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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

Tales from Hungarian History

★ 8.2
77 13 1986–present
Animation · History

Rote Erde

★ 8.5
77 13 1983–present
History · War

Shalom Sesame

★ 6.8
77 12 1987–1991
Comedy · Family · History

The Charterhouse of Parma

★ 7.2
74 6 1982–1982
Drama · History

Reaching for the Skies

★ 8.7
72 12 1987–present
History

Ottsy i deti

★ 7.2
72 1983–present
Drama · History

Ayomoy

★ 9.4
71 1 1988–1988
Drama · Family · History

Amirkabir

★ 7.6
70 1985–1985
Biography · Drama · History

Number 10

★ 8.2
70 7 1983–1983
Biography · Drama · History

Russia

★ 8.3
69 6 1986–present
Drama · Fantasy · History

Dokugan-ryu Masamune

★ 7.8
68 50 1987–1987
Biography · Drama · History

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

★ 8.0
67 9 1981–1981
Biography · Drama · History

IV. Murat

★ 6.9
65 3 1981–1981
Drama · History

Under Capricorn

★ 6.6
62 2 1983–1983
Drama · History

Kananga do Japão

★ 7.5
62 208 1989–present
Drama · History · Romance

The Great Philosophers

★ 8.9
61 15 1987–1987
Documentary · History

Lumini si umbre: Partea I

★ 7.9
56 1981–present
Drama · History

The Timeless Land

★ 7.9
56 8 1980–1980
Adventure · Drama · History

End of Empire

★ 8.7
55 13 1985–1985
Documentary · History

Icebound in the Antarctic

★ 7.5
54 4 1983–present
Adventure · Drama · History

Oscar

★ 6.8
53 3 1985–1985
Biography · Drama · History

The True Believers

★ 7.2
52 8 1988–1988
Drama · History

Karl Marks. Molodye gody

★ 6.7
51 7 1980–1981
Biography · Drama · History

Odlazak ratnika, povratak marsala

★ 7.3
50 4 1985–1985
Biography · Drama · History
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