Popular Documentary TV Shows

Party Island: Summer in Zante
Party Island: Summer in Zante
The Greek island Zante is the most searched-for destination by young Brits. Here are the stories of the holidaymakers and workers who made it to Zante for summer 2021
Party Island: Summer in Zante 2022
Crime Inc.
Crime Inc.
With archive film including home movies and FBI surveillance material, the award-winning Crime Inc. tells the true story behind the world's most powerful crime syndicate, the Mob, La Cosa Nostra or The Mafia. Interviews with mob members turned informants, including former boss Jimmy 'The Weasel' Fratianno, reveal the inner workings of the mafia, from the ritual of becoming a "made" man and their code of honor, to the harrowing and detailed descriptions of their work, accompanied by equally graphic images and film footage.
Crime Inc. 1984
Russell Howard Stands Up to the World
Russell Howard Stands Up to the World
The stand-up comedian performs in Denmark, New Zealand and Germany over the course of two months - one of the first people to do so since lockdown began. Between gigs he explores the countries he's visiting.
Russell Howard Stands Up to the World 2021
Can't Get You Out of My Head
Can't Get You Out of My Head
In six films, Adam Curtis traces the different forces across the world that have led to now. It covers a wide range—including the strange roots of modern conspiracy theories, the history of China, opium and opioids, the history of Artificial Intelligence, melancholy over the loss of empire and, love and power. And explores whether modern culture, despite its radicalism, is really just part of the new system of power.
Can't Get You Out of My Head 2021
Paula
Paula
The life and death of Paula Yates - TV host, writer, and one of the most famous British women of the 1980s and 90s. What does Paula's story tell us about women in the public eye?
Paula 2023
De Harde Kern
De Harde Kern
De Harde Kern 2024
Transamazonica: A Highway to the Past
Transamazonica: A Highway to the Past
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.
Transamazonica: A Highway to the Past 2021
NYC Revealed
NYC Revealed
From garbage trucks to power plants, giving viewers a rare behind-the-scenes look into the sprawling network of infrastructure systems that keep New York City breathing.
NYC Revealed 2022
Back in Time for the Corner Shop
Back in Time for the Corner Shop
Annabel Crabb presents, Back In Time for the Corner Shop. Join the Ferrone family as they navigate the highs and lows of being shopkeepers through 150 years of Australian history.
Back in Time for the Corner Shop 2023
Deadly Instincts
Deadly Instincts
The law of the wild is kill or be killed; learning how animals kill.
Deadly Instincts 2015
Secrets of Big Data
Secrets of Big Data
Technology is the great paradox of the twenty first century. While it's inarguable that it has enhanced certain aspects of our lives, it's hard to ignore the detrimental effects it can inflict on society at large. These are the stories of the future that big data is bringing to our doorsteps. The real world impact of predictions and surveillance. The power of artificial intelligence and autonomous machines. For better or worse, these are the Secrets of Big Data.
Secrets of Big Data 2022
How'd You Get So Rich?
How'd You Get So Rich?
Based on the US series hosted by the late Joan Rivers, comedian Katherine Ryan meets with the wealthy, the wealthier and the wealthiest to ask them the burning question, "How'd you get so rich?" This series delves into the lives of the rich as they tell their own stories of determination and success and open up their homes and lifestyles to the rest of the World. From founders of million-dollar chain organisations to wealthy surgeons and everything in between, Katherine finds out how each of them have made their millions.
How'd You Get So Rich? 2017
Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit
Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit
In this four-part series classicist and historian, Professor Mary Beard draws on her immense scholarship, unique viewpoints and myth-busting approach to Roman history, to give her definitive take on the Roman Empire. How and why did it happen? In search of answers, she takes us to the most telling sites and the most revealing artifacts, and she examines the legacy the Roman Empire has left behind.
Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit 2016
Worlds Collide: The Manchester Bombing
Worlds Collide: The Manchester Bombing
Featuring emotional contributions from the families of those who lost their lives, Worlds Collide: The Manchester Bombing marks the fifth anniversary of an attack that shocked the nation to its core. The two-part special uses new revelations to piece together the chilling timeline of that day and explores how, five years on, the truth of what happened that night is finally emerging.
Worlds Collide: The Manchester Bombing 2022
101 East
101 East
Bold, untold stories from across Asia and the Pacific. Al Jazeera's in-depth, weekly current affairs programme from the world's most populated region.
