The Best TV Shows on TVP1

Every TVP1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

TVP1 has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1962 and as recent as 2024. Premiering in 1962 and 1966, Bolek and Lolek and Four Tank-Men and a Dog are among TVP1’s most celebrated shows. As of June 2026, we’ve curated over 20 of TVP1’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure.

  • Dekalog
    Dekalog (1989)8.5

    The Ten Commandments, exact and uncompromising, literally cast in stone, continues to provide a source of moral conflict in contemporary society. In the ten part collection of films, The Decalogue, Krzysztof Kieslowski examines the dilemma of fundamental sin in the lives of ordinary Warsaw citizens.

  • Ekstradycja
    Ekstradycja (1995)8.1

    One of the most important action series created during the transition period. It brilliantly and credibly portrays the realities of the 1990s and the work of police officers in a new reality, one in which entirely new criminal groups emerged – drug dealers and warring gangs.

  • More Than Life At Stake
    More Than Life At Stake (1968)8.0

    A series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.

  • Four Tank-Men and a Dog
    Four Tank-Men and a Dog (1966)7.8

    Czterej pancerni i pies was a Polish black and white TV series based on the book by Janusz Przymanowski. Made between 1966 and 1970, the series is composed of 21 episodes of 55 minutes each, divided into three seasons. It is set in 1944 and 1945, during World War II, and follows the adventures of a tank crew and their T-34 tank in the 1st Polish Army. Although both the book and the TV series contain elements of pro-Soviet propaganda, they have achieved and retain a cult series status in Poland, Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries. The T-34 tank Rudy with the identifying number "102", a German Shepherd dog from Siberia Szarik and to a lesser extent the crew Jan Kos, Gustaw Jeleń, Grigorij Saakaszwili, Tomasz Czereśniak, and their commander and mentor Olgierd Jarosz, as well as other heroes of the series, have become icons in Polish popular culture.

  • Blood for Blood
    Blood for Blood (2012)7.5

    *Blood for Blood (2012)* follows Job, a methodical Dutch undercover cop whose life shatters when his wife is murdered. Consumed by grief and disillusioned with official justice, he goes rogue. Using his expert skills, he infiltrates Amsterdam's brutal drug underworld alone, not to enforce the law, but to hunt his wife's killers. As he descends, the line between cop and criminal vanishes in this tense thriller about the corrosive, transformative power of vengeance.

  • The Moomins
    The Moomins (1978)7.4

    The series is based on the famous series of novels by Finnish author Tove Jansson. It follows the adventures of strange creatures called Moomins and their equally strange friends. The series features a continuous narrative within individual installments, which do not always align with the 13-episode division. The series is realized using the semi-flat puppet technique, with commentary.

  • Bolek and Lolek
    Bolek and Lolek (1962)7.3

    Bolek and Lolek are two Polish cartoon characters from the TV animated series by the same title. They are based on Władysław Nehrebecki's sons, named Jan and Roman, and were partially created by German-born Alfred Ledwig before being developed by Władysław Nehrebecki and Leszek Lorek. The series is about two young brothers and their fun and sometimes silly adventures which often involve spending a lot of time outdoors. They first appeared in an animated film in 1963. The names of the two characters are diminutives of Bolesław and Karol. In English, the cartoon was distributed as Jym & Jam and Bennie and Lennie. Some episodes were seen as part of Nickelodeon's Pinwheel. In 1973 the creators of the film placed on the request from the female viewing audience a girl character by the name of Tola. The first time she appeared in occurred in the episode entitled "Tola". In total, Tola appeared in 30 episodes.

  • Blondynka
    Blondynka (2010)7.0

  • Leśniczówka
    Leśniczówka (2018)7.0

  • Ranczo
    Ranczo (2006)6.9

    Ranczo ["Ranch"] is a Polish television comedy series, directed by Wojciech Adamczyk, that has aired since March 2006 on TVP1. It follows the story of Lucy Wilska, a Polish-American who has inherited her grandmother's country home in the fictional small town of Wilkowyje. She arrives in Wilkowyje intent on selling the cottage but, after seeing the charm of the village, decides to stay.

  • The Crown of the Kings
    The Crown of the Kings (2018)6.8

    Piasts' reign is coming to end on Casimir the Great, who have no sons. Polish throne comes to Anjous. Thanks to the marriage of Saint Jadwiga of Poland with Lithuanian Grand Duke Jogaila, an alliance is made and a new dynasty - Jagiellons, who rule Poland for next two hundred years

  • Lokatorzy
    Lokatorzy (2000)6.0

  • Na sygnale
    Na sygnale (2014)6.0

  • Our Century
    Our Century (2019)6.0

    The saga of the Winny family through 100 years. The action begins on the eve of World War I in 1914 and ends in modern times.

  • Komisarz Alex
    Komisarz Alex (2012)5.8

  • The Londoners
    The Londoners (2008)5.7

    Londyńczycy is a Polish TV drama series about Polish immigrants in London, aired on TVP 1 since late 2008. It is currently aired on Community Channel. The title music for the series is the Robbie Williams song "Supreme".

  • Klan
    Klan (1997)5.5

    Family is the most important thing, and the children of Władysław and Maria Lubicz from Warsaw can always count on each other, no matter what surprises life offers.

  • Ojciec Mateusz
    Ojciec Mateusz (2008)5.3

  • Galeria
    Galeria (2012)N/A

  • Królowie
    Królowie (2024)N/A

    Follow-up series to "The Crown of the Kings" and "The Crown of the Kings. The Jagiellonians" about the reign of King Władysław III of Poland and his younger brother King Casimir IV of Poland.