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Best History TV Series of the 1990s

399 History series that started in the 1990s, ranked by popularity

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399 series

The Blackheath Poisonings

★ 6.5
196 3 1992–1992
Crime · Drama · History

The Loneliest Commander

★ 5.4
194 1997–1997
Biography · Drama · History

Mysteries of the Bible

★ 7.6
190 45 1994–1998
Documentary · History

Mosley

★ 7.2
185 4 1998–1998
Biography · Drama · History

The Fifties

★ 8.0
181 7 1997–1997
Documentary · History

People's Century: 1900-1999

★ 8.7
177 26 1995–1997
Documentary · History · Sport

The Century of Warfare

★ 8.2
174 26 1993–1994
Documentary · History · War

The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer

★ 3.2
164 9 1998–1998
Comedy · History

The Revolutionary War

★ 8.6
163 6 1995–present
Documentary · History · War

The History of Rock 'n' Roll

★ 8.2
161 10 1995–1995
Documentary · History · Music

Civil War Journal

★ 8.2
161 43 1993–present
Documentary · History · War

Peterburgskie tayny

★ 7.0
159 48 1994–1998
Drama · History

The Detective

★ 5.6
157 1995–present
Crime · History · Mystery

Pit Pony

★ 7.3
155 44 1999–2000
Drama · Family · History

Haunted History

★ 8.0
154 27 1998–2001
Documentary · History · Horror

Marguerite Volant

★ 8.0
151 11 1996–1996
Drama · History

Ancient Inventions

★ 7.8
149 3 1998–1998
Documentary · History

Champions Don't Die

★ 7.3
149 1997–1997
Adventure · Crime · History

Tales of the Gun

★ 8.2
149 36 1998–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Mr. Wroe's Virgins

★ 7.1
146 4 1993–1993
Drama · History

König der letzten Tage

★ 6.8
143 2 1993–present
History

A Century of Women

★ 7.0
143 2 1994–1994
Documentary · Drama · History

Zeezinya

★ 7.1
142 77 1997–2000
Drama · History · Romance

Falling in Sabei Well

★ 6.9
135 24 1994–1994
Drama · History · War
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