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Best History TV Series of the 1980s

319 History series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

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319 series

Highway

★ 5.7
19 83 1983–1994
History

Scotland's Story

★ 7.1
19 24 1984–1984
Biography · Drama · History

Titans

★ 7.1
18 13 1981–1982
Drama · History

Molierissimo

★ 7.5
18 1989–present
Adventure · Animation · History

Civil War Battles

★ 7.4
18 7 1987–present
Documentary · History

La notte della Repubblica

★ 7.9
18 18 1989–1990
Documentary · History · Talk-Show

Les grandes familles

★ 8.2
18 3 1989–present
Drama · History

Edens Lost

★ 7.9
18 3 1988–present
Drama · History

Mighty Moments from World History

★ 7.6
17 4 1985–present
Comedy · History

Joan of Arc, the Power and the Innocence

★ 7.8
17 3 1989–1989
Biography · History

Frontier

★ 8.6
17 3 1987–1987
Drama · History

Popielec

★ 7.5
17 9 1984–1984
Drama · History · War

Sword Stained with Royal Blood

★ 6.7
17 1985–present
Action · Drama · History

Karmelyuk

★ 7.0
16 1985–present
Biography · Drama · History

1000 år - En svensk historia

★ 6.1
16 6 1980–present
History

Les chevaux du soleil

★ 5.8
16 12 1980–1980
Drama · History · War

Les nuits révolutionnaires

★ 8.0
16 1989–present
History

Kurulus Osmancik

★ 8.5
16 12 1988–1988
History

Le parc des braves

★ 7.3
15 136 1984–1988
Drama · History

Les fiancées de l'empire

★ 8.4
15 6 1981–1981
History · Romance

Twilight of a Nation

★ 5.8
15 1988–present
Drama · History · War

The Fremantle Conspiracy

★ 8.9
15 1988–1988
Drama · History

The Explorers

★ 7.8
15 11 1984–present
Documentary · Drama · History

En portada

★ 6.6
15 76 1984–present
Documentary · History · News
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