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Best Drama TV Series of the 1960s

Top 500 most popular Drama series that started in the 1960s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Out of This World

★ 7.7
68 14 1962–1962
Drama · Horror · Sci-Fi

Convoy

★ 7.4
68 13 1965–1965
Drama · War

Sir Graves Ghastly Presents

★ 8.8
67 939 1967–present
Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

Johnny Midnight

★ 7.2
66 39 1960–1960
Crime · Drama

Sherlock Holmes

★ 8.0
66 6 1967–1968
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Maigret

★ 8.2
65 18 1964–1968
Crime · Drama

Vacation Playhouse

★ 7.3
65 45 1963–1967
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Parkin's Patch

★ 7.8
65 26 1969–1970
Crime · Drama

The Informer

★ 7.6
65 21 1966–1967
Drama

R3

★ 8.2
64 26 1964–1966
Drama · Sci-Fi

Pater Brown

★ 8.3
64 39 1966–1972
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Mr. Broadway

★ 7.6
64 13 1964–1964
Drama

The Survivors

★ 7.2
64 15 1969–1970
Drama

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

★ 7.8
64 44 1960–1961
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Mr. Rose

★ 8.1
62 24 1967–1968
Crime · Drama

NET Playhouse

★ 6.6
62 194 1964–1972
Biography · Drama · History

Theatre 625

★ 7.1
62 113 1964–1968
Drama

The Expert

★ 7.9
62 62 1968–1976
Crime · Drama

Window on Main Street

★ 7.2
61 34 1961–1962
Comedy · Drama

Great Ghost Tales

★ 7.6
61 12 1961–1961
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Drama 61-67

★ 7.4
60 98 1961–1967
Drama

Am grünen Strand der Spree

★ 8.2
59 5 1960–present
Drama

Fernfahrer

★ 8.5
59 12 1963–present
Adventure · Drama

Jekyll

★ 6.2
57 4 1969–1969
Drama · Fantasy · Horror
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