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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)

Tales to Keep You Awake

★ 7.8
333 30 1966–1982
Crime · Drama · Horror

Insight

★ 7.4
326 277 1960–1984
Drama

The Monroes

★ 7.8
326 26 1966–1967
Drama · Western

Kraft Suspense Theatre

★ 7.7
325 59 1963–1965
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Journey to the Unknown

★ 7.6
313 17 1968–1969
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The First Churchills

★ 8.1
301 12 1969–1969
Biography · Drama · History

Judd for the Defense

★ 7.7
291 50 1967–1969
Drama

The Owl Service

★ 7.2
290 8 1969–1970
Drama · Family · Fantasy

The Leatherstocking Tales

★ 6.8
283 4 1969–1969
Adventure · Drama · Western

The Doctors

★ 7.0
281 4519 1963–1982
Drama · Romance

Stoney Burke

★ 7.8
266 32 1962–1963
Drama · Sport · Western

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

★ 7.6
254 37 1960–1961
Drama

Shane

★ 7.2
251 17 1966–1966
Drama · Western

The Space Giants

★ 7.5
245 52 1966–present
Action · Adventure · Drama

Kråkguldet

★ 7.1
244 6 1969–1969
Adventure · Drama

The Great British Train Robbery

★ 7.3
243 3 1966–present
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Coronet Blue

★ 8.2
243 13 1967–1967
Drama · Mystery · Thriller

East Side/West Side

★ 8.6
231 26 1963–1964
Drama

The Dick Powell Theatre

★ 7.4
231 60 1961–1963
Comedy · Drama

Mr. Novak

★ 7.4
223 60 1963–1965
Drama

Special Branch

★ 7.4
219 53 1969–1974
Action · Crime · Drama

The Outcasts

★ 7.5
218 26 1968–1969
Drama · Western

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

★ 7.5
216 26 1963–1964
Drama · Western

BBC Play of the Month

★ 7.0
216 121 1965–1983
Drama
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