Popular Documentary TV Shows

Raffa
Raffa
Symbol of freedom, queen of TV, LGBTQ+ icon: Raffaella Carrà is a legend that transcends all barriers. This docuseries traces her public and private life, childhood and abandonment by her father, her alleged flirt with Frank Sinatra, crises and rebirths. All told through her most iconic footage, exclusive images from her private archives and never-before-seen testimony of those who really knew her.
Raffa 2023
A Story Called Gomorrah - The Series
A Story Called Gomorrah - The Series
Documenting the genesis and the various stages of writing and production of the TV series "Gomorrah" based on the novel by Roberto Saviano. A journey to discover the history of Gomorra La Serie, from the first idea to the last days of the set. With the voices of Roberto Saviano, Stefano Sollima, Ivana Lotito and Salvatore Esposito.
A Story Called Gomorrah - The Series 2021
Ancient Discoveries
Ancient Discoveries
Ancient Discoveries was a television series that premiered on December 21, 2003, on The History Channel. The program focused on ancient technologies. The show's theme was that many inventions which are thought to be modern have ancient roots or in some cases may have been lost and then reinvented. The program was a follow-up to a special originally broadcast in 2005 which focused on technologies from the Ancient Roman era such as the Antikythera mechanism and inventors such as Heron of Alexandria. Episodes of the regular series expanded to cover other areas such as Egypt, China and East Asia, and the Islamic world. Ancient Discoveries was made for The History Channel by Wild Dream Films based in Cardiff in the UK. Much of the filming was done on location across the world. The series used contributions from archaeologists and other experts, footage of historical sites and artifacts, computer generated reconstructions and dramatized reconstructions along with experiments and tests on reconstructed artifacts.
Ancient Discoveries 2003
动画100
动画100
动画100 2024
Moneycoach – Rette dein Geld!
Moneycoach – Rette dein Geld!
Moneycoach – Rette dein Geld! 2006
Southern Gothic
Southern Gothic
The South can be as shadowy as the muddy waters that run through it, especially when it comes to crime. This true crime docuseries is an exploration of the duplicitous characters, unique settings and boundless mysteries of the American South.
Southern Gothic 2020
The Speedboat Killer: The Killing of Charlotte Brown
The Speedboat Killer: The Killing of Charlotte Brown
This two-part documentary tells in full the case of an online date that ended in an appalling tragedy and led to an international manhunt. Jack Shepherd, 28, met Charlotte Brown, 24 for the first and only time on December 8th, 2015. Jack wined and dined Charlotte at the Shard before offering her a ride on his speedboat on the Thames. Hours later, Charlotte's body was lifted from the water. A post-mortem ruled she died from cold water immersion. Jack Shepherd was unharmed.
The Speedboat Killer: The Killing of Charlotte Brown 2021
Le trésor de Saint-Castin
Le trésor de Saint-Castin
Le trésor de Saint-Castin 2022
Sex 'n' Pop
Sex 'n' Pop
Looks at the overwhelming impact pop music has had since the 90s and how our media saturated society has allowed pop music to become an overtly commercial product. The kids' have been subjected to, and manipulated by sophisticated marketing ploys from the pop music industry in order to maintain their huge profits. What kind of effect does this have on youth culture? What kind of youth do adolescents get to enjoy today, if their world seems to be one reality talent show after another? How much are adolescents affected by the stereotypes portrayed in pop video culture? Sex'n'Pop seeks to find answers to these questions.
Sex 'n' Pop 2004
No Room For Error
No Room For Error
Isle of Man TT documentary that reveals ‘the true story’ of the infamous event, which is as celebrated as it is notorious for its dangers.
No Room For Error 2023
Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America
Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America
Billy Connolly takes to the rails for a six thousand mile trip through the backyard of America.
Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America 2016
Wrecks To Riches
Wrecks To Riches
The show focuses on Barry White and his staff buying old cars for little money and turning them into Super Muscle cars. There is usually a deadline of between three and four weeks to complete the cars after which they are auctioned off at various locations around the United States.
Wrecks To Riches 2006
World's Busiest Railway
World's Busiest Railway
From the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn explore the science behind the world's busiest railway. With John Sergeant reporting from across India.
