The Best TV Shows on Italia 1

Every Italia 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Across the timeline from 1987 to 2016, Italia 1 has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows. Some of the best tv shows from Italia 1 include Once Upon a Time... Life and Striscia la Notizia, airing in 1987 and 1988 respectively. As of January 2026, our compilation of Italia 1’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows.

  • Mai dire Grande Fratello show
    Mai dire Grande Fratello show (2009)9.2

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  • Sensualità a corte
    Sensualità a corte (2005)9.0

    Sensualità a corte is an Italian television series.

  • Mai dire gol
    Mai dire gol (1990)8.2

  • Colorado
    Colorado (2003)8.0

  • Once Upon a Time... Life
    Once Upon a Time... Life (1987)7.8

    Attention please! Are you ready for an adventurous tour through the human body? With a lot of humour, our physical appearance is being introduced from head to toe along cells and organs in an educational way. The heart, blood, nerves and kidneys, each single one is a miracle which renders life possible.

  • Zelig
    Zelig (1997)7.8

  • Buona la prima!
    Buona la prima! (2007)7.7

    Buona la prima! is an Italian television series.

  • Scherzi a Parte
    Scherzi a Parte (1992)7.6

  • Gormiti
    Gormiti (2009)7.6

    The show follows two brothers, Nick & Toby, who discover that they have the power to transform into powerful creatures known as Gormitis. Their two friends Jessica & Lucas join the fight and together they harness the power of the four elements. Now it's up to them to save their world from destruction.

  • Love Bugs
    Love Bugs (2004)7.1

  • Emigratis
    Emigratis (2016)7.0

  • Le Iene
    Le Iene (1997)6.8

    Comedy/satirical show, with sketches and reports into political affairs and consumer issues. Recurring features of the show, besides the reportage, are the double interviews in which two famous people are asked the same questions, and are edited together on a split screen, side by side so that they answer one after the other.

  • Camera Café
    Camera Café (2003)6.8

    The adventures and mis-adventures of a group of co-workers are shown by a camera on top of the coffee-machine in the relax area.

  • Simba: The King Lion
    Simba: The King Lion (1995)6.3

    After the lion king is shot by hunters, the other animals of the jungle decide to work together to raise his orphaned lion cubs, including his favorite son, Simba. Simba and his siblings end up being raised by a wolf along with a deer named Buckshot (changed from Bimbo to avoid being a walking copyright infringement), who had also previously lost his parents to hunters. It turns out the tiger Shere Khan was the one who arranged the death of Simba's father so he could be the king of the jungle, and he wishes to capture Simba with the help of his minions.

  • Classe Di ferro
    Classe Di ferro (1989)5.7

    Classe di ferro is an Italian action/adventure television series that aired from October 6, 1989 to December 26, 1991. The series focused on a diverse group of young adults who enroll in Italy's military service.

  • Puppy in My Pocket
    Puppy in My Pocket (2010)5.7

    Flo and Magic must help the puppies of Pocketville make their way to children in the real world and try to get Princess Ava, who was beamed to the real world by her sister, Eva, back into Pocketville.

  • Valentina
    Valentina (1989)4.3

    The stories revolve around the investigations of Valentina Rosselli, and the intrigues in which she gets involved because of her curiosity and her wonderful physical appearance. In the Shareholders She is often assisted by the antiquarian Philip Rembrandt, with whom she shares an ambiguous relationship.

  • College
    College (1990)4.1

    College is a 1990 Italian comedy television series, based on the 1983/4 film College. It aired on Tuesdays at 20.30 in Italy from March 6 to June 5 1990 for a total of 14 episodes. The episodes were directed by Lorenzo Castellano and Federico Moccia. The music for the series was provided by Claudio Simonetti. The female lead in the series is Federica Moro, Miss Italy, while her male counterpart, and her boyfriend, is Keith Van Hoven. The college featured in the series is located near the Naval Academy in the heart of Tuscany. The show was produced by Reteitalia and had excellent results in the ratings, with a peak of 6 million viewers per episode. It has since been re-run on numerous satellite channels.

  • Striscia la Notizia
    Striscia la Notizia (1988)N/A

    Striscia la notizia is an Italian television program on the Mediaset-controlled Canale 5. Its name in Italian translates as "the news slithers", a probable parody of the slighting Italian journalist, submitted to politicians and overwhelmed with shame. The polysemic term Striscia, in English strip, can recall both a line of cocaine and the comic strip. But Striscia is also the slithing snake: this show worm in the hidden holes to unmask the television cheats. Founded in 1988, it is meant to be a parody of the daily news, which airs right before the program, but Striscia also satirizes government corruption and exposes scams with the help of local reporters who are also comedians. The program is directed and produced by Antonio Ricci and is hosted by two major comedians. Usually Ezio Greggio is assisted by another comedian for the winter season, after which there is a change of guard.

  • Cri Cri
    Cri Cri (1990)N/A

    Cri Cri is an Italian television series.