The Best TV Shows on RTS 1

Every RTS 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Check out the most acclaimed shows on RTS 1, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for March 2026. Notable series such as Eurovision Song Contest and The Written Off from RTS 1 first graced the screens in 1956 and 1974. RTS 1 has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1956 and as recent as 2025.

  • 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.

  • Fortress
    Fortress (2025)9.0

    Everyone has to grow up, to separate from their parents, to start their own family. Luka and Daria try to do this while everything around them is falling apart: friendships, families, even the country.

  • 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.

  • Tycoon
    Tycoon (2020)8.3

    Someone shoots at Serbian tycoon Vladan Simonovic. This makes Vladan initiate a private investigation that will open up "Pandora's box" with respect to his past and will lead to conflicts linked with the future of his mighty company.

  • Ubice mog oca
    Ubice mog oca (2016)8.0

    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.

  • Better Life
    Better Life (1987)7.8

    Trials and tribulations of the Popadic family, a typical family of five with everyday problems... 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.

  • Black Sun
    Black Sun (2017)7.7

    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.

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.2

    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.

  • Open Doors
    Open Doors (1994)7.0

    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.

  • South Wind
    South Wind (2020)6.8

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

  • Operation Sabre
    Operation Sabre (2024)6.8

    Belgrade, 2003. When Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic is assassinated, the country plunges into chaos, and the authorities' response is to introduce a state of emergency. A turning point in recent Serbian history through the perspective of a journalist, a police officer, and a criminal.

  • Skin
    Skin (2024)6.5

    The story of a musician, former drug addict and drug dealer named Slobodan Milosevic.

  • Morning Changes Everything
    Morning Changes Everything (2018)6.3

    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.

  • Montevideo, God Bless You!
    Montevideo, God Bless You! (2012)5.9

    This is a story about Yugoslavian national football team and their journey to the first world championship in Montevideo.

  • Underneath
    Underneath (2020)5.8

    Facing his own past, an investigator unravels the mystery behind three cruel, ritualistic murders.

  • White Ship
    White Ship (2006)5.6

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

  • The Bootmen
    The Bootmen (N/A)5.5

    A powerful lyrical story about the sergeant of the former Yugoslav Army Zika Kurjak, from childhood in miners' home, through military days, to severe depression, imprisonment and the metropolitan madness. Kurjak, the personification of human kindness, who is impaired and disturbed, as an old and ornate in the hospital, speaks in detail about his life. Through this searing story of sergeant Zika Kurjak and his life, some of the crucial historical circumstances of the 20th century are being blunted, as well as the fate of the heroic Serbian army, which becomes part of the new system after unification, and which the system is gently destroying leaving individuals individually fighting for it and prevent inevitable decay.

  • Happy People
    Happy People (1993)5.0

    The intertwined lives of numerous characters set in 1990s Belgrade who all try to live happily during rather unhappy times.

  • Advocado
    Advocado (2021)1.5

    The series "Advokado" follows the ups and downs of the main character Brane and his faithful companion Beli. At the center of the plot are their friendly and family relations as they try to find the meaning and peace in life.

  • The Nemanjić Dynasty: The Birth of the Kingdom
    The Nemanjić Dynasty: The Birth of the Kingdom (2018)N/A

    Story about the most influential Serbian dynasty of the Middle Ages.