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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)

Theatre Macabre

★ 5.6
108 24 1971–1972
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Sledstvie vedut znatoki

★ 7.3
108 32 1971–2003
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Napoleon and Love

★ 7.0
108 9 1974–1974
Biography · Drama · History

Chopper One

★ 7.0
108 14 1974–1974
Crime · Drama

Pathfinders

★ 7.8
107 13 1972–1973
Drama · War

Somerset

★ 7.5
106 1704 1970–1976
Drama

Fiskerne

★ 6.2
106 6 1977–1977
Drama

Söderkåkar

★ 7.0
106 6 1970–present
Drama

Einmal im Leben - Geschichte eines Eigenheims

★ 8.4
106 3 1972–present
Drama

Rock Follies of '77

★ 7.6
105 6 1977–1977
Drama · Music

Story Theatre

★ 8.1
104 3 1971–present
Comedy · Drama

New Scotland Yard

★ 7.5
104 46 1972–1974
Crime · Drama

General Hospital

★ 7.5
104 305 1972–1980
Drama · Romance

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

★ 7.1
104 13 1978–1979
Crime · Drama

Teleplay

★ 4.3
103 12 1976–1977
Drama

Les dames de la côte

★ 7.9
103 5 1979–1980
Comedy · Drama

Just William

★ 6.7
103 27 1977–1978
Comedy · Drama · Family

The Old Curiosity Shop

★ 7.0
103 9 1979–1980
Adventure · Drama · Family

Oorlogswinter

★ 6.9
103 13 1975–1975
Drama · War

Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplicissimus

★ 8.2
103 4 1975–present
Adventure · Drama · History

Duplessis

★ 8.4
103 7 1978–1978
Biography · Drama · History

Joe Forrester

★ 7.0
102 23 1975–1976
Crime · Drama

Running Blind

★ 7.5
102 3 1979–present
Action · Drama

Tale

★ 8.8
101 8 1977–1979
Comedy · Drama
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