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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Glamorous Imperial Concubine

★ 6.5
234 42 2011–2011
Drama · History · Romance

Toledo

★ 6.5
233 13 2012–2012
Adventure · Drama · History

America's War on Drugs

★ 8.6
232 4 2017–2017
Documentary · History

Bozicni ustanak

★ 5.2
231 9 2017–2017
Drama · History · Romance

Madre Paula

★ 7.4
231 13 2017–2017
Drama · History · Romance

Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways

★ 7.5
229 28 2012–2020
Documentary · History

A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley

★ 8.1
228 3 2015–2015
Documentary · History · Romance

1916: The Irish Rebellion

★ 7.6
228 3 2016–2016
Documentary · History

Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise

★ 8.1
227 3 2015–2015
Documentary · History

Witches of Salem

★ 7.0
227 4 2019–2019
Documentary · Drama · History

UFOs Declassified

★ 6.6
225 6 2015–2015
Documentary · History

Greatest Tank Battles

★ 7.5
225 26 2010–present
Documentary · History · War

Gold Tooth

★ 6.1
225 10 2016–2016
Drama · History · Romance

Horse Doctor

★ 7.5
224 50 2012–2013
Drama · History · Romance

Gwanggaeto, the Great Conqueror

★ 7.4
224 92 2011–2012
Biography · Drama · History

Outlaw Empires

★ 7.5
223 6 2012–2012
Crime · Documentary · History

Das Geheimnis der Hebamme

★ 6.1
222 2016–present
Drama · History

Hell Below

★ 7.6
222 24 2016–2024
Documentary · History · War

Misja Afganistan

★ 6.5
221 13 2012–2012
Action · History · War

Hitler and the Nazis

★ 6.7
219 1 2011–present
Biography · Documentary · History
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