Popular Documentary TV Shows

Dispatches
Dispatches
Dispatches is the British TV current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.
Dispatches 1987
Mevlana Rumi
Mevlana Rumi
In 13th-century Anatolia, as the Mongol threat looms and internal turmoil rages, Rumi, a wise spiritual figure, emerges to assuage people's fears. His timeless words unite reason and compassion, inspiring change.
Mevlana Rumi 2023
Mars
Mars
The maiden crew of the Daedalus spacecraft must push itself to the brink of human capability in order to successfully establish the first sustainable colony on Mars. Set both in the future and in the present day, this series blends scripted elements set in the future with documentary vérité interviews with today’s best and brightest minds in modern science and innovation, illuminating how research and development is creating the space technology that will enable our first attempt at a mission to Mars.
Mars 2016
Rosins Restaurants – Ein Sternekoch räumt auf!
Rosins Restaurants – Ein Sternekoch räumt auf!
Rosins Restaurants – Ein Sternekoch räumt auf! 2009
Wildlife Nation with Jeff Corwin
Wildlife Nation with Jeff Corwin
Jeff Corwin hosts an educational series sponsored by Defenders of Wildlife
Wildlife Nation with Jeff Corwin 2021
Pointer Factcheck
Pointer Factcheck
Pointer Factcheck 2023
Beyond the Glory
Beyond the Glory
Beyond the Glory was a documentary series that profiles some of the most legendary and controversial athletes in recent history. Executive produced by Steve Michaels and Frank Sinton and narrated by Jay Mohr, the show used archived video, on-camera interviews and player histories to take viewers beyond the playing field and into the athletes' lives and minds. The series was produced by Asylum Entertainment.
Beyond the Glory 2001
Seitenblicke
Seitenblicke
An Austrian magazine-TV show.
Seitenblicke 1987
Amend: The Fight for America
Amend: The Fight for America
When the United States of America was founded, the ideals of freedom and equality did not apply to all people. These are the stories of the brave Americans who fought to right the nation’s wrongs and enshrine the values we hold most dear into the Constitution — with liberty and justice for all.
Amend: The Fight for America 2021
Missing
Missing
Missing 2005
Salvage Hunters: The Restaurators
Salvage Hunters: The Restaurators
Modern day treasure hunter, Drew Pritchard is one of Britain's leading architectural salvage dealers, traveling the length and breadth of the country in search of weird and wonderful objects. Drew loves the thrill of the hunt and while he gets his hands dirty in the country's architectural backwaters, a crack team of restorers are back at base giving old and rare finds a new lease of life. We've seen them at work on Salvage Hunters, restoring, repairing and refining Drew's finds but for the first time, Salvage Hunters: The Restorers is going behind-the-scenes with this expert team to see what it really takes to transform junk into gems.
Salvage Hunters: The Restaurators 2018
Airport
Airport
Documentary series based at London Heathrow Airport, the world's busiest international airport.
Airport 1996
A Haunting
A Haunting
These are the true stories of the innocent and the unimaginable. Based on true events, A Haunting dramatises some of the scariest stories, revealing a world in which tragedy, suicide and murder have left psychic impressions so powerful that innocent people become forced to deal with them decades later. Through mesmerizing first-person accounts, the mystery and origin of each haunting is powerfully revealed and leaves a lingering sense that life—and death—are much stronger then anyone could have possibly imagined.
A Haunting 2005
Complément d'enquête
Complément d'enquête
Complément d'enquête is an investigative newsmagazine presented by Benoît Duquesne and shown in Metropolitan France on France 2 weekdays late in the evening, and, in Canada, bi-monthly on TV5. A similar investigative programme, Panorama, is shown in the UK on BBC television.
Complément d'enquête 2001
Bajo sospecha
Bajo sospecha
Bajo sospecha 2015
Motor Week
Motor Week
Motor Week was a United Kingdom daytime car show aired on Men & Motors presented by various hosts including famous Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond.
Motor Week 1997
Choir
Choir
Cheer on the kids from the Detroit Youth Choir as they prepare for the performance of a lifetime!
Choir 2024
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Stanley Tucci travels across Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country’s regional cuisines.
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy 2021
Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers
Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers
From flashes of genius to curious experiments, humankind's innovations lead explorers and inventors on a brilliant journey of discovery in this series.
Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers 1994
A Crime to Remember
A Crime to Remember
Showcasing the most compelling crimes of yesteryear, when secrets festered, passions ran wild and cops had nothing but shoe-leather and gut instinct to catch a killer. Fashions may change but murder never goes out of style.
A Crime to Remember 2013
Expecting Amy
Expecting Amy
Behind-the-scenes as Schumer goes through an extraordinarily difficult pregnancy while touring to prepare for a stand-up special.
Expecting Amy 2020
Richard Hammond's Workshop
Richard Hammond's Workshop
Richard Hammond trades his jet-setting lifestyle for a long-standing dream to set up a classic car restoration workshop close to his home in Herefordshire. With the help of skilled craftsmen, he navigates the ups and downs of building a new business.
