Popular Documentary TV Series - Page 101

Camden

2024

Camden

2024
5.8
This music documentary reveals how some of the world's most iconic artists were shaped by this corner of London.
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

2020

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

2020
7.4
A boy’s brutal murder and the public trials of his guardians and social workers prompt questions about the system’s protection of vulnerable children.
Winterwatch

2013

Winterwatch

2013
9.6
Live coverage as our wildlife faces up to the most challenging time of year.
Cults and Extreme Belief

2018

Cults and Extreme Belief

2018
6.8
Elizabeth Vargas, alongside former members of controversial organizations, goes on a search to uncover how these sects use their influence to prey upon people's desperation to create powerful and often destructive belief systems. Each episode will take an immersive look at one currently active group through the eyes of past devotees and get perspective from believers and leaders that are still inside.
Jounetsu Tairiku

1998

Jounetsu Tairiku

1998
Sunday night TV documentary program that heightens the spirits bringing a positive message to start the upcoming week by showcasing the routine and life of people, both famous and regular, including the bits of joy and struggle that go along into making something special. Scientifics, actors, craftsman and people in all fields share their experience.
Young Charlie Chaplin

1989

Young Charlie Chaplin

1989
The challenging and spirited early life of cinema's first great comedic artist, Charlie Chaplin, is portrayed. The innately talented young Charlie must overcome a wayward life of poverty and familial chaos to reach the pinnacle of stardom.
Pedro x Javis

2025

Pedro x Javis

2025
A three-part review of Pedro Almodóvar's life and filmography, tracing his path from La Mancha to global filmmaking prominence and examining recurring themes that define his cinematic vision.
Inventions That Changed History

2022

Inventions That Changed History

2022
7
The wild and often unbelievable stories behind the world's most important inventions.
Battlefish

2018

Battlefish

2018
6
Over the course of a fishing season, tough men and women pursue lucrative albacore tuna in the competitive waters off the Oregon coast.
Sverige och kriget

2025

Sverige och kriget

2025
5
In 2025 it will be 80 years since the end of World War II. What was it like to live in Sweden during the war? How were people affected by everything that happened so close to home? SVT has asked the Swedish people to send in their memories: letters, films, photographs and diaries and several thousand responses were received from all over the country.
Animal Cops: Houston

2003

Animal Cops: Houston

2003
9.6
The dedicated team at the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a private charity, responds to a variety of distress calls involving an average of more than 100 animals per day. This series documents the work they do, from the initial investigation through, in some cases, the animals being adopted into loving homes.
Green Porno

2008

Green Porno

2008
6.4
A series of very short films inspired by the amazing and often bizarre sexual practices of insects and other creatures.
Captains of the World

2023

Captains of the World

2023
8.5
From the locker room to the pitch, this docuseries offers exclusive access to all 32 teams as they fight for football glory in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle

2018

Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle

2018
6.6
Documentary series that examines the Jonestown Massacre 40 years later.
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos

2022

Neymar: The Perfect Chaos

2022
7.3
Beloved worldwide but also a lightning rod for criticism, Neymar shares the highs and lows of his personal life and brilliant football career.
1968: The Year That Changed America

2018

1968: The Year That Changed America

2018
5.8
A half century look back at a year marked by the assassinations of MLK and RFK, a contentious presidential election, escalating anti-Vietnam War sentiment and more.
Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural

2016

Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural

2016
8.5
Ryan Bergara (a believer in the supernatural) and Shane Madej (a skeptic) travel to alleged haunted locations to investigate paranormal activity.
The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey

1979

The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey

1979
8.4
The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey includes all 12 episodes of the 1978 television series featuring the research adventures of Cousteau, a celebrated documentarian and public conscience of mankind's stewardship of our oceans. Alongside his son Philippe Cousteau, Jacques's adventures begin with an ambitious expedition (on Cousteau's famous Calypso ship and a seaplane called the Catalina) following the course of the Nile River from Central Africa to the Mediterranean.
40 Minutes

1981

40 Minutes

1981
5.5
40 Minutes was a BBC TV documentary strand broadcast on BBC Two between 1981 and 1994. The documentaries could be on any possible subject, the only connection being that they last forty minutes. Some documentaries in the original series were revisited and updated in a 2006 version, Forty Minutes On.
The Greeks

2016

The Greeks

2016
7.2
National Geographic's landmark event series, The Greeks, brings together historians, archaeologists, actors, athletes, scientists and artists to launch a groundbreaking exploration into the ancient Greeks' journey - not just to better understand their past, but to discover how their legacy illuminates our present, and will shape our future. The story of the Greeks is the story of us.