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Best Biography TV Series of 1985

21 Biography series that started in 1985, ranked by popularity

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21 series

American Masters

★ 8.2
1K 317 1985–present
Biography · Documentary

Mussolini: The Untold Story

★ 6.9
729 3 1985–1985
Biography · Drama · History

Christopher Columbus

★ 6.8
634 4 1985–1985
Adventure · Biography · Drama

Mussolini and I

★ 6.3
502 4 1985–1985
Biography · Drama · War

Johann Sebastian Bach

★ 8.2
122 4 1985–1985
Biography · Drama · Music

August Strindberg: Ett liv

★ 7.0
73 6 1985–1985
Biography · Drama

Amirkabir

★ 7.6
70 1985–1985
Biography · Drama · History

Goya

★ 7.3
66 6 1985–1985
Biography · Drama

Oscar

★ 6.8
53 3 1985–1985
Biography · Drama · History

Odlazak ratnika, povratak marsala

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

Zeit zu zweit

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

A Thousand Skies

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

Karmelyuk

★ 7.0
16 1985–present
Biography · Drama · History

The Empress of the Dynasty

★ 6.8
13 1985–1986
Biography · Drama · History

Der Club

★ 6.0
12 1485 1985–present
Biography

Ivan Babushkin

★ 7.0
11 2 1985–present
Biography · History

Colette

★ 7.6
9 3 1985–1985
Biography · Drama · History

Ne imeyushchiy china

★ 5.1
9 1985–present
Biography · History

Martin Luther King

★ 6.8
9 1985–present
Biography · Documentary

Dette er ditt liv

★ 4.8
8 21 1985–1995
Biography · Reality-TV

Zhuge Liang

★ 8.8
5 14 1985–present
Biography · Drama
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