The Best TV Shows on Yle Areena

Every Yle Areena Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Check out the most acclaimed shows on Yle Areena, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for July 2025. Icons of Yle Areena, Milkshake and Kohtaamiset ja erot made their debut in 1994 and 1994, setting industry standards. Yle Areena has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1994 and as recent as 2024.

  • Pulkkinen
    Pulkkinen (1999)9.0

    Pulkkinen was an award-winning Finnish sketch series which aired between 1999 and 2002, and starring actors Jari Salmi and Antti Virmavirta . The series was written by Juha Jokela, and is known for its courageous humor. Pulkkinen's first season was released on DVD in 2005 and the second season in 2006. The third and last series was published in October 2006.

  • Kimmo
    Kimmo (2012)7.9

    The name of the person is a thirtysomething, work shy and relaxed Kimmo.

  • Ketonen & Myllyrinne
    Ketonen & Myllyrinne (2006)7.5

    Ketonen & Myllyrinne is like a brush of a rubber glove on naked thigh. The show doesn't apologize to anyone and nothing is sacred to it, except Sundays.

  • Moominvalley
    Moominvalley (2019)7.4

    Follow the life and adventures of curious, kind and idealistic Moomintroll. A typical hero in a coming-of-age story, Moomintroll tries to tackle the puzzle of growing up to his true, individualistic self while remaining a beloved part of the family.

  • Invisible Heroes
    Invisible Heroes (2019)7.4

    Invisible Heroes tells the heroic tale of young Finnish diplomats in Chile during 1973’s infamous military coup. Finnish diplomats Tapani Brotherus and Ilkka Jaamala along with Tapani’s wife Lysa Brotherus helped over 2000 left-wing Chileans escape the military junta’s persecution. The Finns acted without official authorization while Swedish ambassador Harald Edelstam was the most visible defendant of human rights with the backing of Sweden’s Prime Minister, Olof Palme.

  • Modernit miehet
    Modernit miehet (2019)7.3

  • Karjalan kunnailla
    Karjalan kunnailla (2007)7.0

  • Wingman
    Wingman (2016)7.0

    The series follows the lives of Juha "Juhis" Koski and Tommi Mäkinen-Renwall as neighbours. The men drift too far in their everyday challenges that lead to excessive outcomes. Unwillingly, Tommi and Juhis often find themselves in awkward and embarrassing situations where they are forced to choose one of two bad options. Tommi's wife and Juhis' good friend Harriet does her best to understand the men's antics.

  • Volga 30 päivässä
    Volga 30 päivässä (2016)7.0

  • White Wall
    White Wall (2020)6.8

    Three workers die in a mysterious explosion accident deep down in a mine shaft. The incident is obscured, but rumors begin to spread about a find that no one can explain.

  • The Paradise
    The Paradise (2020)6.6

    Two murders shake the Finnish community of Fuengirola, a group that made this tiny corner of Málaga their own little Finnish paradise on the shores of the Mediterranean. Hilkka Mäntymäki, a veteran crime detective aged 60, is travelling from Helsinki to help the local police on a case that will soon claim new victims. Because escaping the cold and the dark is much easier than leaving your own past behind.

  • ADULTS
    ADULTS (2019)6.0

    Oona (20-something) runs a small coffee shop in the heart of hipsteresque Kallio district in Helsinki. Oona’s is not really the classic entrepreneur type: she’s often late to work and throws out customers she dislikes. She’s also constantly in a state of existential crisis over what she should become and whether she’s a somebody or just a nobody. Oona’s best friend is Arttu, a 25 y.o. gay artist-dj-creator-whatever. Together they hate, love, party and cry and try to become adults.

  • Seconds
    Seconds (2024)5.7

    A huge train accident in an idyllic small town shocks the whole of Finland, and accident investigator Marita Kaila is faced with the most difficult case of her career. Under increasing pressure, Marita and her team try to find out what led to the death of dozens of people. But there is also a tragedy in Marita's own past, which the demanding investigation brings to the fore. Will he solve the case before the pressure becomes too much?

  • 66th North Precinct
    66th North Precinct (2023)5.0

    Police work, boxing and family life in Lapland! Maria Pudas (Saara Kotkaniemi), a former boxing world champion, investigates crimes with her partner Samu Pajala (Karim Rapatti) in Lapland. The life of Maria's cordial and slightly chaotic family (Iina Kuustonen, Eero Saarinen, Katariina Kaitue and Heikki Ranta) changes when Maria's father Esko has a seizure and it is revealed that he has debts of 500,000 euros. In order to save her family, Maria decides to return to the ring once more, and to resolve the situation, only victory matters.

  • Milkshake
    Milkshake (1994)N/A

  • Kohtaamiset ja erot
    Kohtaamiset ja erot (1994)N/A

  • Siperian Nero!
    Siperian Nero! (2000)N/A

  • Tie Eedeniin
    Tie Eedeniin (2003)N/A

  • Melkein totta
    Melkein totta (2019)N/A

  • Kakarat
    Kakarat (2020)N/A

    Young couple, graffiti artist Asta and skateboarder Joona are planning to leave their small hometown and move abroad to study and experience the world. Things get complicated when they find out that Asta is pregnant. Is it possible to conquer the world and have a baby at the same time?