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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

The Knight of Pardaillan

★ 7.3
12 1988–present
Adventure · History

I ragazzi di celluloide

★ 5.1
12 6 1981–present
Biography · Drama · History

Colour in the Creek

★ 6.6
12 10 1985–1985
Drama · Family · History

Tokugawa Ieyasu

★ 5.0
12 50 1983–1983
Drama · History

Soldiers

★ 7.1
12 13 1984–present
Documentary · History · War

Yeung moon nui cheung

★ 7.1
12 1981–present
Action · Drama · History

Ivan Babushkin

★ 7.0
11 2 1985–present
Biography · History

Na krutizne

★ 6.2
11 1985–present
Drama · History

De Bezetting

★ 8.3
11 21 1989–present
History

Shishi no jidai

★ 7.0
11 51 1980–1980
Drama · History

Ta Lavreotika

★ 7.5
11 1982–present
Drama · History

100 years of automobile

★ 6.2
11 13 1985–1985
Documentary · History

The Great Wall of Iron

★ 7.0
11 5 1989–present
Documentary · History · War

The Greeks: A Journey in Space and Time

★ 6.8
11 4 1980–present
History

The Triumph of the West

★ 7.1
11 14 1985–1985
History

Kaj Munk

★ 6.1
10 4 1986–1986
Biography · Drama · History

Don Luigi Sturzo

★ 6.4
10 3 1981–present
Biography · Drama · History

Teufelsmoor

★ 7.6
10 6 1983–1983
Drama · History

Tri spory

★ 7.6
10 3 1981–1982
Biography · Drama · History

The Wild Bunch

★ 5.7
10 20 1982–present
Action · Drama · History

Królewskie sny

★ 6.3
10 8 1988–1988
Biography · Drama · History

Junacko koleno

★ 8.6
10 6 1984–present
Biography · Family · History

El Ansar

★ 6.4
9 1986–1986
History

Colette

★ 7.6
9 3 1985–1985
Biography · Drama · History
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