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Best Biography TV Series of the 1970s

82 Biography series that started in the 1970s, ranked by popularity

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82 series

Jesus of Nazareth

★ 8.5
28K 4 1977–1977
Faith & religion · Period piece

I, Claudius

★ 8.8
22K 13 1976–1976
Royalty & aristocracy

Roots

★ 8.4
20K 8 1977–1977
Event miniseries · Real history

Sybil

★ 8.0
8K 3 1976–1976
Mental health · Emotionally heavy

Roots: The Next Generations

★ 7.8
3K 7 1979–1979
Biography · Drama · History

Elizabeth R

★ 8.6
2K 6 1971–1971
Biography · Drama · History

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

★ 8.4
2K 6 1970–1970
Biography · Drama · History

Lillie

★ 8.0
789 13 1978–1978
Adventure · Biography · Drama

Dick Turpin

★ 7.3
741 31 1979–1982
Action · Adventure · Biography

Edward the King

★ 8.2
610 13 1975–1975
Biography · Drama · History

Tadas Blinda

★ 8.9
539 4 1972–present
Action · Adventure · Biography

Cartesius

★ 6.8
523 2 1974–present
Biography · Drama · History

King

★ 8.0
492 3 1978–1978
Biography · Drama · History

The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci

★ 8.0
474 5 1971–1971
Biography · History

A Woman Called Moses

★ 7.8
454 2 1978–1978
Biography · Drama

Eleanor and Franklin

★ 7.9
433 2 1976–1976
Biography · Drama · Romance

The Age of the Medici

★ 7.1
387 3 1972–1973
Biography · Drama · History

Ike: The War Years

★ 7.0
379 3 1979–1979
Biography · Drama · History

Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic

★ 7.6
304 4 1978–1978
Biography · Drama · History

The Shadow of the Tower

★ 7.7
253 13 1972–1972
Biography · Drama · History

Mr. Horn

★ 6.5
213 2 1979–1979
Action · Adventure · Biography

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

★ 7.7
205 7 1974–1974
Biography · Drama · History

Nikola Tesla

★ 8.2
203 10 1977–1977
Biography · Drama

This Is Your Life

★ 7.4
203 52 1970–1973
Biography · Reality-TV
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