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Best History TV Series of the 1970s

193 History series that started in the 1970s, ranked by popularity

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193 series

Burning Daylight

★ 7.0
124 4 1975–1975
Adventure · Drama · History

Wallenstein

★ 8.4
113 4 1978–1978
Biography · History

Soldaty svobody

★ 5.4
112 4 1977–1977
Drama · History · War

Joseph Balsamo

★ 6.9
108 7 1973–1973
Crime · History · Mystery

Napoleon and Love

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

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

Jack the Ripper

★ 8.3
96 6 1973–1973
Crime · Drama · History

Noce i dnie

★ 8.1
94 12 1978–1978
Drama · History · Romance

Daliran Tangestan

★ 7.8
88 1973–1974
History · War

Rush

★ 8.4
87 25 1974–1976
Adventure · Drama · History

The Edwardians

★ 6.7
86 8 1972–1973
Drama · History

Smoke and Shorty

★ 7.2
83 3 1975–1976
Adventure · Family · History

Between the Wars

★ 7.1
82 16 1978–present
Documentary · History · War

Vivát, Benyovszky!

★ 7.6
79 13 1975–present
History

Prince Regent

★ 7.7
71 8 1979–1979
Biography · Drama · History

Jauche und Levkojen

★ 7.4
70 17 1978–1980
Drama · History

The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway

★ 8.7
69 8 1974–1974
Documentary · Drama · History

U.S. Of Archie

★ 7.5
69 16 1974–1976
Animation · History

That's Hollywood

★ 8.5
68 76 1976–1982
Documentary · History

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

★ 7.2
67 4 1974–1975
Biography · Drama · History

Warrior Queen

★ 6.7
66 6 1978–1978
Drama · History · War

Der Winter, der ein Sommer war

★ 7.2
65 3 1976–present
Drama · History

The Prince and the Pauper

★ 7.0
65 6 1976–1976
Adventure · Drama · History
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