The Best TV Shows on RTP1

Every RTP1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Leading the pack on RTP1 are Eurovision Song Contest and Cinzas, with their initial broadcasts in 1956 and 1992. Across the timeline from 1956 to 2022, RTP1 has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from June 2026 that includes over 20 unique series.

  • Cinzas
    Cinzas (1992)10.0

  • Desencontros
    Desencontros (1995)10.0

  • A Senhora das Águas
    A Senhora das Águas (2001)10.0

  • A Banqueira do Povo
    A Banqueira do Povo (1993)9.0

  • Roseira Brava
    Roseira Brava (1996)9.0

  • Vidas de Sal
    Vidas de Sal (1996)9.0

  • Filhos do Vento
    Filhos do Vento (1997)9.0

  • A Grande Aposta
    A Grande Aposta (1997)9.0

  • Terra Mãe
    Terra Mãe (1998)9.0

  • Ajuste de Contas
    Ajuste de Contas (2000)9.0

  • Tell Me How It Happened
    Tell Me How It Happened (2007)8.7

    Television drama series which has been broadcast on RTP1 of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal from 2007 to 2011 and since 2019. It recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Lopes (Portuguese: Os Lopes), during the last years of the Estado Novo. In February 2019, RTP announced that the series, after eight years shelved, would be renewed, with the storyline moving firmly into the 1980s. The first episode of the sixth season was broadcast on 7 December 2019 with the Lopes entering 1984.

  • Verão Quente
    Verão Quente (1993)8.0

  • Primeiro Amor
    Primeiro Amor (1996)8.0

  • A Lenda da Garça
    A Lenda da Garça (1999)8.0

  • 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.

  • Na Paz dos Anjos
    Na Paz dos Anjos (1994)7.0

  • Riscos
    Riscos (1997)7.0

  • Silent Cargo
    Silent Cargo (2022)6.3

    November 2019. A semi-submersible loaded with three tons of cocaine is seized off the Galician coast after having crossed the Atlantic. The captain, Nando, a promising young amateur boxer, travels accompanied by a Brazilian mechanic and a Colombian hitman. Three strangers locked up for almost a month in a claustrophobic handmade boat.

  • Vila Faia
    Vila Faia (2008)N/A

  • Father by Chance
    Father by Chance (2009)N/A

    An unlikely love with a happy ending... At age 40, Miguel is at the top of his career as a plastic surgeon, having reached the fame and fortune he worked so hard for. He’s a hopeless bachelor, never committing to any real relationship. This is not just by choice, his situation is a result of never having met his parents and being raised in a children’s home. But, overnight, a simple phone call will change his life entirely, making him recall a point in his life that he’d rather forget. His best friend from the institution was just killed in a car crash along with his wife, but left written instructions behind stating that, if something should happen to him, Miguel should be given custody of his three children, 12-year-old Simão, 8-year-old Jaime and 6-year-old Beatriz. Initially, Miguel will try to dismiss himself from any responsibility but, after meeting the kids, he realizes that he has no choice but to bring them home.