Popular Documentary TV Series - Page 185

The Wonders of Europe

2023

The Wonders of Europe

2023
10
THE WONDERS OF EUROPE is a four-part docuseries that tells the story of the people who built some of the biggest and most unique landmarks in Europe monuments: the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles, the temples of the Acropolis, and the Alhambra complex. Intended for a young and international audience, it aims to promote European cultural heritage and architecture. With voice-over narration, each episode will feature spectacular shots of the monuments, interviews with historians and specialists, fictional recreations and innovative 3D modelling to illustrate the successive architectural changes. In order to ensure scientific and historical accuracy, the writer/director of each episode has been advised by historical experts.
Victorian Pharmacy

2010

Victorian Pharmacy

2010
10
Victorian Pharmacy is a historical documentary TV series in four parts, first shown on BBC Two in July 2010. It was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion Television. It was filmed at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire. It is a historical documentary that looks at life in the 19th Century and how people attempted to cure common ailments. Since some of the ingredients of Victorian remedies are now either illegal or known to be dangerous, Nick Barber often uses his modern pharmaceutical knowledge to produce similar products without those ingredients. The other main presenters are Tom Quick, a PhD student, and Ruth Goodman, a domestic historian who also appeared in Tales from the Green Valley, Victorian Farm and Edwardian Farm.
Wrestlers

2023

Wrestlers

2023
7.1
At a storied professional wrestling organization, new owners and a roster of rising stars strive to make an impact beyond the ring in this docuseries.
An Update on Our Family

2025

An Update on Our Family

2025
6.2
Myka and James Stauffer were the picture of the 21st century American Dream: happy marriage, beautiful kids, and a self-built YouTube vlogging empire. At the center of it all was Huxley, an adorable young boy they adopted from China. Huxley was more than just their star — he was their son. Until one day, he wasn’t.
All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train

2024

All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train

2024
From picturesque scenery and rich history to sumptuous spa rooms and culinary artistry, Alan Cumming revels in the Royal Scotsman's splendour on an opulent odyssey through the heart of Scotland.
Brainchild

2018

Brainchild

2018
7
From germs and emotions to social media and more, it's the science of your world explained in a way that's refreshingly relatable.
Live from Space

2014

Live from Space

2014
Being an astronaut is the most dangerous and extraordinary job there is. But what's life really like in microgravity? This March, Channel 4 will boldly go to space with a groundbreaking new season, Live from Space. We'll meet the astronauts on-board the International Space Station, visit NASA and see Earth from Space.
Dyżur

2010

Dyżur

2010
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words

2009

The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words

2009
To commemorate the centenary of the birth of one of Britain’s most influential and best-loved poets, this film combines dramatisations of telling events in the life of WH Auden with interviews from the TV and radio archives and extracts from Auden’s poetry, notebooks, letters and journals. (BBC)
Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn

1986

Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn

1986
6
Oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and the Calypso set sail to research far-off cultures and species of aquatic fauna and flora in another of the explorer's nature series, mainly in the Pacific Ocean and in the West Indies.
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

2013

Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

2013
7.6
It s a small world after all. In this revolutionary new series, David Attenborough reveals the marvellous adaptability of the most successful group of animals on the planet. Using pioneering macroscopic filmmaking techniques, he explores in unparalleled detail the intricate, sophisticated behaviours of these fascinating creatures and the complexity of the environments they build and inhabit, in a world normally hidden from the human eye. From armies of killer ants to spiders weaving silken trap doors, ferocious scorpions with paralysing stings, beetles shooting boiling chemicals at their enemies, bees communicating with a waggle dance and assassin bugs that clothe themselves in their victims corpses; David Attenborough will as never before take viewers deep into the macroscopic world of bugs.
Group

2020

Group

2020
In a room with Dr. Ezra Hertzfeld, eight New Yorkers explore hidden truths about their own intimacy, loneliness, sexuality, and fears, all while developing relationships. Inspired by Irvin Yalom's novel "The Schopenhauer Cure," "Group" is a fly-on-the-wall experience of a kind you've never seen before.
Tears of Antarctica

2011

Tears of Antarctica

2011
Project Earth

2008

Project Earth

2008
Project Earth is a 2008 reality TV series on the Discovery Channel in which several groups of scientists experiment with radical ideas to slow and/or stop global warming using geoengineering methods.
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

2011

Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

2011
Stormborn

2020

Stormborn

2020
7
Ewan McGregor narrates a dramatic trilogy of programmes featuring the epic struggles of the animals of the North.
Televisní universita

1955

Televisní universita

1955
Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga

2022

Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga

2022
5.9
A community of amateur traders enacts a daring plan to get rich quick and wreak havoc on the stock market. But can they beat Wall Street at its own game?
Historien om Grønland og Danmark

2022

Historien om Grønland og Danmark

2022
WWE Icons

2021

WWE Icons

2021
10
Of many Superstars, only a few become WWE Icons. Hear the legendary stories that elevated a select group of Superstars to immortality.