The Best TV Shows on RTP Play

Every RTP Play Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Leading the pack on RTP Play are Lendas e Narrativas and Direct Flight, with their initial broadcasts in 1995 and 2010. RTP Play has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1995 all the way to 2026. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from August 2026 that includes over 20 unique series.

  • Salto de Fé
    Salto de Fé (2024)10.0

  • Situações Delicadas
    Situações Delicadas (2025)9.5

  • Taskmaster Portugal
    Taskmaster Portugal (2022)8.6

    Five public figures are challenged by “Taskmaster” Vasco Palmeirim and his assistant Nuno Markl to overcome a series of fun tests with a small dose of madness.

  • Lendas e Narrativas
    Lendas e Narrativas (1995)8.5

  • #CasaDoCais
    #CasaDoCais (2018)8.5

    A controversial and humorous series about five very peculiar friends. Ema comes to Lisbon and shares a house with four eccentric friends. Their day-to-day, and as nights, are marked by fun stories, without taboos, about being young in the new millennium (such as sex, drugs, job search, self-discovery and maturity).

  • Until Life Do Us Part
    Until Life Do Us Part (2021)7.1

    Three generations of a family living together in an idyllic villa juggle the demands of their wedding planning business and their own personal crises.

  • Amnésia
    Amnésia (2017)7.0

    Police thriller that tells the story of Joana Almeida, a young successful blogger. On the morning of the publication of her first novel she wakes up with her boyfriend Carlos death in their bed.

  • A Criação
    A Criação (2017)7.0

    A fable with people and furrys about the creative industry and the commercial arts.

  • Cold Haven
    Cold Haven (2025)7.0

    Maria is a Portuguese woman who emigrates to Vestmannaeyjar, a small and remote island in Iceland, in search of a better life for herself and her teenage daughter, Bela. Away from a past marked by domestic violence and deep secrets, she looks for freedom and a place to be herself. Six months after her arrival, Maria is found lifeless. Her violent death shocks the isolated community and exposes the secrets everyone is keeping. The investigation is placed in the hands of Soffía an Icelandic detective who, as she immerses in the investigation, faces her own crossroads, trying to balance professional duty and the ghosts of her past.

  • Rui
    Rui (2022)6.0

  • Red Light
    Red Light (2019)3.0

    Red Light is a TV series created by Patrícia Muller & directed by Marco Leão & André Santos about the true story of a group of women from Bragança that in 2003 rebelled against the presence of Brazilian immigrant prostitutes that were having a social and moral impact on the life of this small town.

  • Direct Flight
    Direct Flight (2010)N/A

    Life at 500 mph... Patrícia, Marta, Yara and Weza are flight attendants who share a close friendship travelling between Portugal and Luanda. Filled with humour, strength and hope, these four friends have each other’s back unconditionally, in their highs and lows. As they’re hitting 30, new concerns come up, which they put off, such as marriage, motherhood and their own careers. When confronted with their first big disappointments in their adult lives, they’ll start to question the way they saw their future play out up until then... And the men in their lives as well... Their odd work hours and the distance that separates them leave little room for them getting together so, when their days off match and their flight schedule permitting, they get together and up to speed with each other. When everything in their lives seems to be decided for them, they’ll end up realizing that each day can turn into a new start after all.

  • Near Distance
    Near Distance (2016)N/A

    A Portuguese series, dealing with terrorism, crime, and the economical crises in Portugal.

  • #SÓQNÃO
    #SÓQNÃO (2019)N/A

  • A Vida Privada dos Livros
    A Vida Privada dos Livros (2021)N/A

  • Prisma
    Prisma (2024)N/A

  • Casa-Abrigo
    Casa-Abrigo (2025)N/A

  • Porta Premium
    Porta Premium (2025)N/A

  • Lugar 54
    Lugar 54 (2025)N/A

  • Blood & Marbles
    Blood & Marbles (2026)N/A

    A noir musical telenovela inspired by David Bruno’s album of the same name. Sequeira, a major businessman in the finishes industry, is found dead near the Santo Inácio Zoo, in Avintes. On his body, two clues are discovered: a red fingernail and a photograph of a mysterious woman. Guedes, a private detective, is hired to solve the crime. Who is the mysterious woman? Where is the former Dragão Sandinense, Crespo? And most importantly, where is Sequeira’s fortune?