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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

Adam Sangala

★ 7.4
21 1972–present
Action · History · Romance

Witness to Yesterday

★ 7.0
20 17 1973–present
Drama · History

Ruiny strelyayut...

★ 6.3
19 1971–present
History · War

Lichnoye schastye

★ 5.2
18 5 1977–present
Drama · History · Romance

Jubilee

★ 6.0
18 13 1977–1977
Drama · History

The Regiment

★ 7.2
18 23 1972–1973
Drama · History · War

The Magic of Dance

★ 7.5
17 6 1979–1979
Documentary · History · Music

Biography

★ 7.3
17 4 1979–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Preußen über alles... - Bismarcks deutsche Einigung

★ 7.9
17 1971–present
History

Der Strick um den Hals

★ 7.5
17 3 1975–present
History

Sibir

★ 5.6
16 1976–present
Drama · History

Le soleil se lève à l'est

★ 6.8
15 7 1974–present
Action · Adventure · History

Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland

★ 7.7
15 5 1975–1975
Documentary · History

Louis Pasteur

★ 8.7
15 3 1977–present
Biography · Drama · History

Dirk van Haveskerke

★ 5.7
14 13 1978–present
Adventure · Family · History

Mussolini

★ 8.1
14 1976–present
Biography · Documentary · History

La ligne de démarcation

★ 6.3
13 13 1973–present
Adventure · Drama · History

Sólyom a sasfészekben

★ 7.1
13 4 1974–present
Adventure · Crime · History

Les Borgia ou le sang doré

★ 6.1
13 3 1977–present
Drama · History

Journal 1870/71 - Täglicher Telegraph

★ 5.4
12 7 1970–present
History

Eto bylo v Kokande

★ 6.2
12 1977–present
Adventure · History

Paisaje con figuras

★ 4.3
12 39 1976–1985
Biography · Drama · History

Ce diable d'homme

★ 8.4
12 6 1978–1978
Biography · Comedy · History

La tierra

★ 6.8
12 198 1974–present
Drama · History · Romance
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