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Best Biography TV Series of 1987

15 Biography series that started in 1987, ranked by popularity

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15 series

Biography

★ 7.7
2K 1280 1987–present
Biography · Documentary

Vuk Karadzic

★ 8.7
738 16 1987–1988
Biography · Drama · History

Out on a Limb

★ 7.3
699 2 1987–1987
Biography · Drama · Romance

Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

★ 8.8
592 3 1987–1987
Biography · Documentary

Captain James Cook

★ 8.1
365 4 1987–2000
Biography · Drama · History

Avicenna

★ 7.7
265 9 1987–present
Biography · Drama · History

Kouchak Jangali

★ 6.4
218 14 1987–present
Biography · Drama · History

Lorca, muerte de un poeta

★ 6.5
156 6 1987–1988
Biography · Drama

The Diary of Anne Frank

★ 6.0
153 4 1987–1987
Biography · Drama · History

Dokugan-ryu Masamune

★ 7.8
68 50 1987–1987
Biography · Drama · History

Chetyre vechera s Vladimirom Vysotskim

★ 7.5
51 4 1987–present
Biography · Documentary · Music

Jokehnen

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

Senda de gloria

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

Dni i gody Nikolaya Batygina

★ 7.0
11 5 1987–present
Biography · Drama

Maria Dimadi

★ 7.8
7 7 1987–1987
Biography · Drama · War
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