The Best TV Shows on RTS 1

Every RTS 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Notable series such as Eurovision Song Contest and Better Life from RTS 1 first graced the screens in 1956 and 1987. Boasting a rich catalog, RTS 1 features more than 20 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 1956 to 2022. Check out the most acclaimed shows on RTS 1, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for May 2025.

  • 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.

  • My Cousin from the Village
    My Cousin from the Village (2008)9.3

    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.

  • White Ship
    White Ship (2006)8.5

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

  • 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.

  • My Father's Murderers
    My Father's Murderers (2016)8.3

    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.

  • Happy People
    Happy People (1993)8.0

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Professor Miskovic's Notebook
    Professor Miskovic's Notebook (2021)7.2

    A young journalist Bosko, along with his girlfriend Jelena and best friend Milenko, gets caught up in a conspiracy to obtain a notebook which records unexplained paranormal events.

  • Underneath
    Underneath (2020)6.2

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

  • Truckers, Inc.
    Truckers, Inc. (2020)2.0

    Legendary TV series from the 1970s about the adventures of two truck drivers is updated for the modern age.

  • Theater at Home
    Theater at Home (2007)N/A

    An updated version of a legendary Yugoslavian 1970s sitcom “Theater at Home”.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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?