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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)

The Smith Family

★ 6.7
198 39 1971–1972
Drama · Family

Arthur of the Britons

★ 7.6
197 24 1972–1973
Adventure · Drama · Fantasy

Bigfoot and Wildboy

★ 6.5
196 20 1977–present
Adventure · Drama · Western

Run, Joe, Run

★ 7.4
195 26 1974–1975
Adventure · Drama · Family

La demoiselle d'Avignon

★ 7.0
193 6 1972–1972
Comedy · Drama · Romance

Hedebyborna

★ 8.0
192 18 1978–1982
Drama

San Francisco International Airport

★ 2.7
192 7 1970–1971
Drama

Greatest Heroes of the Bible

★ 6.3
191 17 1978–1979
Drama · Family · History

Sil de strandjutter

★ 7.3
191 7 1976–1976
Drama

Delvecchio

★ 6.7
190 22 1976–1977
Crime · Drama

The Mill on the Floss

★ 6.7
189 8 1978–1979
Drama · History · Romance

Wings

★ 7.8
189 26 1977–1978
Drama · War

Vanished

★ 6.9
186 2 1971–1971
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Moonbase 3

★ 6.8
186 6 1973–1973
Drama · Sci-Fi

Jesus Christ Is Crucified Again

★ 8.5
186 50 1975–1976
Drama

Blind Ambition

★ 6.8
184 4 1979–1979
Biography · Drama

Polskie drogi

★ 7.7
183 11 1976–present
Drama · War

The Roads to Freedom

★ 8.3
183 13 1970–1970
Drama · War

BBC2 Playhouse

★ 6.7
182 107 1973–1983
Drama

Hem till byn

★ 7.9
182 52 1971–2006
Drama

A Horseman Riding By

★ 7.6
181 13 1978–1978
Drama

A Man Called Sloane

★ 6.6
181 12 1979–1980
Action · Adventure · Drama

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

★ 7.6
180 7 1978–1978
Drama

The Last Convertible

★ 8.4
179 3 1979–1979
Drama
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