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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

Nancy Astor

★ 8.5
123 9 1982–1982
Biography · Drama · History

Freud

★ 7.5
122 6 1984–1984
Biography · Drama · History

20-e dekabrya

★ 6.6
119 4 1982–1982
Biography · Crime · History

The Cleopatras

★ 6.8
116 8 1983–1983
Biography · Drama · History

Le temps d'une paix

★ 7.8
113 136 1980–1986
Drama · History · War

La huella del crimen

★ 7.1
111 14 1985–2010
Crime · Drama · History

Podrostok

★ 7.6
109 1 1983–present
Drama · History

The Celts

★ 7.9
108 6 1987–1987
Documentary · History

The Last Bastion

★ 8.3
101 3 1984–1984
Drama · History · War

Löwengrube

★ 8.7
101 32 1989–1992
Drama · History

Sara Dane

★ 7.9
100 9 1982–1982
Drama · History · Romance

Sensacje XX wieku

★ 8.0
100 52 1983–2015
Documentary · History · War

Królowa Bona

★ 7.7
95 12 1980–present
Biography · Drama · History

Zlatniyat vek

★ 8.7
95 11 1984–1984
Adventure · Drama · History

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

★ 7.4
94 3 1985–1985
Drama · History

The Rock 'n' Roll Years

★ 8.4
88 34 1985–1994
Documentary · History · Music

War

★ 8.7
85 8 1982–present
Documentary · History · War

Mozart

★ 8.1
85 6 1982–1982
Biography · Drama · History

Gosudarstvennaya granitsa

★ 7.3
83 16 1980–1989
Action · Drama · History

Pillar of Fire

★ 7.6
83 19 1981–1981
Documentary · History

Sindikat-2

★ 7.3
81 6 1981–1981
Action · Crime · History

Our World

★ 9.0
80 26 1986–1987
History

Smuggler

★ 7.8
80 13 1981–1981
Adventure · History

Duvardaki Kan

★ 7.5
79 10 1986–1986
Drama · History · War
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