The Best TV Shows on Yle Areena

Every Yle Areena Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Eurovision Song Contest and Isännät ja isäntien varjot represent the pinnacle of Yle Areena’s programming, launching in 1956 and 1976. Dive into our updated selection of Yle Areena’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of January 2026. Boasting a rich catalog, Yle Areena features more than 20 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 1956 to 2025.

  • Metsolat
    Metsolat (1993)8.5

  • Aikuisen naisen joulukalenteri
    Aikuisen naisen joulukalenteri (2018)8.0

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.1

    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.

  • Kaverille ei jätetä
    Kaverille ei jätetä (1999)7.0

  • Queen of Fucking Everything
    Queen of Fucking Everything (2025)6.8

    A successful real estate agent wakes up one day to find out that her husband is gone, leaving her with millions in debt. In order to survive and maintain her lifestyle, Linda must become the queen of the criminal world.

  • Helsinki Syndrome
    Helsinki Syndrome (2022)6.7

    Family man Elias Karo takes four journalist hostage at their newspaper’s headquarters, in a desperate attempt to get them to reveal the wrongdoing wreaked on his family during the 90's recession.

  • White Wall
    White Wall (2020)6.6

    A disused mine is being repurposed into the world's largest nuclear waste disposal site when an explosion occurs. The explosion exposes an unearthly white wall.

  • The Paradise
    The Paradise (2020)6.4

    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.

  • Thin Ice
    Thin Ice (2020)6.4

    In Greenland, a climate meeting for the Arctic Council is in the process of agreeing on a new and historic climate agreement that prohibits all environmentally harmful oil drilling in the area when the political advisor to Sweden's Foreign Minister Elsa suddenly disappears during a visit to a research vessel.

  • Karjalan kunnailla
    Karjalan kunnailla (2007)6.0

  • 66th North Precinct
    66th North Precinct (2023)5.4

    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.

  • ADULTS
    ADULTS (2019)5.0

    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.

  • Isännät ja isäntien varjot
    Isännät ja isäntien varjot (1976)N/A

    Time of depression in the 1930s. "Poverty and abundant wealth have simultaneously filled the earth's circle. The peasant's cornerstones are moving." Iso Herneinen's mistress is dead and grief lives in Jopi's heart. Jopi's grown-up boys are hardly happy. The eldest boy fell in love with the house maid. The middle one is, according to Jopi, a strange modern product. The youngest does not enjoy working or working at home. The three-part TV series tells about the peasant's collapse in years of depression.

  • Kansan mies
    Kansan mies (2013)N/A

    The life of Aki Honkala, a blindly dedicated Member of the European Parliament, takes a radical turn during one scandal-plagued election night. The fall from grace is no surprise to anyone but himself. The people have spoken, let the chatter go - but what remains of a man who has lived and breathed politics for most of his adult life?

  • 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?

  • Cargo
    Cargo (2021)N/A

    The story of the international refugee crisis, depicting a world where greed, violence and exploitation compete with hopes and dreams amid a constant fight for survival.