The Best TV Shows on Rai 3

Every Rai 3 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

A broadcaster of distinction, Rai 3 has aired more than 20 shows between 1970 and 2022. Icons of Rai 3, Rischiatutto and La Pimpa made their debut in 1970 and 1983, setting industry standards. Discover the best of Rai 3 with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for July 2025.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Caro Marziano
    Caro Marziano (2017)7.5

  • I topi
    I topi (2018)7.1

  • La Pimpa
    La Pimpa (1983)7.0

    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.

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

    Stubborn and determined detective Valeria Ferro endeavors to solve the challenging puzzle behind crimes motivated by jealousy, vendettas and repressed anger to seek the truth and justice. All as she struggles with her own demons and the phantoms of her past that come back to life when her mother is released from jail after serving a seventeen-year prison sentence.

  • Buttafuori
    Buttafuori (2006)6.6

    Buttafuori is an Italian television series.

  • Corto Maltese
    Corto Maltese (2003)6.3

    Elegant, daring, generous, Corto Maltese travels around the world wherever his current whim tales him. In every exotic locale his code of honor leads him to battle on behalf of the poor and the weak, battles he win due to his sparkling wit and daring.

  • The Spaghetti Family
    The Spaghetti Family (2003)5.0

    Like it happens with every family all around the world, also in Italy the spaghetti family, an average, pretty large and messy family, has its own problems. While the mum is the typical "mama", the father is a layabout and their kids, besides being terribly untidy,music lovers and no school lovers, are in eternal dispute with their parents. Just one thing makes them get along together... the unconditional love for spaghetti that they daily eat for lunch and dinner.

  • Lords of the Animals
    Lords of the Animals (1992)N/A

    The Lords of the Animals, one of BOREALES’s leading productions is a 13x26’ series of documentary tales recounting the most extraordinary symbiotic relationships between man and animals. This anthology co-produced by Boréales and Canal + continues to meet with tremendous international success and has been translated into thirty languages. Over a hundred awards including Pandas in Windscreen, a Green Oscar at the Wildlife Film Festival in Jackson Hole and an International Emmy Award.

  • Report
    Report (1997)N/A

    A weekly current affairs Italian show

  • TV Talk
    TV Talk (2005)N/A

  • Sei pezzi facili
    Sei pezzi facili (2022)N/A

    Six plays staged for TV, under the artistic direction and direction of Paolo Sorrentino. A project dedicated to the genius of Mattia Torre, played by actors-friends, companions of many adventures in cinema, theater and fiction.