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Best Mystery TV Series of the 1970s

146 Mystery series that started in the 1970s, ranked by popularity

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146 series

Father Brown

★ 7.1
646 13 1974–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Masterpiece

★ 8.6
644 166 1971–present
Drama · History · Mystery

Mrs. Columbo

★ 5.7
641 13 1979–1980
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Sixth Sense

★ 7.1
641 25 1972–1972
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Blindpassasjer

★ 7.0
518 3 1978–1978
Horror · Mystery · Sci-Fi

The Dain Curse

★ 6.5
509 3 1978–1978
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Timm Thaler

★ 7.3
482 13 1979–1980
Adventure · Drama · Mystery

Hec Ramsey

★ 7.8
477 10 1972–1974
Drama · Mystery · Western

Rebecca

★ 8.1
458 4 1979–1979
Drama · Mystery · Romance

Clouds of Witness

★ 8.0
441 5 1972–1972
Drama · Mystery

The Nine Tailors

★ 8.0
436 4 1974–1974
Mystery

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

★ 7.2
418 26 1971–1973
Crime · Drama · Mystery

07 zglos sie

★ 7.3
406 21 1976–1987
Crime · Mystery

Murder Must Advertise

★ 7.9
405 4 1973–1974
Mystery

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

★ 8.1
394 4 1972–1973
Crime · Mystery

La porta sul buio

★ 6.4
390 4 1973–1973
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Coffin Island

★ 7.7
369 6 1979–1979
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Five Red Herrings

★ 8.0
351 4 1975–1975
Crime · Mystery

Beasts

★ 7.2
346 6 1976–1976
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The Omega Factor

★ 7.2
290 10 1979–1979
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan

★ 6.3
287 16 1972–1972
Animation · Family · Mystery

L'île mystérieuse

★ 7.1
248 6 1973–1973
Adventure · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson

★ 7.4
234 24 1979–1980
Mystery

Hawkins

★ 7.5
233 8 1973–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery
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