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Best Biography TV Series of the 1980s

150 Biography series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

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150 series

A Mala de Cartão

★ 6.7
50 4 1988–1988
Biography · Drama

Odlazak ratnika, povratak marsala

★ 7.3
50 4 1985–1985
Biography · Drama · History

A Change of Sex

★ 7.0
46 5 1980–1999
Biography · Documentary

Petöfi

★ 5.2
45 6 1981–present
Biography · Drama · Romance

Liszt Ferenc

★ 7.8
43 16 1982–1982
Biography · Drama · History

Her er dit liv

★ 6.0
42 67 1983–2014
Biography · Reality-TV · Talk-Show

Jokehnen

★ 7.9
42 3 1987–present
Biography · Drama · Family

Svetozar Markovic

★ 7.7
42 7 1980–1981
Biography · Drama · History

Martin Luther

★ 7.4
38 5 1983–1983
Biography · Drama

Bookmark

★ 5.1
38 128 1983–1999
Biography

Cervantes

★ 7.4
38 9 1981–1981
Biography · Drama

Senda de gloria

★ 7.3
36 134 1987–1987
Biography · Drama · History

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

★ 6.9
35 12 1984–1984
Biography · Drama · Romance

Bahadur Shah Zafar

★ 7.0
35 20 1986–present
Biography · History

Mata Hari

★ 6.7
34 4 1981–1981
Biography · Drama

Ireland: A Television History

★ 8.7
33 13 1980–1981
Biography · Documentary · Drama

The Last Dynasty

★ 6.9
27 1988–present
Biography · Drama · History

La vie de Berlioz

★ 7.7
27 6 1982–1983
Biography

Tvrdokorni

★ 9.4
27 8 1988–present
Biography · Drama

La grande cabriole

★ 7.7
26 4 1989–present
Biography · Drama · History

Comic Roots

★ 7.7
26 8 1982–1983
Biography

Den fötrollade vägen

★ 6.7
25 2 1986–1987
Biography · Comedy · Drama

Zeit zu zweit

★ 8.8
23 3 1985–present
Biography · Documentary · Talk-Show

Miguel Servet (La sangre y la ceniza)

★ 7.3
23 7 1989–1989
Biography · Drama
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