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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)

Timm Thaler

★ 7.3
482 13 1979–1980
Adventure · Drama · Mystery

Hec Ramsey

★ 7.8
477 10 1972–1974
Drama · Mystery · Western

Where the Wild Boars Go

★ 8.4
477 10 1971–1971
Crime · Drama · War

The Kids of Degrassi Street

★ 7.7
471 26 1979–1986
Drama · Family

Two People

★ 7.5
470 6 1979–1979
Drama

Les rois maudits

★ 8.6
463 6 1972–1973
Drama · History

Crown Court

★ 7.4
459 881 1972–2007
Crime · Drama

Rebecca

★ 8.1
458 4 1979–1979
Drama · Mystery · Romance

Fantastic

★ 5.7
457 286 1973–present
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Heartland

★ 3.6
456 8 1979–1980
Drama

A Woman Called Moses

★ 7.8
454 2 1978–1978
Biography · Drama

Groovie Goolies

★ 7.3
452 16 1970–1971
Animation · Comedy · Drama

Clouds of Witness

★ 8.0
441 5 1972–1972
Drama · Mystery

Eleanor and Franklin

★ 7.9
433 2 1976–1976
Biography · Drama · Romance

The Secret Garden

★ 7.0
431 7 1975–1975
Drama · Family

Vise od igre

★ 8.6
430 10 1976–2007
Adventure · Comedy · Drama

The Scarlet Letter

★ 6.2
430 4 1979–1979
Drama

Hospital at the End of the City

★ 7.5
423 20 1977–present
Drama

The Mayor of Casterbridge

★ 7.9
423 7 1978–1978
Drama

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

★ 7.2
418 26 1971–1973
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Bastard

★ 6.9
416 2 1978–1978
Drama · History · Romance

Dan August

★ 7.1
410 26 1970–1971
Crime · Drama

La porta sul buio

★ 6.4
390 4 1973–1973
Drama · Horror · Mystery

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★ 8.1
389 23 1972–1973
Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi
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