Richard Hammond's Workshop 2021
Frozen Planet II
Frozen Planet II
Ten years on from the original Frozen Planet, this documentary series takes audiences back to the wildernesses of the Arctic and Antarctica and tells the complete story of the entire frozen quarter of our planet that’s locked in ice and blanketed in snow.
Frozen Planet II 2022
The Edwardians
The Edwardians
It was a time when England was a nation on the cusp of change, an evolving landscape tht lay between Victorian England and the First World War. 'The Edwardians' explores the lives of and events in the lives of many who helped define the era, the "Belle Epoque".
The Edwardians 1972
The Last Alaskans
The Last Alaskans
In 1980, the U.S. government banned new human occupation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, a protected area, home to thousands of native animals and pristine terrain spanning roughly the size of South Carolina. Currently, only a handful of families spread across seven permitted cabins are allowed to remain in the refuge. Within less than 100 years, all remaining permits will reach expiration, and there will be no human presence left.
The Last Alaskans 2015
벌거벗은 한국사
벌거벗은 한국사
벌거벗은 한국사 2022
Digging for Britain
Digging for Britain
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.
Digging for Britain 2010
The Joy of Painting
The Joy of Painting
The Joy of Painting was an American television show hosted by painter Bob Ross that taught its viewers techniques for landscape oil painting. Although Ross could complete a painting in half an hour, the intent of the show was not to teach viewers "speed painting". Rather, he intended for viewers to learn certain techniques within the time that the show was allotted. The show began on January 11, 1983, and lasted until May 17, 1994, a year before Ross' death.
The Joy of Painting 1983
Under the Sun
Under the Sun
BBC series exploring cultures around the world.
Under the Sun 1989
The American West
The American West
From the Executive Producer Robert Redford, THE AMERICAN WEST tells the story of the aftermath of the CIVIL WAR and how the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity" spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Transporting into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men, the story chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. The series features exclusive interviews with notable names from classic Western films, including Robert Redford, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon, Ed Harris and more.
The American West 2016
Arena
Arena
Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by leading TV executives in Broadcast as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time, it has run since 1 October 1975 with over five hundred episodes made, directed by the likes of Martin Scorsese, Alan Yentob, Roly Keating, Frederick Baker, Volker Schlondorff and Vikram Jayanti. Arena's subjects are a roll-call of the world's best known cultural figures from the 20th and 21st centuries, from singers Bob Dylan and Amy Winehouse to academics Edward Said and Eric Hobsbawm, from writers Jean Genet and V S Naipaul to artists Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois. The current series editor is Anthony Wall.
Arena 1975
The Wrestlers
The Wrestlers
An exploration of the wrestling world's underground. Traveling from First Nations communities in rural Manitoba to Mexico's Lucha Libre scene in Juarez, the series sees Damian Abraham exploring the personalities involved in the sport of pro wrestling.
The Wrestlers 2019
Long Way Down
Long Way Down
Three years after Long Way Round, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman set off on a 15,000-mile journey from the northernmost tip of Scotland to the southernmost tip of South Africa, mixing their love of motorcycles with the lure of far-flung roads.
Long Way Down 2007
The Perfect Murder
The Perfect Murder
"The Perfect Murder" brings viewers some of the most diabolical, perplexing murder cases to land on detectives’ desks – the kind of cases that make or break careers and provide fodder for Hollywood mystery movies. These ingenious killers are every detective’s worst nightmare. Whether by planting false evidence, or writing anonymous letters to police, these murderers will stop at nothing to stay one step ahead and get away with the perfect murder. In this program, we focus on the investigation, as detectives slowly put the pieces together to unravel the twisted truth. As detectives uncover new evidence, and turn to new suspects, we flashback through stylized reenactment, to depict each possible theory of what may have happened. For the killer, it’s THE PERFECT MURDER. Detectives hit dead end after dead end, and wrong suspects are discarded. But one new clue can lead to another and the cold case suddenly gets hot. Truth is, it’s the perfect murder... until it’s not.
The Perfect Murder 2014
Aux arts et cætera
Aux arts et cætera
Aux arts et cætera 2022
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
The right to vote is at the foundation of America's democracy. But not every vote is created equal. How does the system work, and can it be fixed?
Whose Vote Counts, Explained 2020
Eat Well for Less
Eat Well for Less
Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin with the assistance of dietician Lucy Jones are on a mission to help different families around Britain to save money, sort food facts from food fiction and eat better for less.
Eat Well for Less 2015
MotorWeek
MotorWeek
This award-winning weekly automotive magazine provides unbiased, consumer-oriented car news with feature stories on related topics.
MotorWeek 1981
Ride with Norman Reedus
Ride with Norman Reedus
The Walking Dead star and motorcycle enthusiast Norman Reedus hits the open road to explore local biker culture and celebrate the best and brightest collectors, mechanics and craftsmen around the country. Each episode features Reedus and a riding companion – a fellow actor, musician, friend or local chopper fanatic – as they journey to custom bike shops, tattoo parlors, collector’s warehouses, or a roadside smokehouse… with plenty of time for unplanned detours and tire changes.
Ride with Norman Reedus 2016
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
The lives of an emerging superstar and a filmmaker intertwine in this intense, intimate docuseries charting Kanye West's career, filmed over two decades.
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy 2022