The Best TV Shows on SRF 1

Every SRF 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Leading the pack on SRF 1 are Eurovision Song Contest and Scene of the Crime, with their initial broadcasts in 1956 and 1970. From 1956 through to 2023, SRF 1 has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows. As of August 2025, our compilation of SRF 1’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows.

  • Tschugger
    Tschugger (2021)8.1

    Normally, the Valais cantonal police are concerned with minor details: runaway sheep and a presence at the village festival. Until the day when an inconceivable murder attempt awakens the criminalistic energy of policemen Bax and Pirmin. In the process, the duo not only uncovers local networks, but also tangles with dark forces.

  • Davos 1917
    Davos 1917 (2023)7.7

    More determined than ever to live her life in accordance with her deepest desires, nurse Johanna Gabathuler finds herself embroiled in a spy conspiracy with international implications. There’s a high price to pay and it’s risky to say the least, but she will do anything it takes to find her daughter and, ultimately, secure her freedom.

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.2

    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.

  • The Undertaker
    The Undertaker (2013)7.2

    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.

  • Heidi
    Heidi (1978)7.1

    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.

  • 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.

  • New Heights
    New Heights (2021)6.8

    When business consultant Michi Wyss inherits his late father's troubled farm he must confront his rural past -- and his family's future.

  • Scene of the Crime
    Scene of the Crime (1970)6.1

    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

  • Der Club
    Der Club (1985)N/A

  • Der Erfolg ihres Lebens
    Der Erfolg ihres Lebens (1990)N/A

    In Paris, Maxi Ardel, in her elegant forties, successfully and firmly runs a haute couture house bearing her name. In Florence, she is about to take over a textile company that belonged to an old Italian aristocratic family, the di Falco. She has, indeed, a revenge to take on them. Count Massimo di Falco had stolen her child twenty years earlier. Driven by a desire for revenge, Maxi wants to destroy this family at all costs, but she has to count on Countess Bianca, who is ready to defend herself from her former rival. From then on, the two women fight without mercy.

  • Arena
    Arena (1993)N/A

  • NeXt
    NeXt (1994)N/A

  • Lüthi und Blanc
    Lüthi und Blanc (1999)N/A

  • Aeschbacher
    Aeschbacher (2001)N/A

  • SRF bi de Lüt Live
    SRF bi de Lüt Live (2009)N/A

  • Best Friends
    Best Friends (2010)N/A

  • SRF bi de Lüt – Winterhüttengeschichten
    SRF bi de Lüt – Winterhüttengeschichten (2021)N/A