The Best TV Shows on Yle TV2

Every Yle TV2 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Across the timeline from 1978 to 2020, Yle TV2 has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows. Highlighting Yle TV2’s quality programming, Sirkuspelle Hermanni and The Age of Iron stand out, premiering in 1978 and 1982. Discover the best of Yle TV2 with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for June 2025.

  • Sirkuspelle Hermanni
    Sirkuspelle Hermanni (1978)10.0

    Pelle Hermanni is a Finnish children's TV show shown on YLE TV2 in the Pikku Kakkonen children's program. The show's main character is Pelle Hermanni, a clown who lives in his own trailer at a circus trailer park. He was played by Veijo Pasanen, cousin of director and inventor Pertti "Spede" Pasanen. There is no major continuing plot, instead the episodes consist of Hermanni talking about his life and daily events in a funny, clownish, somewhat childish way. His comedic antics are further increased by the comically misproportioned props and his way of fumbling over difficult words. Hermanni would often ask questions from his children audience, and then pretend to actually hear what they answered, saying such things like "Right, Annika there knew the answer!" In by far the most of the episodes, Hermanni is the only human actor shown. Other characters include Vekkari, Hermanni's large alarm clock which starts ringing when Hermanni least wants, and Kepakko, a wooden teacher's staff who feels intellectually superior to Hermanni and often insults him by laughing at him. Hermanni is especially fond of his dear old mother and the pancakes with strawberries she makes, and he often phones her to see how she's doing. Hermanni's telephone is a large, complex contraption with its own video communications screen. Because the show predates actually feasible real-world video communication by more than a decade, this only adds to the comedy.

  • Metsolat
    Metsolat (1993)8.2

  • Jefferson Anderson
    Jefferson Anderson (2007)8.1

    Jefferson Anderson is a Finnish animated sitcom. The computer-animated series portrays a satirical view of daily events in Helsinki at a police precinct in the suburb of Pasila. The series is made by members of the same team that made the award-winning series The Autocrats, a political animated satire. In 2007, the Finnish Broadcasting Company sent Pasila to compete for the Rose d'Or.

  • Pirunpelto
    Pirunpelto (2009)8.0

  • Latela
    Latela (2013)8.0

  • Docventures
    Docventures (2013)8.0

    Documents about the surrounding world and Interesting conversation with experts about documentary subjects. Your hosts: Riku Rantala and Tunna Milonoff. Welcome to the journey!

  • Kimmo
    Kimmo (2012)7.9

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

  • 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.

  • The Age of Iron
    The Age of Iron (1982)7.3

    Rauta-aika (The Age of Iron) is a dramatic four-part miniseries completed in 1982 by Finnish broadcast network Yle TV2. The production attempts to adapt the national epic of Finland, the Kalevala, for the television audience by way of humanizing the mythological characters whose thoughts and actions drive the narrative. The protagonists of Rauta-aika, Väinö, Ilmari and Lemminki, have been inspired by the tales in the Kalevala and go in search of a woman, eventually finding themselves at war with the Nordic people, and in the end pay dearly for their pursuits.

  • Modernit miehet
    Modernit miehet (2019)7.3

  • Karjalan kunnailla
    Karjalan kunnailla (2007)7.0

  • Hooked
    Hooked (2015)7.0

    Drug Crime Detective Oskari is the envy of his colleagues. His connections to underworld and informants is unrivaled. What they don't know is the mother of his child, Krista, is a drug addict who lives in that world. And now she's back in his life, shaking his home life on one hand, and offering new connections to knocking down the rise of drug imports. If only he could trust her.

  • 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.

  • Deadwind
    Deadwind (2018)6.9

    When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.

  • Pasila 2.5 - The Spin-Off
    Pasila 2.5 - The Spin-Off (2014)6.0

    An animated comedy about police officers at one of the biggest police stations in Helsinki. Personal characters fight against domestic crimes like the way they see it best. In addition they face current phenomena such as the “Guugelheim project” and children’s talent shows “Who wants to be the next orphan millionaire”.

  • Uusi Päivä
    Uusi Päivä (2010)4.5

  • Taivaan tulet
    Taivaan tulet (2007)N/A

  • Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu
    Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (2012)N/A

    Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (abbreviated UMK) is an annual music contest organised by the Finnish public broadcaster Yle. UMK began in 2012 as a new concept for the Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, replacing the original Finnish Eurovision Song Contest qualifying event (Suomen euroviisukarsinta) which had been held since 1961.

  • Under the North Star
    Under the North Star (2012)N/A

    The life of a Finnish family from 1880, through the First World War, the Finnish Civil War and the Second World War, to about 1950. Through the lives of ordinary people, it describes the clash of ideals in Finland's language strife and the struggle between the Whites (nationalists) and the Reds (socialists) in the movement to Independence and Civil War. Based on the trilogy of novels by Väinö Linnan.

  • Kakarat
    Kakarat (2020)N/A