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The Best TV Shows on HRT 1

Every HRT 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Icons of HRT 1, Where the Wild Boars Go and Smoggies made their debut in 1971 and 1982, setting industry standards. Our curated list, current as of February 2025, showcases over 20 of HRT 1’s highest-rated series. Showcasing over 20 shows from 1971 up until 2024, HRT 1 stands as a beacon of television excellence.

  • 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.

  • Slumbering Concrete
    Slumbering Concrete (2016)9.5

    Documentary series "Slumbering Concrete" erects its narrative around modern architecture in Croatia and regions of the former Yugoslavia - an area distinguished by large number of vacated and ruinous buildings from 20th century that are of immense architectural significance. The series is composed of 4 thematic chapters, of which the first is dedicated to architecture of tourism purposes, second to monuments and commemorative buildings, third to post-industrial and post-military landscapes and fourth to great ambitions of unfinished modernizations.

  • 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.

  • Where the Wild Boars Go
    Where the Wild Boars Go (1971)8.5

    It happens around Zagreb in 1941-1943, during World War II. Two groups of smugglers led by Crni Rok and Veriga, fight for supremacy on the black market. They also have to deal with the Germans, Ustashas, the police and communist illegals.

  • Black-and-White World
    Black-and-White World (2015)8.4

    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.

  • Shame
    Shame (2024)8.0

    The Croatian international remake of Norwegian Skam. Following the lives of teenagers that attend high school, Sram explores everyday issues of teenage life, such as their friendships, romantic relationships and mental health.

  • 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)7.0

    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.

  • The Last Socialist Artefact
    The Last Socialist Artefact (2021)7.0

    A businessman and an engineer arrive in a small town to restore an abandoned factory and manufacture a discontinued turbine for a mysterious client.

  • The Paper
    The Paper (2016)6.8

    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.

  • Mountain
    Mountain (2023)6.0

    Procedural drama television series that follows a mountain rescue team. Episodes feature rescue missions ranging from illegal activities, natural disasters, and reckless conduct - to lighter fares such as eternally unprepared tourists.

  • Smoggies
    Smoggies (1982)4.7

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

  • The General
    The General (2019)3.0

    TV show about general Ante Gotovina.

  • Dora
    Dora (1993)N/A

    Dora is Croatia's national selection for Eurovision.

  • Stormy Silence
    Stormy Silence (1997)N/A

    The series focuses on the Croatian struggle for independence, dating as far back as 1895.

  • Tito
    Tito (2010)N/A

    Tito is a 2010 Croatian documentary television miniseries about Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. The first episode aired March 19, 2010. The series is a co-production by Croatian Radiotelevision and Mediteran film. The two first collaborated on the series Long Dark Night, which at a top audience of 1.8 million viewers was one of the most-watched domestic productions in history. After the announcement of the documentary, Broz's granddaughter Saša announced that she and her family would use all means possible to obstruct filming. Tito cost a reported 1 million euros to make.

  • Missing
    Missing (2020)N/A

    After a military operation of limited operation, six Croatian soldiers (Prka, Sikira, Nervoza, Gradski, Delon and Pape) remained behind the enemy lines for 10 days before being cut off from the enemy lines. Soldiers have not known each other all their lives and have been brought together by war. People of different profiles meet.

  • 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.

  • The Voice Kids Croatia
    The Voice Kids Croatia (2024)N/A

    The Croatian version of The Voice Kids, a competition that selects the kids with the best singing talent.