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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

Thérèse Humbert

★ 7.2
21 4 1983–present
Biography · Drama

Spanac

★ 7.2
21 2 1982–1982
Biography · Drama · History

A Thousand Skies

★ 8.1
21 3 1985–1985
Adventure · Biography · Drama

Einstein

★ 7.8
20 4 1984–present
Biography · Drama

Ernst Thälmann

★ 6.1
19 2 1986–1986
Biography

Betrayed People: Manto Mavrogenous

★ 7.5
19 12 1983–1983
Biography · Drama · History

Marquesa de Santos

★ 5.8
19 52 1984–present
Biography · Drama · History

Scotland's Story

★ 7.1
19 24 1984–1984
Biography · Drama · History

Artists and Models

★ 7.7
18 3 1986–1986
Biography · Drama

Panagulis vive

★ 6.7
17 4 1982–present
Biography · Drama

Joan of Arc, the Power and the Innocence

★ 7.8
17 3 1989–1989
Biography · History

Rade Koncar

★ 5.6
17 1983–present
Biography

Michaels' Movie Madness

★ 8.5
16 1988–1989
Biography · Comedy · Fantasy

Karmelyuk

★ 7.0
16 1985–present
Biography · Drama · History

Melba

★ 8.5
15 8 1988–1988
Biography · Drama

Against the Odds

★ 8.3
14 28 1982–1984
Biography · History

Eszmélet

★ 6.8
14 5 1989–present
Biography · Drama

Pedro I el Cruel

★ 6.8
14 10 1989–1989
Biography · Drama · History

Bereg ego zhizni

★ 6.1
14 3 1984–1985
Adventure · Biography · Drama

Cover Story

★ 7.0
14 9 1984–1988
Biography · Talk-Show

Abolição

★ 7.6
14 4 1988–1988
Biography

Fréquenstar

★ 5.0
13 152 1988–present
Biography · Documentary · Music

Jamal al-Din al-Afghani

★ 7.1
13 1984–1984
Biography · Drama · History

Numero Uno

★ 8.0
13 6 1982–present
Biography · Documentary · Sport
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