The Best TV Shows on Rai 3

Every Rai 3 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of August 2026, our compilation of Rai 3’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows. Premiering in 1970 and 1983, Rischiatutto and La Pimpa are among Rai 3’s most celebrated shows. Rai 3 has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1970 and as recent as 2017.

  • Cinico TV
    Cinico TV (1992)10.0

    The program consists of clips featuring interviews conducted by the two directors with alienated, crazy, and squalid characters against the backdrop of a desolate Sicily. A characteristic feature is the black and white footage. The subjects are all strictly male: there is no place for femininity in absolute squalor and desolation.

  • Passepartout
    Passepartout (2001)10.0

    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.

  • 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

  • Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
    Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery (2001)9.2

    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.

  • For a Handful of Books
    For a Handful of Books (1998)9.0

    The Rai3 program that features two school classes comparing notes on a literary classic.

  • 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.

  • Rischiatutto
    Rischiatutto (1970)7.8

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

  • 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)6.7

    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.

  • Chi l'ha visto?
    Chi l'ha visto? (1989)1.0

  • Report
    Report (1997)N/A

    A weekly current affairs Italian show

  • Milo
    Milo (2003)N/A

    Milo, a curious bunny, has adventures mirroring a child's daily life through play and discovery. He learns about himself and his world, finding endless novelty and surprises.

  • TV Talk
    TV Talk (2005)N/A

  • PresaDiretta
    PresaDiretta (2009)N/A

  • Il Tempo e la Storia
    Il Tempo e la Storia (2013)N/A

  • Nemico pubblico
    Nemico pubblico (2014)N/A