World's Busiest Railway 2015
Dom Delivers
Dom Delivers
Dominic Littlewood goes behind the scenes with the hidden army of workers shifting goods and services from the factory floor to the front door.
Dom Delivers 2021
DanceLife
DanceLife
DanceLife was a 2007 dance-oriented United States TV reality show, featuring and produced by Jennifer Lopez. The series follows the lives of seven dancers trying to break into the world of professional dance and trying to "make it" in Hollywood. DanceLife premiered on January 15, 2007, and concluded its first season on March 5, 2007. The show has had guest appearances from Ashlee Simpson, Nelly Furtado, Mary J. Blige, Omarion, The Pussycat Dolls and Ashley Roberts. The theme song is "Find A New Way" by Young Love.
DanceLife 2007
The Luckiest Guy in the World
The Luckiest Guy in the World
Follows the life of Bill Walton, from his earliest days as a high school basketball phenom to some of his wildly successful years at UCLA.
The Luckiest Guy in the World 2023
Surf Girls Hawai'i
Surf Girls Hawai'i
The next generation of Native Hawaiian female surfers compete at elite levels to earn a coveted spot on the World Tour of professional Surfing. This 4 part series offers behind the scenes access as they train, navigate family responsibilities and battle against the highest ranking surfers to get to the top of the podium.
Surf Girls Hawai'i 2023
John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise
John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise
The chilling story of one of the world’s most notorious serial killers told through the words of Gacy himself, those who were forever changed by his unspeakable deeds and those who believe that the full truth remains concealed to this day.
John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise 2021
Megapolis: The Ancient World
Megapolis: The Ancient World
Athens, Alexandria, Tikal and Rome: these legendary cities are some of the world's most famous archaeological sites. And yet, they still have not revealed all their secrets. The ambition of this series is to resuscitate the first megalopolises of universal history.
Megapolis: The Ancient World 2020
Kaptajnen og de 1000 kvinder
Kaptajnen og de 1000 kvinder
Kaptajnen og de 1000 kvinder 2024
Full Circle with Michael Palin
Full Circle with Michael Palin
Michael Palin travels to 18 countries around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.
Full Circle with Michael Palin 1997
Fred and Rose West: Reopened
Fred and Rose West: Reopened
Following a team of investigators as they explore new leads suggesting there may be more than Fred and Rose West's victims than their 12 known murders, making the use of Ground Penetrating Radar in new locations.
Fred and Rose West: Reopened 2021
Dr Xand's Con or Cure
Dr Xand's Con or Cure
From cons to cures, scams to scares and sifting fakes from facts. Dr Xand van Tulleken and Ashley John-Baptiste’s health consumer show, dedicated to righting the wrongs of ‘bad medicine’.
Dr Xand's Con or Cure 2023
Birds Britannia
Birds Britannia
Birds Britannia is a four-part BBC Four television series about the birds of the United Kingdom, first shown in 2010. It was produced by Stephen Moss. Each of the four, sixty-minute episodes concentrates on one kind of bird: garden birds, waterbirds, seabirds and birds of the countryside. The series has no presenter, and is narrated by the Scottish actor Bill Paterson, with filmed interviews with a wide range of experts and bird enthusiasts, including David Attenborough, Mark Cocker, Jeremy Mynott, Tim Birkhead, Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, Christopher Frayling, Kate Humble, Rob Lambert, Desmond Morris, David Lindo, Helen Macdonald, Andrew Motion, Tony Soper, and Bill Oddie. It has been announced that a book of the same title, by Stephen Moss, will be published by Collins in April 2011.
Birds Britannia 2010
Tecendo o Saber
Tecendo o Saber
Tecendo o Saber 2005
Dante: Inferno to Paradise
Dante: Inferno to Paradise
The riveting life and times of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and his soaring masterpiece "The Divine Comedy" – one of the greatest achievements in the history of Western literature.
Dante: Inferno to Paradise 2024
Abandoned
Abandoned
Skateboarder Rick McCrank explores abandoned places with the people who love them long after the lights have gone out.
