The Best TV Shows on Rai 3

Every Rai 3 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of September 2025, our compilation of Rai 3’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows. Rischiatutto and La Pimpa represent the pinnacle of Rai 3’s programming, launching in 1970 and 1983. With its programming history stretching from 1970 to 2021, Rai 3 offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows.

  • Gazebo
    Gazebo (2013)10.0

  • Passato e Presente
    Passato e Presente (2017)9.5

    Program about historical dissemination, presented by Paolo Mieli. Each episode sees a historian interacting with the presenter and three young university students.

  • La Melevisione
    La Melevisione (1999)9.2

  • Per un pugno di libri
    Per un pugno di libri (1998)9.0

    Italian book game

  • Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta
    Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta (2001)8.9

    Alberto Angela leads the dissemination program dedicated to history, art and culture. A historical, archaeological, informative story, with the presence of some protagonists of the Italian cultural or artistic scene.

  • Il Caso Scafroglia
    Il Caso Scafroglia (2002)8.4

    Satirical television program aired from November 4 to December 18, 2002. The transmission was intended to shed light on a case (of course fantasy) of a missing person, Mario Scafroglia. The hypothesis was that the man had voluntarily lost track of himself, which offered in each episode new food for thought to deepen in a satirical way themes of current affairs, politics and costume, in an attempt to understand the reasons that had driven Scafroglia to flee.

  • Un giorno in pretura
    Un giorno in pretura (1988)8.2

  • La Pimpa
    La Pimpa (1983)8.0

    Pimpa, a white female dog with red dots all over her body, who lives with her owner/father figure Armando, a plump moustached man who treats her like a daughter. Every day Pimpa goes through new adventures wheter it's in her house's surroundings or all over the world, or even in space, meeting old friends and making newers.

  • The new squad
    The new squad (2008)8.0

    In the heart of Naples, the Spaccanapoli Police Station is established to combat crime in the most affected areas. It is led by Deputy Commissioner Paola Ricci, a law-abiding officer who often clashes with Sergio Vitale, the impulsive and direct leader of the "Falchi" (Falchi). The Squad must confront crime but also its own vulnerabilities.

  • L'Aquila - Grandi speranze
    L'Aquila - Grandi speranze (2019)8.0

  • The Vertical Line
    The Vertical Line (2018)7.9

    Heartfelt Italian comedy-drama about the patients and staff of a hospital oncology ward.

  • Rischiatutto
    Rischiatutto (1970)7.8

  • Che tempo che fa
    Che tempo che fa (2003)7.7

    Che tempo che fa is an Italian television talk show hosted by the Italian television host Fabio Fazio. It has been broadcast live on Saturdays and Sundays on the Italian State TV Channel Rai Tre in Milan since 2003. The show has been aired prime time since September 2003. Che tempo che fa is a one-to-one talk show with two guests every night. Current events, political, economic, sporting, musical, literary, cinematic, scientific, nature and environmental issues of topical interest are discussed. Fabio Fazio’s feature is having friendly conversations rather than formal interviews. In its last edition the show made an average prime-time share of 15%, with an audience of 3,500,000 people.

  • The squad
    The squad (2000)6.8

    One of the most enthralling crime series among Italian viewers: airing on Rai Tre from March 3, 2000, "La Squadra" offers a realistic overview of the world of crime through the cases investigated by the Sant'Andrea Police Station in Naples.

  • Thou Shalt Not Kill
    Thou Shalt Not Kill (2015)6.8

    Valeria Ferro, an inspector of the Turin Homicide Squad, is a young and extremely skilled police officer, with a keen intuition and an obsession: the truth. But her past reveals a wound that dates back to her adolescence, when her mother, Lucia, was convicted of her husband's murder.

  • Buttafuori
    Buttafuori (2006)6.6

    Buttafuori is an Italian television series.

  • Report
    Report (1997)N/A

    A weekly current affairs Italian show

  • Passepartout
    Passepartout (2001)N/A

    Passepartout is an Italian TV show hosted by art critic Philippe Daverio that explores art, culture, and history by visiting museums, galleries, and historical sites. Known for its immediate and non-academic style, the show features Daverio's wide-ranging connections between different forms of art across all eras, offering viewers a rich look at Italy's artistic heritage and beyond.

  • That's Amore
    That's Amore (2019)N/A

  • Lui è peggio di me
    Lui è peggio di me (2021)N/A