The Best TV Shows on RTÉ Player

Every RTÉ Player Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Showcasing over 8 shows from 2009 up until N/A, RTÉ Player stands as a beacon of television excellence. Icons of RTÉ Player, Storyland and Sarah and Steve made their debut in 2009 and 2009, setting industry standards. As of October 2025, our compilation of RTÉ Player’s top-rated series boasts over 8 unique shows.

  • Sarah and Steve
    Sarah and Steve (2009)10.0

    Sarah and Steve is a comedy from the makers of Dan & Becs which intercuts the video diaries of the two main characters as they discuss their struggling relationship, stagnant careers, and the unavoidable drama of an average night out in Tallaght.

  • Good Boy
    Good Boy (2024)8.0

    Tony Cantwell stars in this brand-new sitcom chronicling one man’s struggle making it in comedy while wrestling with the emotional journey of getting an ADHD diagnosis in Ireland.

  • Storyland
    Storyland (2009)N/A

    Storyland is an award-winning initiative by RTÉ.ie and Screen Ireland, a program that develops and showcases new, original Irish short dramas by emerging talent in writing, directing, and acting. It operates as a competitive call-out for scripts, with the top finalists receiving funding and support to produce their 25-minute short dramas, which are then broadcast on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player.

  • Callan Kicks The Year
    Callan Kicks The Year (2020)N/A

    Joining Oliver Callan in kicking the years

  • Darren & Joe's Free Gaff
    Darren & Joe's Free Gaff (2021)N/A

    Viral sensations Darren Conway and Joseph McGucken take us on a surreal but hilarious trip through the minds of two lads living in a Dublin gaff. 

  • Ireland's Perfect Pubs
    Ireland's Perfect Pubs (2023)N/A

    Comedian Anna Clifford hits the road to discover some of the most unique, picturesque and bizarre public houses around the country in search of Ireland's Perfect Pub.

  • Man Up?
    Man Up? (2024)N/A

    What does it mean to be a man, especially a young man, in the world these days? That's the question Jordan Conroy and his crew of 10 boys from different backgrounds ask each other in the new series Man Up?

  • Ireland's Fittest Family
    Ireland's Fittest Family (N/A)N/A

    Laura Fox is on the hunt to find the nation’s Fittest Family alongside coaches Sonia O’Sullivan, Anna Geary, Davy Fitzgerald and Donncha O’Callaghan.