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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

Bahadur Shah Zafar

★ 7.0
35 20 1986–present
Biography · History

La chambre des dames

★ 7.2
35 11 1983–1986
History

Haci Arif Bey

★ 5.9
34 1982–1982
Drama · History

Los desastres de la guerra

★ 6.7
34 6 1983–1983
Action · Drama · History

Remember When...

★ 9.0
34 7 1981–1985
Documentary · History

Kut jin yuan mo moon

★ 7.5
33 1984–present
Action · Drama · History

Ilinden

★ 8.4
33 4 1982–1982
Drama · History · War

Gamle Danmark

★ 7.8
33 10 1983–1984
Documentary · History

Catherine, il suffit d'un amour

★ 7.0
33 3 1986–present
Drama · History · Romance

Saga of the Sanada Clan

★ 6.6
33 45 1985–1986
Drama · History

The Lancaster Miller Affair

★ 7.7
32 3 1986–1986
History

The Western Tradition

★ 8.9
32 52 1989–1989
Documentary · History

Sammansvärjningen

★ 7.4
31 3 1986–1986
Drama · History

The Man from Moscow

★ 7.8
31 3 1985–1985
Drama · History · Thriller

Blisko, coraz blizej

★ 7.1
31 19 1983–1987
Drama · History

Lucinda Brayford

★ 4.8
30 4 1980–1980
Drama · History · Romance

Zlá krev

★ 7.5
30 7 1986–present
Drama · History

La comtesse de Charny

★ 7.9
29 15 1989–1989
Drama · History

Cetrdeset osma - Zavera i izdaja

★ 8.0
29 2 1988–1988
Drama · History

Sekigahara

★ 7.6
28 3 1981–1981
Drama · History

Misija majora Atertona

★ 8.2
28 3 1986–1986
Drama · History · War

The Last Dynasty

★ 6.9
27 1988–present
Biography · Drama · History

The Legendary Fok

★ 7.7
27 20 1981–1981
Action · History

Jane Horney

★ 6.2
27 6 1985–1985
Drama · History · War
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