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Best Biography TV Series of 1986

15 Biography series that started in 1986, ranked by popularity

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15 series

Shaka Zulu

★ 7.7
4K 10 1986–1986
Real history · Period piece

Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna

★ 6.6
1K 2 1986–1986
Biography · Drama · Mystery

Peter the Great

★ 7.7
871 4 1986–1986
Biography · Drama · History

Mikhaylo Lomonosov

★ 7.9
413 9 1986–1986
Biography · Drama · History

Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy

★ 7.3
230 6 1986–1986
Biography · Drama

Dream West

★ 6.7
158 3 1986–1986
Biography · Drama · Western

A Fortunate Life

★ 7.8
134 4 1986–1986
Biography · Drama · History

Mit meinen heißen Tränen

★ 7.8
130 3 1986–1986
Biography · Drama

Bahadur Shah Zafar

★ 7.0
35 20 1986–present
Biography · History

Den fötrollade vägen

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

Ernst Thälmann

★ 6.1
19 2 1986–1986
Biography

Artists and Models

★ 7.7
18 3 1986–1986
Biography · Drama

What Do Those Old Films Mean?

★ 7.7
13 6 1986–present
Biography · Documentary · History

L'ami Maupassant

★ 6.1
12 6 1986–1986
Biography · Drama

Kaj Munk

★ 6.1
10 4 1986–1986
Biography · Drama · History
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