The Best TV Shows on SRF 1

Every SRF 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Dive into our updated selection of SRF 1’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of April 2026. SRF 1 has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1956 all the way to 2021. Eurovision Song Contest and Scene of the Crime represent the pinnacle of SRF 1’s programming, launching in 1956 and 1970.

  • Wilder
    Wilder (2017)7.7

    A detective returns to her home town in the Swiss mountains, to remember her brother who died in an accident many years ago along with several other children. After a murder in town, she stays and starts to investigate.

  • Red Zora and Her Gang
    Red Zora and Her Gang (1979)7.5

    In the Croatian coastal town of Senj , orphans living on the fringes of society come together under the leadership of a girl who, because of her red hair , is called Rote Zora . The citizens of the city treat the destitute children like outcasts. Wild pranks are the reactions of the troops. In order to survive, the children become criminals, but within their community they adhere to fixed rules. Your top priority is solidarity. They call themselves Uskoks . The only one who feels connected to them is the old fisherman Gorian. The children help him to assert himself against the big fishing companies.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Kassensturz
    Kassensturz (1984)N/A

  • Der Club
    Der Club (1985)N/A

  • Arena
    Arena (1993)N/A

  • Aeschbacher
    Aeschbacher (2001)N/A

  • Giacobbo/Müller – Late Service Public
    Giacobbo/Müller – Late Service Public (2008)N/A

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

  • Best Friends
    Best Friends (2010)N/A

  • Schawinski
    Schawinski (2011)N/A

  • Comedy Showcase
    Comedy Showcase (2019)N/A

  • Persönlich
    Persönlich (2021)N/A