The Best TV Shows on France 5

Every France 5 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Dive into our updated selection of France 5’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of November 2025. From 1987 through to 2022, France 5 has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows. Some of the best tv shows from France 5 include Le Monde En Face and Rolie Polie Olie, airing in 1987 and 1998 respectively.

  • Willa's Wild Life
    Willa's Wild Life (2008)10.0

    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.

  • Une Maison, Un Artiste
    Une Maison, Un Artiste (2013)10.0

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

    Weekly current affairs show

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Geronimo Stilton
    Geronimo Stilton (2009)7.8

    Geronimo Stilton is about the titular character, a mouse journalist and head of the Geronimo Stilton Media Group. He searches New Mouse City and places around the world for new scoops while having adventures along the way with his nephew Benjamin, cousin Trap, sister Thea and Benjamin's friend Pandora Woz. Most episodes share no story connections and are generally self-contained, though some episodes feature ties and characters from others.

  • Simon
    Simon (2016)7.7

    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 Naked Travellers
    The Naked Travellers (2012)7.6

    Two bold young adventurers set off naked and penniless, only equipped with a knife, a bundle, three discreet cameras and a drone.

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

    A French current affairs show.

  • Mouk
    Mouk (2011)7.3

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

  • Science grand format
    Science grand format (2016)7.0

    A look at relevant scientific issues

  • 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.

  • PJ Masks
    PJ Masks (2015)6.2

    Connor, Greg and Amaya are normal kids by day, but at night they activate their bracelets, which link into their pajamas and give them fantastic super powers, turning them into their alternate identities: the PJ Masks! The team consists of Catboy (Connor), Gekko (Greg) and Owlette (Amaya). Together, they go on adventures, solve mysteries, and learn valuable lessons. Watch the first six seasons of PJ Masks now on Disney+!

  • C à vous
    C à vous (2009)6.1

    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.

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

  • SamSam
    SamSam (2007)3.2

    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.

  • 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