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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

Blind Ambition

★ 6.8
184 4 1979–1979
Biography · Drama

Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey

★ 7.3
176 10 1974–1977
Biography · Crime · History

The Voyage of Charles Darwin

★ 8.4
169 7 1978–1978
Biography · History

Meeting of Minds

★ 9.2
165 25 1977–1981
Biography · History · Talk-Show

Will Shakespeare

★ 7.6
155 6 1978–1978
Biography · Drama · History

The Brontës of Haworth

★ 7.2
138 5 1973–present
Biography · Drama · Romance

The Lost Boys

★ 8.0
135 3 1978–1978
Biography · Drama

The Devil's Crown

★ 8.1
130 13 1978–1978
Biography · Drama · History

Wallenstein

★ 8.4
113 4 1978–1978
Biography · History

Napoleon and Love

★ 7.0
108 9 1974–1974
Biography · Drama · History

Duplessis

★ 8.4
103 7 1978–1978
Biography · Drama · History

Dickens of London

★ 7.3
94 13 1976–1977
Biography · Drama · Romance

Ligabue

★ 8.3
79 3 1977–present
Biography · Drama

Al Ayam

★ 7.2
78 13 1979–1979
Biography · Drama

Prince Regent

★ 7.7
71 8 1979–1979
Biography · Drama · History

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

★ 7.2
67 4 1974–1975
Biography · Drama · History

Marie Curie

★ 7.6
62 5 1977–1977
Biography · Drama

Ben Hall

★ 8.3
60 13 1975–1975
Biography · Drama · History

Richelieu

★ 7.2
57 6 1977–1977
Biography · History · War

Dimitrije Tucovic

★ 6.7
44 8 1973–1974
Biography · Drama · History

Appointment with Destiny

★ 7.4
43 7 1971–1973
Biography · Documentary · Drama

In Search of the Dark Ages

★ 8.3
41 8 1979–1981
Biography · Documentary · History

Joséphine ou la comédie des ambitions

★ 7.8
41 5 1979–1980
Biography · Drama · History

Porobdzije

★ 7.9
37 7 1976–1977
Biography · Drama
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