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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

Confessions of a Fool

★ 7.3
34 4 1976–1976
Biography · Drama

Les folies Offenbach

★ 7.6
34 6 1977–1978
Biography · Comedy · Music

Wielka milosc Balzaka

★ 7.6
31 7 1973–1973
Biography · Romance

Bitte umblättern

★ 6.3
29 52 1977–1993
Biography · Documentary · Music

Marie-Antoinette

★ 7.3
29 4 1975–present
Biography · Drama · History

Émile Zola ou La conscience humaine

★ 7.4
27 4 1978–1978
Biography · Drama

El carruaje

★ 8.6
27 44 1972–1972
Biography · Drama · History

Behind the Curtain

★ 7.6
26 80 1978–2013
Biography · Documentary

Jazz Band

★ 7.5
26 3 1978–present
Biography · Comedy · Drama

The War Lords

★ 7.7
25 6 1976–1976
Biography · Documentary · History

Cities

★ 7.9
24 13 1979–present
Biography · Documentary

Puccini

★ 7.0
18 5 1973–present
Biography · Drama

Le roi qui vient du sud

★ 7.4
18 6 1979–present
Biography

Biography

★ 5.8
18 6 1970–present
Biography

Biography

★ 7.3
17 4 1979–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Brett

★ 6.7
17 19 1971–1971
Adventure · Biography · Drama

Louis Pasteur

★ 8.7
15 3 1977–present
Biography · Drama · History

Bearded Bible Brothers

★ 7.0
15 25 1978–present
Biography · Documentary · Family

Mussolini

★ 8.1
14 1976–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Molière pour rire et pour pleurer

★ 7.8
14 6 1973–present
Biography · Comedy

Winners

★ 6.8
14 5 1977–present
Biography · Family

Personenbeschreibung

★ 7.7
13 70 1972–1993
Biography · Documentary

Fahad Al Askkar: Al Rehla wa Al Raheel

★ 7.4
12 3 1979–1979
Biography · Drama

Paisaje con figuras

★ 4.3
12 39 1976–1985
Biography · Drama · History
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