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Best History TV Series of the 1960s

59 History series that started in the 1960s, ranked by popularity

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59 series

Max the 2000-Year-Old Mouse

★ 6.3
33 120 1967–present
Animation · Family · History

Bürgerkrieg in Russland

★ 8.2
32 5 1967–present
History

Serdtse Bonivura

★ 6.3
30 4 1969–present
Adventure · History

Persuasion

★ 5.5
28 4 1960–1961
Drama · History · Romance

Chronicle

★ 7.6
28 219 1966–1991
Documentary · History

Moonstrike

★ 7.8
27 27 1963–1963
Drama · History · War

Insurrection

★ 7.5
26 8 1966–1966
Drama · History

The Spread of the Eagle

★ 5.8
23 9 1963–1963
Drama · History · Romance

Hereward the Wake

★ 7.4
23 16 1965–1965
Drama · History

Vita di Dante

★ 6.8
22 3 1965–present
Biography · Drama · History

Dr. Schlüter

★ 7.4
20 5 1965–1966
Drama · History · War

Jean-Roch Coignet

★ 8.1
20 7 1969–present
Biography · History · War

Hollywood Backstage

★ 7.5
19 6 1964–1968
History

Gniewko, syn rybaka

★ 6.4
19 5 1969–present
Adventure · History

Hans Beimler, Kamerad

★ 6.8
19 4 1969–1969
Biography · Drama · History

You Can't See Round Corners

★ 6.8
18 26 1967–1967
Drama · History

The Man in the Iron Mask

★ 7.2
17 9 1968–1968
Adventure · Drama · History

S.O.S. - Morro Castle

★ 7.6
16 2 1966–present
Drama · History

Kenilworth

★ 6.2
14 4 1967–present
Drama · History · Romance

Mafia - Die ehrenwerte Gesellschaft

★ 5.5
13 2 1966–present
Crime · Drama · History

Ich - Axel Caesar Springer

★ 6.6
13 5 1968–present
Biography · History

Las momias de Guanajuato

★ 5.9
13 120 1962–present
Drama · Fantasy · History

Day of Discovery

★ 7.8
13 75 1968–2018
Biography · Documentary · History

Cristóbal Colón

★ 5.4
13 2 1968–present
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