The Best TV Shows on SRF 1

Every SRF 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

From 1956 through to 2020, SRF 1 has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows. Among SRF 1’s finest offerings are Eurovision Song Contest and Scene of the Crime, which debuted in 1956 and 1970, respectively. Peruse our comprehensive roster of SRF 1’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of October 2026.

  • Lüthi und Blanc
    Lüthi und Blanc (1999)10.0

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.4

    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.

  • Heidi
    Heidi (1978)7.4

    Young Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the mountains where she discovers the liberty and the beauty of Swiss landscapes. Later when Heidi is forced to become a companion to a young invalid girl in a big town, she discovers just how much she misses the mountains, her grandfather, and her friend Peter.

  • The Undertaker
    The Undertaker (2013)7.1

    A detective leaves the force to take over the family business as an undertaker at the same time as he is being investigated for murder. His close encounters with corpses and his earlier police training lead him to see things some of his ex-colleagues miss and he investigates the crimes he encounters in an unofficial capacity often to the dismay of the official police.

  • Pingu
    Pingu (1986)6.9

    Playful penguin Pingu lives with his family in Antarctica, where he often finds himself caught up in mischievous high jinks with his pal Robby.

  • Labyrinth of Peace
    Labyrinth of Peace (2020)6.5

    1945 Zero hour. Europe is reduced to rubble. Thirty million displaced and uprooted people. At the heart of this ravaged continent lies Switzerland. This small neutral country, which has been all but spared by the war, becomes a hub for Nazi war criminals, Allied Secret Services and Holocaust survivors.

  • Scene of the Crime
    Scene of the Crime (1970)6.2

    Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

  • Kulturplatz
    Kulturplatz (2004)6.0

  • G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten
    G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten (2005)4.0

  • Music & Guests
    Music & Guests (1976)N/A

  • Samschtig-Jass
    Samschtig-Jass (1981)N/A

  • Der Club
    Der Club (1985)N/A

  • SRF DOK
    SRF DOK (1990)N/A

  • Arena
    Arena (1993)N/A

  • Sternstunden
    Sternstunden (1994)N/A

  • Sternstunde Philosophie
    Sternstunde Philosophie (1998)N/A

  • Sternstunde Kunst
    Sternstunde Kunst (1998)N/A

  • Sternstunde Religion
    Sternstunde Religion (1998)N/A

  • Aeschbacher
    Aeschbacher (2001)N/A

  • Reporter
    Reporter (2001)N/A