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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

Vivat, gardemariny!

★ 6.4
65 2 1993–1994
Adventure · History · Musical

Secrets of the Dead

★ 8.3
64 51 1999–present
Documentary · History · Mystery

History's Lost & Found

★ 8.5
63 9 1999–present
Documentary · History · War

If Walls Could Talk...

★ 8.9
63 37 1998–present
Family · History · Reality-TV

The Century

★ 8.6
63 6 1999–present
Documentary · History

The Great Battles of the Civil War

★ 5.7
62 40 1994–present
Documentary · History · War

Belye odezhdy

★ 7.5
61 7 1991–present
Drama · History

Kald mig Liva

★ 6.8
61 4 1992–1992
Biography · Drama · History

Boza podszewka

★ 7.0
61 15 1997–present
Drama · History

Seven Deadly Sins

★ 7.8
60 7 1993–1993
Drama · History

Olujne tisine 1895-1995

★ 5.0
58 3 1997–1997
Drama · History

In Search of History

★ 7.7
58 59 1996–present
Documentary · History

The Irish in America: Long Journey Home

★ 6.6
58 4 1998–present
Documentary · History

Crown and Country

★ 8.2
58 29 1998–2001
Documentary · History

Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles

★ 8.6
57 6 1997–present
Biography · History

The Windsors: A Royal Family

★ 7.7
55 4 1994–1994
Biography · Documentary · History

Unsolved Mysteries of World War II

★ 7.4
55 14 1992–present
Documentary · History · War

Naked Hollywood

★ 6.9
53 6 1991–1991
History

Thatcher: The Downing Street Years

★ 8.2
52 4 1993–present
Documentary · History

Hanimin Çiftligi

★ 6.3
52 8 1990–1990
Drama · History

Kuchnia polska

★ 7.1
51 6 1993–1993
Drama · History

Scales of Justice

★ 5.6
51 8 1990–present
Crime · Drama · History

Ekhwat Al-Torab

★ 8.5
49 27 1996–present
Drama · History · War

Archaeology

★ 7.1
49 14 1991–present
Documentary · History
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