The Best TV Shows on France 5

Every France 5 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Icons of France 5, Le Monde En Face and Rolie Polie Olie made their debut in 1987 and 1998, setting industry standards. Across the timeline from 1987 to 2022, France 5 has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows. As of June 2025, our compilation of France 5’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows.

  • Le Monde En Face
    Le Monde En Face (1987)9.7

    Weekly current affairs show

  • Les Routes de l'impossible
    Les Routes de l'impossible (2007)8.4

    Following people across the planet who take great risks to earn a living by driving a vehicle (car, truck, boat...). These people have no choice but to cross dangerous, forgotten or poorly maintained roads.

  • C Jamy
    C Jamy (2021)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.

  • Les drôles de petites bêtes
    Les drôles de petites bêtes (2001)8.0

  • Echappées Belles
    Echappées Belles (2006)7.8

    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.

  • Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land
    Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land (2004)7.3

  • La Case du siècle
    La Case du siècle (2010)7.3

    A French current affairs show.

  • FloopaLoo, Where Are You?
    FloopaLoo, Where Are You? (2011)7.3

    Two cousins, Matt and Lisa, are staying at summer camp in the woods where a creature named FloopaLoo lives. There, they discover a strange world where fish can play music and memory trees grow.

  • Science grand format
    Science grand format (2016)7.0

    A look at relevant scientific issues

  • Hilltop Hospital
    Hilltop Hospital (1999)6.7

    Hilltop Hospital is a claymation children's television programme made in 1999. It consists of 52 ten-minute shorts. The series is directed by Pascal Le Nôtre and produced in English, French, German and Dutch. The series is adapted from a series of books by Nicholas Allan of the same name. ZDF started broadcasting the shorts in 2003. It was released by Buena Vista Home Video in 2000 and Maverick Entertainment in 2006 in the UK.

  • Rolie Polie Olie
    Rolie Polie Olie (1998)6.6

    Rolie Polie Olie was a children's television series produced by Nelvana, distributed by Disney, and created by William Joyce, Maggie Swanson, and Anne Wood. The show centers on a little roly pollie who is composed of several spheres and other three-dimensional geometric shapes. The show was one of the earliest series that was fully animated in CGI, and the first CGI animated preschool series.Rolie Polie Olie now airs in reruns on Disney Junior. Rolie Polie Olie won a Gemini Award in Canada for "Best Animated Program" in 1999. The show also won a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Special Class Animated Program" in 2000 and 2005. William Joyce won a 1999 Daytime Emmy for Best Production Design for this series. The show has a vintage atmosphere reminiscent of the 1950s and early 1960s, with futuristic elements.

  • Yakari
    Yakari (2005)6.6

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

  • C à vous
    C à vous (2009)6.0

    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.

  • On n'est pas que des cobayes !
    On n'est pas que des cobayes ! (2011)6.0

  • Le Doc du dimanche
    Le Doc du dimanche (2008)5.7

  • C Politique
    C Politique (2009)2.5

  • C ce soir, le débat
    C ce soir, le débat (2021)2.0

  • Yeti Tales
    Yeti Tales (2016)N/A

    Welcome to the neighborhood book store, where mascot Yetili comes to life for adventures during storytime with Nina and Leon.

  • Edmond and Lucy
    Edmond and Lucy (2022)N/A