The Best TV Shows on SRF 1

Every SRF 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

A broadcaster of distinction, SRF 1 has aired more than 20 shows between 1956 and 2021. As of May 2026, we’ve curated over 20 of SRF 1’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure. Highlighting SRF 1’s quality programming, Eurovision Song Contest and Scene of the Crime stand out, premiering 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Pingu
    Pingu (1986)7.0

    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)6.7

    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)6.2

    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

  • Der Club
    Der Club (1985)N/A

  • Arena
    Arena (1993)N/A

  • Sternstunden
    Sternstunden (1994)N/A

  • NeXt
    NeXt (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

  • Tonspur – Der Soundtrack meines Lebens
    Tonspur – Der Soundtrack meines Lebens (2010)N/A

  • Schawinski
    Schawinski (2011)N/A

  • Spiel für dein Land
    Spiel für dein Land (2015)N/A

  • Deville
    Deville (2016)N/A