Popular Documentary TV Series - Page 278

Transamazonica: A Highway to the Past

2021

Transamazonica: A Highway to the Past

2021
10
The Transamazon highway was a gigantic saga, the greatest example of the pharaonic works of the Brazilian military government. But the road that would promote national integration was best known for linking the famine of the Northeast with the misery of the Amazon. This haunting docuseries follows the story of the construction of this highway and its morbid consequences.
#MeToo, Now What?

2018

#MeToo, Now What?

2018
1
Executive editor and host Zainab Salbi goes beyond the headlines about sexual harassment to ask how we got here and how we move forward.
Journeys to the Ends of the Earth

2001

Journeys to the Ends of the Earth

2001
Journeys to the Ends of the Earth is a 1999 television series commissioned by the Discovery Channel. Its two year production made it the most expensive adventure travel series ever commissioned in Australia. The series was co-produced by David Adams. It was nominated for Best Documentary Series by the Australian Logie Awards.
Speciale Superquark

1998

Speciale Superquark

1998
10
Speciale Superquark was a spin off of the Superquark show, conceived and conducted by Piero Angela
Great Cars: The Television Series

2004

Great Cars: The Television Series

2004
9
From race cars to luxury cars, from foreign elegance to domestic muscle, Great Cars offers an in-depth look at the world's fastest, most expensive, most exciting and most unusual automobiles, along with the people who loved and created them.
Encounters: The Hidden Truth

1994

Encounters: The Hidden Truth

1994
Encounters: The Hidden Truth was an hour-long TV series that featured real-life stories of paranormal phenomena. The format featured a host and a team of reporters presenting 3 or 4 stories per episode dealing with UFOs, crop circles, exorcism, prophets, psychics, reincarnation, and other supernatural phenomena, in a news/documentary style. The stories unfolded through witness interviews and reenactments of the events. The host and reporters discussed their reactions to some of the stories. Encounters aired on the Fox network and was used mainly as a summer replacement series and fill-in show for other canceled series. The show first aired during the summer of 1994 in the time slot before Fox's hit series The X-Files. The show then aired sporadically with different nights and times. In the final 3 editions of the show, Steven Williams replaced John Marshall as the host. Two of those episodes aired in November 1995 and the final episode aired on January 23, 1996.
La belle vie

2020

La belle vie

2020
Julien Roussin-Côté sets out to discover a new way of life, spending time with a different character. This opens the doors of his home, but also of his daily life. The objective of our adventurer is always the same: to understand the life choices of our “disconnected”, in order to feed his own reflection on his lifestyle.
The Ripple Effect

2016

The Ripple Effect

2016
Tekniskt magasin

1958

Tekniskt magasin

1958
Exposed

2006

Exposed

2006
10
MTV's Exposed was a television dating show which ran on MTV. It debuted on January 1, 2007, and was produced by Kallissa Productions and Endemol USA, as a "successor" to the dating show Next. The show ended by 2008.
Washington

2020

Washington

2020
7.1
The story of how a fatherless young soldier full of personal ambition becomes a leader of men willing to sacrifice all for the common cause. How a once-loyal British subject rises to battle an empire in a liberty-or-death campaign to forge a new nation. And then how, at the zenith of his power, the victorious general voluntarily steps down, becoming what King George III would call “the greatest man in the world.”
Being Jan Ullrich

2022

Being Jan Ullrich

2022
6.7
Winning the Tour de France in 1997 made Jan Ullrich a star. But soon after, the downfall of road cycling's biggest talent begins. The five-part documentary series follows the stages of his life and his career.
Hier und heute

1957

Hier und heute

1957
I, Sniper

2021

I, Sniper

2021
7.6
The D.C. sniper attacks of 2002, as told by the surviving shooter himself.
DONTBLINK

2019

DONTBLINK

2019
6
DONTBLINK offers an all-access pass to the life of Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz. From race day routines to pre-season training and fun activities, viewers get an inside look at the world of F1 through Carlos's perspective. The series showcases his dedication, humor, and the challenges he faces both on and off the track.
Operation Walküre

1971

Operation Walküre

1971
6
"Operation Valkyrie" was the name of an official alarm plan during the Second World War. With the help of this plan, the conspirators around Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg wanted to bring about the overthrow of Germany on July 20, 1944. The events are well known: Stauffenberg's assassination attempt failed, Adolf Hitler remained alive. In addition to the purely scenic reconstruction, this two-part, documentary-style film consists of interspersed interviews and reports with eyewitnesses and survivors who were directly involved. Everything that is available in the way of authentic testimony about July 20, 1944 is examined and documented with the highest degree of realism.
The Great Popes

2018

The Great Popes

2018
This intimate documentary series examines the lives and the most significant moments of the papacies of John XXIII, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis I.
Je danse autour du monde

2024

Je danse autour du monde

2024
8
Miracle Planet

2005

Miracle Planet

2005
Flora and fauna, sea and stone - the elements of life on earth as we know it. But how did the complicated existence on Earth come to be?
Mighty Trains

2016

Mighty Trains

2016
5.8
A journey riding the rails around the world, from the locomotive to rail traffic control to the maintenance depot.