The Best TV Shows on HRT 1

Every HRT 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

With its programming history stretching from 1956 to 2025, HRT 1 offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Notable series such as Eurovision Song Contest and Smoggies from HRT 1 first graced the screens in 1956 and 1982. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from June 2026 that includes over 20 unique series.

  • Operation Barbarossa
    Operation Barbarossa (1990)10.0

    Operation Barbarossa is a kids TV show, based on the novel The Mysterious Boy by Ivan Kušan. It is a story about a boy who for some time lives in the belief that he is to blame for the death of a friend, a peer, who drowned in the Sava river. In order to cover up his death, the boy takes his name (because he had just come to Zagreb when he disappeared) also goes to another school. Thus, in two shifts (before noon - afternoon), he tries to be a student in two schools and gets into many dramatic situations. The riddle is, of course, solved by Kušan's main character Koko.

  • Stylish in the Guests
    Stylish in the Guests (2008)9.0

    A widower from Split arrives in Zagreb for a medical checkup and disrupts his son’s family everyday.

  • The Diary of the Great Perica
    The Diary of the Great Perica (2021)9.0

    A sequel to One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away (1970) set in 1964.

  • Black-and-White World
    Black-and-White World (2015)8.9

    This show is about a time in former Yugoslavia, mostly City of Zagreb at the end of 70' and beginning of 80'. In a dramatic and humorous way it tries to describe a life of this great Yugoslavian era through 3 Generations of people. It's a story of love, family problems with a lot of influence of the Urban Culture and Music scene in Yugoslavia. A time of great music in Yugoslavia such as Rock and New Wave but also somewhat turbulent time right after Tito died.

  • Ours and Yours
    Ours and Yours (2000)8.0

    While expecting their child, a student couple announce to their parents that they will marry. Both sets of parents are against it, but when the proposal takes place, the things take unexpected turn.

  • SRAM
    SRAM (2024)8.0

    SRAM is an adaptation of the original Norwegian teen drama series SKAM from 2015, which explores themes of adolescents' emotional development through the lens of social realism.

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.2

    The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

  • Driving Instructor
    Driving Instructor (2010)7.0

    A TV reporter goes to Vis to film the story about a driving instructor and his student.

  • The Silence
    The Silence (2021)6.9

    Dramatic events unfold in Croatia and Ukraine. The first girl drowned, the second one died from a drug overdose. The main suspect in these deaths, however, soon turns out to be innocent - and dead too. While detective Vladimir and reporter Stribor struggle to solve these murders in Croatia, the niece of Olga, an Ukrainian philanthropist, goes missing in Kyiv.

  • Smoggies
    Smoggies (1982)6.8

    The adventures of a numerous family Vragec, who live in a suburban settlement "Naselak" in Croatia's capital Zagreb.

  • The Paper
    The Paper (2016)6.2

    The last independent newsroom in the country is taken over by a construction magnate for the reasons that have nothing to do with love or respect for journalism.

  • Punks and Princesses
    Punks and Princesses (2005)4.3

    Bitange i princeze is a situation comedy type television show currently airing on Croatian Radio Television. The story is positioned in Zagreb, and it relies basically on group of people living in an apartment going through disasters in their life, falling in love, making it comical, similar to the plot in Friends. However, it contains elements of parody. For instance, as opposed to good relations between Friends, the characters are often fighting and making fun of each other, especially Irena Grobnik and Robert "Robi" Kumerle.

  • Dora: Croatia's Eurovision National Selection
    Dora: Croatia's Eurovision National Selection (1993)N/A

    Dora is the national selection used by Croatia to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

  • Zvijezde pjevaju
    Zvijezde pjevaju (2007)N/A

  • Misho and Robin
    Misho and Robin (2016)N/A

    Misho, a little curious cat, and Robin, a wise little robin, are best friends and an inseparable duo in their shenanigans and adventures.

  • Mrkomir the First
    Mrkomir the First (2021)N/A

    The plot of the series takes place in the early Middle Ages. Prince Mrkomir rules in Klis, along with the conspirator Slavomir, the head of the KOA, which is an abbreviation for the Rector's Intelligence Agency.

  • Metropolitans
    Metropolitans (2022)N/A

    A year and a half after a strong earthquake and the pandemic starting, tenants from the damaged old city center move to the outskirts of the city. Tensions rise between people irritated by their own differences and by change.

  • Dr. Beck
    Dr. Beck (2022)N/A

    Dr. Beck is a Croatian television show on HRT that deals with health, health conditions, health care and illnesses. The host of the show is Dr. Natko Beck. Different health related topics are covered in the show, with various guests in the field of health and medicine.

  • Knjazalište
    Knjazalište (2023)N/A

  • Pobjednici
    Pobjednici (2025)N/A