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Best Biography TV Series of 1981

14 Biography series that started in 1981, ranked by popularity

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14 series

The Flame Trees of Thika

★ 7.8
499 7 1981–present
Biography · Drama

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

★ 8.5
377 8 1981–1981
Biography · Drama · History

The Gangster Chronicles

★ 8.1
336 15 1981–1981
Biography · Crime · Drama

The Borgias

★ 7.3
234 10 1981–1981
Biography · Drama · History

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

★ 8.0
67 9 1981–1981
Biography · Drama · History

The Search for Alexander the Great

★ 7.2
64 4 1981–1981
Adventure · Biography · Drama

Petöfi

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

Cervantes

★ 7.4
38 9 1981–1981
Biography · Drama

Mata Hari

★ 6.7
34 4 1981–1981
Biography · Drama

I ragazzi di celluloide

★ 5.1
12 6 1981–present
Biography · Drama · History

Vita di Antonio Gramsci

★ 6.1
12 4 1981–present
Biography

Don Luigi Sturzo

★ 6.4
10 3 1981–present
Biography · Drama · History

Tri spory

★ 7.6
10 3 1981–1982
Biography · Drama · History

Drottning Christina

★ 7.8
6 2 1981–1981
Biography · Drama · History
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