Abandoned 2016
Canada: A People's History
Canada: A People's History
The complete landmark documentary series follows events from pre-history to 1990. Charting the country's past, this series chronicles the rise and fall of empires, the clash of great armies and epoch-making rebellions. The vibrant story is one of courage, daring and folly, told through the personal testimonies of the everyday men and women who lived it — trappers and traders, pirates and prospectors, soldiers and settlers, saints and shopkeepers.
Canada: A People's History 2000
Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?
Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?
Comedian Al Murray travels to some of England's nearest neighbours to explore some of their gripes with the English, with the help of a comedian from each nation he visits.
Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English? 2018
Chasing Waves
Chasing Waves
An docu-series exploring the unique and wonderful surf culture in Japan, highlighting the dramatic push and pull between convention and innovation. By chronicling the lives of both the trendsetters and the traditionalists, the series paints a captivating holistic picture of the global surf industry – from Australian-Japanese surfer, Connor O’Leary to freestyle surfers, Olympic hopefuls and businesspeople trying to make their mark.
Chasing Waves 2023
Des années et des tubes
Des années et des tubes
Des années et des tubes 2022
Our Guy in Colombia
Our Guy in Colombia
Guy Martin explores Colombia at street level to find out what makes the country tick. Can one of the most beautiful countries in the world escape its long history of drugs and violence.
Our Guy in Colombia 2023
Ready for Takeoff: The Road to Safe Skies, Archer
Ready for Takeoff: The Road to Safe Skies, Archer
With the success of The Rain in España, the second book from the University Series is about to fly. But before that, let’s have an exclusive sneak peek of the preparations for this exciting series starring the Univerkada led by Krissha Viaje and Jerome Ponce.
Ready for Takeoff: The Road to Safe Skies, Archer 2023
Harald Baldr
Harald Baldr
Northman with a penchant for history, politics and travel. I seek to spread individual freedom worldwide.
Harald Baldr 2016
Mother Teresa: For the Love of God?
Mother Teresa: For the Love of God?
The extraordinary truth about one of the most revered, yet enigmatic, controversial, and complex figures in contemporary history. Told through the multiple viewpoints from those who knew her best and drawing on archive and personal letters where we hear from Mother Teresa in her own words, this series tells the astonishing story of a latter-day Saint.
Mother Teresa: For the Love of God? 2022
The New Detectives
The New Detectives
The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science is a documentary true crime television show that aired two to three different cases in forensic science per episode.
The New Detectives 1996
Along the Banks of the Yangtze
Along the Banks of the Yangtze
A six-part series in which photographer Ruben Terlou travels from Shanghai, the most westernized part of China, to the much more traditional Tibetan city of Shangri-La. Through the stories of people he meets along the 6,300-kilometre river, Ruben discovers the real China, forty years after Mao’s death.
Along the Banks of the Yangtze 2016
Double Fine PsychOdyssey
Double Fine PsychOdyssey
2 Player Productions and Double Fine Productions present Double Fine PsychOdyssey, an unprecedented documentary experience seven years in the making. Ten years after the release of their flagship video game Psychonauts, Double Fine Productions returns to its most celebrated franchise with Psychonauts 2. Now facing the pressure to produce a worthy sequel, the studio must confront overly ambitious designs, poor morale, technical challenges and financial woes, all during a turbulent span of time for the world. Double Fine PsychOdyssey is the direct continuation of the acclaimed series Double Fine Adventure, and offers even deeper insight into the passion, humor, and heartbreak of video game development.
Double Fine PsychOdyssey 2023
Million Dollar Rooms
Million Dollar Rooms
The series gives viewers a look inside the most spectacular, one-of-a-kind, seven-figure spaces. It's the best in high-end design and lavish living around the globe, including a home with a full-size train and petting zoo in the backyard, one with a two-story custom closet worth $5 million, and an estate that features a nightclub inside.
Million Dollar Rooms 2010
The Incredible Human Journey
The Incredible Human Journey
There are seven billion humans on Earth, spread across the whole planet. Scientific evidence suggests that most of us can trace our origins to one tiny group of people who left Africa around 70,000 years ago. In this five-part series, Dr Alice Roberts follows the archaeological and genetic footprints of our ancient ancestors to find out how their journeys transformed our species into the humans we are today, and how Homo Sapiens came to dominate the planet.
The Incredible Human Journey 2009