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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

Come Back Lucy

★ 7.6
68 6 1978–1978
Horror · Mystery

Strandvaskeren

★ 6.2
66 6 1978–1978
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Great Detective

★ 7.5
63 35 1979–present
Crime · Mystery

Scorpion Tales

★ 7.3
62 6 1978–1978
Crime · Drama · Mystery

BBC2 Play of the Week

★ 6.8
61 38 1977–1979
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Nitimemordet

★ 6.8
58 3 1975–present
Crime · Mystery

Sovest

★ 7.0
58 5 1974–1974
Crime · Mystery · War

Mirrorman

★ 8.0
55 51 1971–1972
Action · Adventure · Mystery

Robot Detective

★ 6.0
54 26 1973–present
Action · Crime · Mystery

Smert pod parusom

★ 6.7
50 2 1976–1977
Crime · Mystery

Chéri Bibi

★ 7.8
47 46 1974–1975
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Dov'è Anna?

★ 7.1
47 7 1976–present
Mystery

Kate McShane

★ 6.3
47 12 1975–present
Crime · Drama · Mystery

O Rebu

★ 7.2
46 114 1974–1975
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Man Without a Face

★ 7.0
46 8 1975–present
Crime · Mystery

Adams of Eagle Lake

★ 7.4
46 2 1975–1975
Mystery

Chor Lau-heung

★ 7.5
44 1979–present
Action · Adventure · Mystery

Monty Nash

★ 6.2
42 14 1971–1971
Crime · Mystery

La brigade des maléfices

★ 7.8
40 6 1970–1971
Crime · Fantasy · Mystery

Farlig yrke

★ 7.2
35 3 1976–present
Crime · Mystery

The Intruder

★ 8.1
34 8 1972–1972
Drama · Mystery

Coralba

★ 6.6
32 5 1970–present
Mystery

Kyoryu Tankentai Born Free

★ 6.8
31 25 1976–1977
Adventure · Animation · Mystery

The Ghoul

★ 8.7
30 1971–1975
Comedy · Horror · Mystery
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