Popular Documentary TV Series - Page 134

Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System

2023

Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System

2023
7.8
After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mao Tsetung established a system of labor camps for systematic repression, known as Laogai, an abbreviation for "Reform Through Labor". In such camps, forced labor and physical and mental torture were used to bring about a so-called mental reform, re-education in the spirit of the Chinese Communist Party. Millions of Chinese were affected. Many were executed. In hundreds of camps, the Party took advantage of the prisoners' free labor to build the economy. Self-criticism and denunciation were often the only way to escape martyrdom. Successive waves of purges culminated in the Cultural Revolution, which saw massive human rights abuses, political assassinations, massacres, and exiles in remote parts of the country. Using unreleased archive footage, the documentary tells the story of the invention, development and improvement of China's totalitarian system of surveillance and repression up to the present day, never told before.
Загадки века с Сергеем Медведевым

2016

Загадки века с Сергеем Медведевым

2016
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention

2010

Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention

2010
6.5
In the series, "Wallace will take a light hearted and humorous look at the real-life inventors, contraptions, gadgets and inventions, with the silent help of Gromit. The series aims to inspire a whole new generation of innovative minds by showing them real, but mind-boggling, machines and inventions from around the world that have influenced his illustrious inventing career" (the BBC press statement). Peter Sallis reprised his role as the voice of Wallace. The filmed inserts are mostly narrated by Ashley Jensen, with one in each episode presented in-vision by Jem Stansfield. John Sparkes also voices a portion in the unseen character of archivist Goronwy.
Réplica

2019

Réplica

2019
Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen

2025

Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen

2025
Matchroom is home to the biggest names in sport - from snooker to darts to fishing to boxing - and is the epicentre of some of the most lucrative deals and sporting events globally. With unprecedented access to Barry Hearn, his son Eddie and the whole Matchroom team at the Essex based HQ, this documentary series will dive into the drama of the family empire that has become synonymous with British sporting culture.
Uppdrag granskning sommar

0000

Uppdrag granskning sommar

0000
8
The A Talks

2022

The A Talks

2022
6.8
In each episode, one of the Nation’s most popular celebrities (actor/actress, singer, TV host, athlete) faces a group of 30 atypical journalists, all with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). All have very different personalities, but one thing in common: a disarming naturalness that is full of truth! Through surprising, unpredictable, sometimes funny or poignant questions, viewers discover celebrities as they have never seen them before! In these questions: no calculations, no traps, but also no taboos and no filters. Faced with these very special interviewers, the guests naturally drop the masks and each meeting becomes a magical moment, out of time, filled with emotion, laughter, poetry and impertinence. The show is also nourished by various artistic sequences (music, poetry, drawing…) delivered by journalists endowed with an unsuspected talent.
Earth from Space

2019

Earth from Space

2019
8.5
Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand new perspective, revealing new discoveries, incredible colours and patterns, and just how fast it is changing.
How to Fix a Drug Scandal

2020

How to Fix a Drug Scandal

2020
6.9
The four-part docuseries revolves around Amherst, Massachusetts, drug lab chemist Sonja Farak who became addicted to the narcotics she was supposed to be testing. In covering her tracks, Farak falsified thousands of results and opened the door to overturning hundreds of wrongful convictions.
Unbreakable

2020

Unbreakable

2020
Join a cast of nine remakable Kiwis with disabilities as they shoot for the moon. Their ambitions are huge but so are the obstacles. Made with the support of NZ on Air.
Neighbourhood Blues

2011

Neighbourhood Blues

2011
Documentary series following the work of groundbreaking police teams as they confront the problems of troubled communities.
The World's Most Amazing Vacation Rentals

2021

The World's Most Amazing Vacation Rentals

2021
7.8
With an eye for every budget, three travelers visit vacation rentals around the globe and share their expert tips and tricks in this reality series.
Versailles

2009

Versailles

2009
6.5
Symbol of France’s glory, Versailles is probably the most splendid royal palace in Europe. From 1643 to 1792 it was the stage on which the most glorious period of the French Monarchy played out, until the darkest days, at the fall of the Bourbon dynasty. This collection offers a sensitive and endearing portrait of the monarchs and recreates their life, loves and political willpower.
Reasonable Doubt

2017

Reasonable Doubt

2017
8.9
Two investigators re-examine controversial murder cases to help the desperate families of those convicted decide if it's time to appeal... or accept the guilty verdict once and for all.
Witness

2012

Witness

2012
6.2
Drug trafficking, poverty, gang violence, corruption and ethnic warfare have created some of the most dangerous hot spots on Earth. Follow our current generation of photojournalists into these conflict zones, see what compels them and experience why, when everyone else seeks cover, the photojournalist stands and moves closer.
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop

2023

Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop

2023
7.5
Rappers, writers and experts detail the influence of women on hip-hop music and culture in this docuseries honoring the trailblazers and game-changers.
And Yet The Books

2019

And Yet The Books

2019
7
"And Yet the Books" takes books as its subject matter, and strives to record the various book lovers in this era and capture the wonderful stories related to books in the current era of diversified and fragmented reading.
Jukebox Heroes

2001

Jukebox Heroes

2001
Series on the unsung heroes of British pop.
Dobra Robota

2022

Dobra Robota

2022
Psychedelica

2018

Psychedelica

2018
10
Exploring the history and use of psychedelic plants. Psychedelica examines; Sacred Healing ,Integrating Shamanic, Wisdom, Treating Illness with Plant Medicines, Set, Setting, & Psychotropic Experiments, Expanding Human Consciousness, Shadow Side of Psychedelics, Indigenous Medicine of the Mind, and The Holy Mushroom Theory. Psychedelica is an original series streamed on Gaia. 2018