions they have done before the story began.

  • Plus belle la vie
    Plus belle la vie (2004)4.3

    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)3.0

  • Parents' instructions
    Parents' instructions (2013)N/A

    Isa and Gaby, a couple in their forties, parents of 3 children from 8 to 16 years, strive to be up to their task, while juggling their marital duties. On the agenda, disagreements, failures and shameless tricks to achieve their ends.