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Best Biography TV Series of 1978

17 Biography series that started in 1978, ranked by popularity

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17 series

Lillie

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

King

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

A Woman Called Moses

★ 7.8
454 2 1978–1978
Biography · Drama

Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic

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

The Voyage of Charles Darwin

★ 8.4
169 7 1978–1978
Biography · History

Will Shakespeare

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

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

Duplessis

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

Émile Zola ou La conscience humaine

★ 7.4
27 4 1978–1978
Biography · Drama

Jazz Band

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

Behind the Curtain

★ 7.6
26 80 1978–2013
Biography · Documentary

Bearded Bible Brothers

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

Ce diable d'homme

★ 8.4
12 6 1978–1978
Biography · Comedy · History

Marx und Engels - Stationen ihres Lebens

★ 7.3
11 11 1978–1980
Biography · History

Ala Hamesh Al Sira

★ 6.0
10 1978–1978
Biography · Drama · History
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