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The Best TV Shows on RTS 1

Every RTS 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Our curated list, current as of February 2025, showcases over 20 of RTS 1’s highest-rated series. Notable series such as The Written Off and More Than a Game from RTS 1 first graced the screens in 1974 and 1974. Showcasing over 20 shows from 1974 up until 2023, RTS 1 stands as a beacon of television excellence.

  • The Village Is Burning, and the Grandmother Is Combing Her Hair
    The Village Is Burning, and the Grandmother Is Combing Her Hair (2007)10.0

    Selo gori, a baba se češlja is a television series in Serbia. First aired in 2007, the show quickly gained national fame with episodes in its third season averaging approximately 2.9 million viewers. The show was aired on RTS1.

  • Wounded Eagle
    Wounded Eagle (2008)10.0

    Ranjeni orao was a Serbian television show produced in 2008 and aired on RTS1 during late 2008 and early 2009. The 17 episode series is based on the 1936 novel "Ranjeni orao" by Serbian author Mir Jam. The show had unprecedented success with the last episode averaging over 3 million viewers, making it the most watched Serbian television series ever made.

  • The Written Off
    The Written Off (1974)9.0

    "The Written Off" is a famous Serbian TV miniseries, that was very popular in former Yugoslavia, originally airing in 1974. Due to its popularity, Radio Television of Serbia has shown reruns of the series ten times, the last re-run starting in 2012. The series has achieved something of a cult status among its audience and still attracts an estimated 3 million viewers with its last rerun. Idea of series derives from exploits of freedom fighters in Belgrade during World War II, and all the characters and events are fictitious.

  • My Cousin from the Village
    My Cousin from the Village (2008)9.0

    Two parallel stories set in a village in Central Serbia about two families and the political context of the time.

  • The Jagodic Family
    The Jagodic Family (2012)9.0

    Series is about a wealthy family chased by things of the past.

  • Hotel Balkan
    Hotel Balkan (2020)9.0

    This series takes viewers on a journey in the 1930s, under the roof of the hotel, where the past and the present merge. The focus of the series is business of a prominent Banja Luka family, entangled in numerous intrigues.

  • In the Clinch
    In the Clinch (2022)8.5

    At the turning point of his life, 20-year-old Aljoša Kovač is trying to strike a balance between the expectations of his father Velja, the ambitions of his mother Mira, his own hard-to-achieve passion for music, and a love that is nearing its inevitable end.

  • Flesh
    Flesh (2017)8.3

    Mirko, an average football player at the end of his career, is back in his hometown because of a knee injury. His family owns a restaurant which is on the verge of collapsing, both because of the economic unprofitability, and because of the plans of local criminals who are interested in the plot where the restaurant is located. One of those criminals is Slavko, Mirko's childhood friend, who suddenly returns to his life, just when Mirko needs him the most.

  • My Father's Murderers
    My Father's Murderers (2016)8.1

    The action series begins when the main character, a young police inspector Aleksandar Jakovljevic, despite its problematic behavior, receives an important case - killed the daughter of a prominent man unit whose company is building the largest residential - commercial complex in the region. The investigation goes in that direction, or even torn Aleksandar their problems, nothing leaves the case and digging into every aspect of life of the murdered girl, unaware of the danger which is exposed because someone cares about is to cover up the killing as quickly as possible. Aleksandar tortured and personal pain of the never solved the murder of his father Mileta also a police inspector when he discovers that the murder may be linked both to him solve the murder of a young girl becomes a mission. he don't know who to trust along the way, whether your boss and best friend of his dead father, police chief Marjanovic, Mirko whether colleagues or two women in his life, Mary - the public prosecutor with whom he related, while in his heart does not pick up a young scientist Jelena. While all the risks and desperately searching for the truth, they will not know how it can be really painful.

  • Black Sun
    Black Sun (2017)8.1

    A historical fiction drama and thriller set in the turbulent period of the late 1930s in the Balkans as a place where high politics, local interests, capital and crime all merge together.

  • South Wind
    South Wind (2020)8.1

    A young member of a gang in Belgrade puts his family in danger when he angers a mafia boss.

  • White Ship
    White Ship (2006)8.0

    The story is about funny experiences of a politician named Srećko Šojić, played by Milan Gutović.

  • More Than a Game
    More Than a Game (1974)7.8

    The story follows a ten-year period before WW2 in a fictional town of Gradina, Serbia and its residents, which went through the turbulent events like the Great Depression and the rise of fascism. But the most important segment of the story revolves around rivalry between two city's football clubs - Radnicki and Gradjanski.

  • Better Life
    Better Life (1987)7.8

    Bolji život is a Yugoslav TV series with mixed elements of soap opera, comedy and drama that aired from 1987 to 1991. Created by the Radiotelevision Belgrade it is considered to be the most successful TV show ever produced in Yugoslavia. Written by Siniša Pavić, most prolific Serbian screenwriter, the series helped jump start cinematic careers for many of its protagonists, most notably Dragan Bjelogrlić who went on to become successful actor, director, and producer.

  • Call
    Call (2023)7.5

    Anica Reljic, a former police inspector who now works in a call center, receives a call from Sonja Tosic, a rich single mother who wants to know the identity of the person who is threatening her on the phone. As Anica investigates the threatening calls, she realizes that they are connected to a criminal group from her past life. She tries to warn Sonja, but Sonja disappears, prompting Anica and Tiana, Sonja's rebellious daughter, to go in search of her. They soon discover that Sonja may be the key to uncovering the truth behind an environmental scandal rocking the country: the mysterious poisoning of three boys.

  • Morning Changes Everything
    Morning Changes Everything (2018)7.2

    Lack of money, inability to find a permanent job, living with parents or roommates, unsettled love relationships — this is how the life of most young people in Serbia could be described. Through the four friends' struggle with the life challenges, the series also tries to evoke the spirit of Belgrade today: it talks about those who live in it, those who leave it, but also those who return to it.

  • Open Doors
    Open Doors (1994)6.4

    Otvorena vrata, is a Serbian comedy television series filmed in 1994-1995. Broadcast on state television RTS, it ran for 2 seasons featuring a regular family living in Belgrade during the 1990s. The show was created by Biljana Srbljanović and Miloš Radović, starring Vesna Trivalić, Milan Gutović, Bogdan Diklić, Nikola Đuričko, Sofija Jović, Bojana Maljević, Olivera Marković and Zoran Cvijanović, with guest stars such as: Mirjana Karanović, Nikola Simić, Seka Sablić, Branka Katić, Mira Stupica. The show had many reruns over the following years, and acquired a cult following. In spring of 2012, after the Serbian presidential election results were announced, Bojana Maljević announced on her Twitter account that she and Biljana Srbljanović were thinking about doing another season of the show. In the following days the idea of the third season was officially confirmed and members of the original cast started announcing that they would take part in the project.

  • Scent of Rain in the Balkans
    Scent of Rain in the Balkans (2010)N/A

    Trials and tribulations of a Jewish family from Sarajevo during turbulent times between 1914 and 1945.

  • Dogs Are Barking, But the Caravans Move On
    Dogs Are Barking, But the Caravans Move On (2017)N/A

    A tale of people who live outside the big city who get mixed up in hilarious situations and events.

  • The Heroes of Our Time
    The Heroes of Our Time (2019)N/A

    A well-educated family man realizes that his life is in crisis. Could the next generation do better?