The Best TV Shows on RTP1

Every RTP1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Stay up-to-date with over 20 of RTP1’s elite series, with our list refreshed for November 2025. Some of the best tv shows from RTP1 include Eurovision Song Contest and Vila Faia, airing in 1956 and 1982 respectively. Boasting a rich catalog, RTP1 features more than 20 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 1956 to 2022.

  • Tell Me How It Happened
    Tell Me How It Happened (2007)8.7

    Television drama series which has been broadcast on RTP1 of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal from 2007 to 2011 and since 2019. It recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Lopes (Portuguese: Os Lopes), during the last years of the Estado Novo. In February 2019, RTP announced that the series, after eight years shelved, would be renewed, with the storyline moving firmly into the 1980s. The first episode of the sixth season was broadcast on 7 December 2019 with the Lopes entering 1984.

  • Pôr do Sol
    Pôr do Sol (2021)8.6

    Love, passion, mystery, betrayal makes the days of the Pôr do Sol estate. The Bourbon de Linhaça family owns the Pôr do Sol estate, but not everything is rosy...

  • 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.

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.3

    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.

  • Riscos
    Riscos (1997)5.0

  • Vila Faia
    Vila Faia (1982)N/A

  • Passerelle
    Passerelle (1988)N/A

    The soap opera tells the story of two families: Cardoso and Guimarães whose bosses are, one of them, bank manager and the other owner of a textile factory, linked to the world of fashion.

  • Cinzas
    Cinzas (1992)N/A

  • Verão Quente
    Verão Quente (1993)N/A

  • A Banqueira do Povo
    A Banqueira do Povo (1993)N/A

  • Na Paz dos Anjos
    Na Paz dos Anjos (1994)N/A

  • Desencontros
    Desencontros (1995)N/A

  • Roseira Brava
    Roseira Brava (1996)N/A

  • Primeiro Amor
    Primeiro Amor (1996)N/A

  • Vidas de Sal
    Vidas de Sal (1996)N/A

  • Filhos do Vento
    Filhos do Vento (1997)N/A

  • Terra Mãe
    Terra Mãe (1998)N/A

  • A Lenda da Garça
    A Lenda da Garça (1999)N/A

  • Ajuste de Contas
    Ajuste de Contas (2000)N/A

  • A Senhora das Águas
    A Senhora das Águas (2001)N/A