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Best Drama TV Series of the 1970s

Top 500 most popular Drama series that started in the 1970s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Secret Squadron Gorenger

★ 6.7
220 84 1975–1977
Action · Adventure · Drama

Chlopi

★ 7.2
219 13 1972–1973
Drama

Follyfoot

★ 7.5
217 39 1971–1973
Drama · Family

En by i provinsen

★ 7.0
217 17 1977–1980
Crime · Drama

Dead of Night

★ 7.3
215 7 1972–1972
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Kashi no ki Mokku

★ 6.8
214 53 1972–1972
Animation · Drama · Family

Madigan

★ 7.2
213 6 1972–1973
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Serpico

★ 6.9
210 16 1976–1977
Crime · Drama

The Seekers

★ 6.5
210 2 1979–1979
Drama · History · War

Son of Svengoolie

★ 8.4
208 343 1978–1986
Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

★ 7.7
205 7 1974–1974
Biography · Drama · History

A Man Called Intrepid

★ 6.8
204 3 1979–1979
Adventure · Drama · War

Nikola Tesla

★ 8.2
203 10 1977–1977
Biography · Drama

Kamen Rider Amazon

★ 6.7
202 24 1974–1975
Action · Adventure · Drama

La dame de Monsoreau

★ 7.8
202 7 1971–present
Drama · History · Romance

1990

★ 7.4
202 16 1977–1978
Drama · Sci-Fi · Thriller

Lucan

★ 7.2
201 12 1977–1978
Drama

The Glittering Prizes

★ 8.3
200 6 1976–1976
Drama

O'Hara, U.S. Treasury

★ 7.3
200 23 1971–1972
Drama

Manhunt

★ 7.3
200 26 1970–1970
Drama · History · War

Gabriela

★ 8.1
200 136 1975–1975
Drama · Romance

Tom Brown's Schooldays

★ 8.2
199 5 1971–1971
Drama · Family

Någonstans i Sverige

★ 7.3
199 7 1973–1974
Drama · War

Bouquet of Barbed Wire

★ 7.3
199 7 1976–1976
Drama
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