The Best TV Shows on Italia 1

Every Italia 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Showcasing over 20 shows from 1983 up until 2017, Italia 1 stands as a beacon of television excellence. Peruse our comprehensive roster of Italia 1’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of September 2025. Drive In and Once Upon a Time... Life represent the pinnacle of Italia 1’s programming, launching in 1983 and 1987.

  • Sarabanda
    Sarabanda (1997)10.0

  • Mai dire grande fratello
    Mai dire grande fratello (2000)8.8

  • Canimals
    Canimals (2011)8.5

    Canimals is a South Korean computer-animated television series by Voozclub Co., Ltd. The main characters are Ato, Mimi, Uly, Fizzy, Nia, Oz, Pow, Toki, and Leon. Internationally, the series has aired on UK through Aardman and worldwide through BRB Internacional.

  • Colorado
    Colorado (2003)8.0

  • Once Upon a Time... Life
    Once Upon a Time... Life (1987)7.8

    Attention please! Are you ready for an adventurous tour through the human body? With a lot of humour, our physical appearance is being introduced from head to toe along cells and organs in an educational way. The heart, blood, nerves and kidneys, each single one is a miracle which renders life possible.

  • Zelig
    Zelig (1997)7.8

  • Scherzi a Parte
    Scherzi a Parte (1992)7.6

  • Drive In
    Drive In (1983)7.0

    Drive In is an Italian television variety show, broadcast by Italia 1 between 1983 and 1989. It was referred as the most innovative and popular Italian television show of the 80s.

  • Love Bugs
    Love Bugs (2004)7.0

  • Emigratis
    Emigratis (2016)7.0

  • Big Show
    Big Show (2017)7.0

  • Le Iene
    Le Iene (1997)6.8

    Comedy/satirical show, with sketches and reports into political affairs and consumer issues. Recurring features of the show, besides the reportage, are the double interviews in which two famous people are asked the same questions, and are edited together on a split screen, side by side so that they answer one after the other.

  • Camera Café
    Camera Café (2003)6.8

    The adventures and mis-adventures of a group of co-workers are shown by a camera on top of the coffee-machine in the relax area.

  • Valentina
    Valentina (1989)6.0

    The stories revolve around the investigations of Valentina Rosselli, and the intrigues in which she gets involved because of her curiosity and her wonderful physical appearance. In the Shareholders She is often assisted by the antiquarian Philip Rembrandt, with whom she shares an ambiguous relationship.

  • Professione vacanze
    Professione vacanze (1987)5.6

    Enrico Borghini is an entertainer who finds himself becoming the director of a tourist village in crisis. Helped by the village staff, who are initially hostile to him, he manages to revive the fortunes of the structure.

  • The boys of 3rd C
    The boys of 3rd C (1987)5.4

    Rome, late 1980s, Leopardi Classical High School. This is where the various protagonists of the series meet and experience the epic, hilarious exploits of their classmates in 3C, the most outgoing high school students of the entire school year. Bruno Sacchi, a shy, rather plump boy, often awkward but with a big heart. Chicco Lazzaretti, the classic, tireless repeater, obsessed with school and his classmates, always ready to answer teachers in funny ways to distract his classmates. Of course, Daniele and Rossella, typical sweethearts who have grown up together since childhood, are also present, along with the beautiful, blonde Sharon Zampetti, desired by everyone.

  • Paperissima Sprint
    Paperissima Sprint (1990)5.0

  • College
    College (1990)4.1

    College is a 1990 Italian comedy television series, based on the 1983/4 film College. It aired on Tuesdays at 20.30 in Italy from March 6 to June 5 1990 for a total of 14 episodes. The episodes were directed by Lorenzo Castellano and Federico Moccia. The music for the series was provided by Claudio Simonetti. The female lead in the series is Federica Moro, Miss Italy, while her male counterpart, and her boyfriend, is Keith Van Hoven. The college featured in the series is located near the Naval Academy in the heart of Tuscany. The show was produced by Reteitalia and had excellent results in the ratings, with a peak of 6 million viewers per episode. It has since been re-run on numerous satellite channels.

  • Striscia la Notizia
    Striscia la Notizia (1988)N/A

    Striscia la notizia is an Italian television program on the Mediaset-controlled Canale 5. Its name in Italian translates as "the news slithers", a probable parody of the slighting Italian journalist, submitted to politicians and overwhelmed with shame. The polysemic term Striscia, in English strip, can recall both a line of cocaine and the comic strip. But Striscia is also the slithing snake: this show worm in the hidden holes to unmask the television cheats. Founded in 1988, it is meant to be a parody of the daily news, which airs right before the program, but Striscia also satirizes government corruption and exposes scams with the help of local reporters who are also comedians. The program is directed and produced by Antonio Ricci and is hosted by two major comedians. Usually Ezio Greggio is assisted by another comedian for the winter season, after which there is a change of guard.

  • Zanzibar
    Zanzibar (1988)N/A

    Zanzibar is an Italian television series.