The Best Biographical TV Shows from 2017


Below is our top ten list of the best Biographical TV Shows which first started broadcasting in 2017.

10. Manhunt


ManhuntFirst Aired: 01 August, 2017

Manhunt is a TV series starring Gethin Anthony, Arliss Howard, and Kelly Jenrette. An in-depth look at how an FBI profiler helped track down the terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.


9. Alias Grace


Alias%20GraceFirst Aired: 25 September, 2017

Alias Grace is a TV mini-series starring Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, and Rebecca Liddiard. In 19th-century Canada, a psychiatrist weighs whether a murderess should be pardoned due to insanity.


8. Wormwood


WormwoodFirst Aired: 15 December, 2017

Wormwood is a TV mini-series starring Peter Sarsgaard, Molly Parker, and Christian Camargo. In 1953, Army scientist Frank Olson takes a fatal plunge from a hotel window. In 1975, a bombshell report ties his death to a top-secret…


7. Trump: An American Dream


Trump%3A%20An%20American%20DreamFirst Aired: 09 November, 2017

Trump: An American Dream is a TV mini-series starring Colin Tierney, Nikki Haskell, and Rona Barrett. A British documentary series exploring the extraordinary journey of Donald Trump through five decades.


6. The Putin Interviews


The%20Putin%20InterviewsFirst Aired: 12 June, 2017

The Putin Interviews is a TV series starring Oliver Stone, Vladimir Putin, and Sergei Chudinov. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone interviews the Russian president Vladimir Putin about divisive issues related to the…


5. Genius


GeniusFirst Aired: 23 April, 2017

Genius is a TV series starring Samantha Colley, Seth Gabel, and Antonio Banderas. The life stories of history’s greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships,…



4. Feud


FeudFirst Aired: 05 March, 2017

Feud is a TV mini-series starring Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, and Judy Davis. Planned anthology series centering on famous feuds, including Bette Davis and Joan Crawford that is discontinued at the moment.


3. The Defiant Ones


The%20Defiant%20OnesFirst Aired: 09 July, 2017

The Defiant Ones is a TV mini-series starring Bono, Dr. Dre, and Jimmy Iovine. “The Defiant Ones” examines the partnership between Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre – one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton…


2. Five Came Back


Five%20Came%20BackFirst Aired: 31 March, 2017

Five Came Back is a TV mini-series starring Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, and Paul Greengrass. The wartime contributions of five prominent Hollywood film directors during World War II are profiled.


1. Bose: Dead/Alive


Bose%3A%20Dead/AliveFirst Aired: 20 November, 2017

Bose: Dead/Alive is a TV series starring Rajkummar Rao, Naveen Kasturia, and Edward Sonnenblick. The man. The legend. The mystery. He fascinated us in life, and long after his “death”. This is the story of India’s biggest cover-up:…