The Best TV Shows on ORF III
Every ORF III Show Ranked From Best To Worst
ORF III has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1991 and as recent as 2021. Our curated list, current as of September 2026, showcases over 20 of ORF III’s highest-rated series. Leading the pack on ORF III are The Strauss Dynasty and Berggespräche, with their initial broadcasts in 1991 and 2010.
Austria from Above: Jewels of the Country (2016)7.0Georg Riha is and will remain the master of aerial shots. In this series, Riha uses aerial shots only. In shootings that took several years he flew over almost all of Austria and shows the country's most beautiful places from the aerial perspective during the course of a year.
The Strauss Dynasty (1991)N/AA dramatization of two generations of the Viennese Strauss family, whose dance music and operettas dominated much of Europe and beyond for most of the 19th century.
Berggespräche (2010)N/A- Erlesen (2010)N/A
- Was schätzen Sie …? (2011)N/A
- Science Talk (2012)N/A
- kult.reloaded (2013)N/A
DENK mit KULTUR (2014)N/A- Déjà vu (2015)N/A
- Kabarett im Turm (2016)N/A
- Expeditionen (2017)N/A
- Die Tafelrunde (2018)N/A
- Die Nachbarn (2018)N/A
- Skilegenden (2018)N/A
Soundtrack Österreich (2019)N/A- Sommer(nach)gespräche (2019)N/A
- Österreichs Bergdörfer (2020)N/A
Dinner für Zwei (2020)N/A- Landleben (2021)N/A