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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

La grande cabriole

★ 7.7
26 4 1989–present
Biography · Drama · History

Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck

★ 7.2
26 3 1981–1982
Adventure · Drama · History

Die gläserne Fackel

★ 8.1
26 7 1989–1989
Drama · History

Povstalecká história

★ 5.4
25 8 1984–present
Drama · History · War

Sanga moyu

★ 6.1
23 51 1984–1984
Drama · History

God's Wonderful Railway

★ 7.7
23 8 1980–1980
Drama · Family · History

The Divided Union: The Story of the American Civil War

★ 6.8
22 5 1987–1987
Documentary · History · War

Hotel Polan und seine Gäste

★ 7.2
22 3 1982–1982
Drama · History

Teve-molochnik

★ 7.3
22 2 1985–present
History

Kage no Gundan: Bakumatsu hen

★ 8.5
22 1985–1985
Action · Drama · History

The Algerian War, 1954-1962

★ 7.6
21 5 1984–1984
Documentary · History · War

Spanac

★ 7.2
21 2 1982–1982
Biography · Drama · History

Rächer, Retter und Rapiere

★ 6.1
21 7 1982–1982
Drama · History · War

Timeline

★ 8.5
21 6 1989–present
History

Modarres

★ 4.5
21 1987–1987
History

Biala wizytówka

★ 5.7
20 6 1989–present
Drama · History · Romance

Cape Rebel

★ 8.4
20 1989–present
Drama · History

La traque

★ 6.4
20 4 1980–1980
Crime · History

Les jupons de la révolution

★ 6.5
20 6 1989–1989
History

Die Leute vom Domplatz

★ 8.3
20 13 1980–present
History

Betrayed People: Manto Mavrogenous

★ 7.5
19 12 1983–1983
Biography · Drama · History

Akhri Chattan

★ 9.1
19 1985–1985
History

Marquesa de Santos

★ 5.8
19 52 1984–present
Biography · Drama · History

Ekkehard

★ 5.0
19 6 1989–present
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