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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

Slom

★ 7.7
61 3 1979–1980
Drama · History · War

Ben Hall

★ 8.3
60 13 1975–1975
Biography · Drama · History

The Best of Families

★ 6.7
59 8 1977–1977
Drama · Family · History

Richelieu

★ 7.2
57 6 1977–1977
Biography · History · War

Eneide

★ 7.2
57 7 1971–present
Drama · History

Bicentennial Minutes

★ 8.6
57 912 1974–1976
History · Short

Animated Travels: Marco Polo's Adventures

★ 7.4
57 43 1979–1980
Adventure · Animation · History

Häjyt

★ 7.0
55 2 1978–1978
Crime · Drama · History

Aoi - The Betrayed Samurai

★ 8.7
55 1979–present
Adventure · History

Demonat na imperiyata

★ 8.7
52 10 1971–1971
Action · Adventure · History

Beszterce ostroma

★ 7.0
51 3 1976–1976
Drama · History · Romance

Bel Ami

★ 8.9
50 5 1971–1971
Crime · Drama · History

Anno domini 1573

★ 7.8
50 4 1979–1979
Drama · History

The Secret War

★ 8.4
45 6 1977–1978
Documentary · History · War

Churchill's People

★ 5.6
45 26 1974–1975
Drama · History · War

Dimitrije Tucovic

★ 6.7
44 8 1973–1974
Biography · Drama · History

The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel

★ 8.1
42 23 1972–present
Animation · Family · History

Un august in flacari

★ 7.6
42 13 1973–present
History

Joséphine ou la comédie des ambitions

★ 7.8
41 5 1979–1980
Biography · Drama · History

In Search of the Dark Ages

★ 8.3
41 8 1979–1981
Biography · Documentary · History

Gaston Phoebus

★ 6.9
39 6 1978–present
Drama · History · Romance

Vasilissa Amalia

★ 6.5
39 68 1975–1976
Drama · History

Sodan ja rauhan miehet

★ 8.2
39 10 1978–1979
Drama · History · War

Au plaisir de Dieu

★ 8.5
37 6 1977–present
Drama · History
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