101 East 2007
Massive Africa
Massive Africa
A once-in-a-lifetime, action-packed adventure through Africa's last untamed, majestic wildernesses. Massive Africa is a unique and unparalleled visual journey. Offering a never before seen perspective on the continent's unchartered wonderlands, iconic natural marvels and awe-inspiring wildlife spectacles. Overwhelming in sheer unrivalled scale and sumptuous sweeping beauty, Massive Africa explores Africa's colossal landscapes and uncovers the ultimate in wildlife action and drama. In each episode, infinite vibrant vistas- pulsating with life- intertwine with the raw power of nature to create the planet's wildest and most epic stages. Upon these, the sensational life-and-death struggles of her bustling diversity of wildlife enthral in heart-stopping performances.
Massive Africa 2019
Endangered Planet
Endangered Planet
Follow a team of world-class filmmakers and scientists as they venture off the beaten path, capturing groundbreaking, often first-time footage of the planet’s most elusive species using cutting-edge technology, uncovering insights about how to help save and protect these critically endangered animals.
Endangered Planet 1
Moordzaken: Eeuwige Twijfel
Moordzaken: Eeuwige Twijfel
Moordzaken: Eeuwige Twijfel 2023
B.R.I. : La série documentaire
B.R.I. : La série documentaire
B.R.I. : La série documentaire 2023
Animals at Work
Animals at Work
John Barrowman offers a look into the lives of working animals.
Animals at Work 2009
Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution
Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution
From the basement bars of 70s New York to the peak of the global charts, this is the story of how disco conquered the world: its origins, its triumphs, its fall and its legacy.
Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution 2023
Lugares da Escrita
Lugares da Escrita
Lugares da Escrita 2022
Chemins de Traverse
Chemins de Traverse
Chemins de Traverse 2023
Swamp Mysteries with Troy Landry
Swamp Mysteries with Troy Landry
Troy Landry's wild chase to help save America from hostile, menacing and often mysterious creatures.
Swamp Mysteries with Troy Landry 2018
Just A Dash
Just A Dash
Just A Dash! With Canadian legend Matty Matheson. In partnership with Applestone Meat Company, the self-produced, self-directed, fully Matty-conceptualized cooking show is the culmination of all things you've seen of the chef up until now, but brought directly to your screen from the man himself. Matty says it best: "Just A Dash is the cooking I always wanted to make and it's better than I could have ever dreamed! I nailed it!"
Just A Dash 2019
Stories From Afar
Stories From Afar
Stories From Afar 1997
Silbersky
Silbersky
Silbersky 2019
Des volcans et des hommes
Des volcans et des hommes
Des volcans et des hommes 2019
Hexen - Magie, Mythen und die Wahrheit
Hexen - Magie, Mythen und die Wahrheit
Hexen - Magie, Mythen und die Wahrheit 2003
Jack Hanna's Into the Wild
Jack Hanna's Into the Wild
Jack Hanna's Into the Wild is a reality television series about all different kinds of animals in their natural habitat. This series is hosted by Jack Hanna.
Jack Hanna's Into the Wild 2007
Deaf U
Deaf U
In this reality series, a tight-knit group of Deaf and hard of hearing students share their stories and explore life at Gallaudet University.
Deaf U 2020
The Shocking Truth
The Shocking Truth
This compelling documentary series digs deep into notorious real-life murders and paranormal events and explores how Hollywood turned them into its most memorable thrillers.
The Shocking Truth 2017
Krajinou příběhů českých hradů známých i neznámých
Krajinou příběhů českých hradů známých i neznámých
Krajinou příběhů českých hradů známých i neznámých 2011
Portillo's Andalucia
Portillo's Andalucia
Michael Portillo explores the region of Andalucia in southern Spain, visiting six of his favourite locations in the area.
Portillo's Andalucia 2023
Black Gold
Black Gold
Black Gold is a reality-documentary television series that chronicles three oil drilling rigs in Andrews County, Texas, 30 miles northwest of Odessa. It is partly produced by Thom Beers, creator of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers. The Black Gold theme song is sung by country music star Trace Adkins. The title "Black Gold" comes from a slang term for oil. Black Gold airs Wednesday nights on truTV at 10pm. It is also shown as a special presentation on TNT in high definition. The show also airs in the United Kingdom on Five, under the title Oil Riggers.
Black Gold 2008
Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask
Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask
Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask is a British comedy panel show hosted by Alexander Armstrong. The pilot was shown on Dave on 30 May 2011. The guests on the pilot were Robert Webb, Katy Brand and Griff Rhys Jones. After a positive reaction to the pilot, Dave ordered a full series which was filmed in October 2011 and broadcast from 6 February 2012. A second series began 26 February 2013.
Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask 2011
The Gene: An Intimate History
The Gene: An Intimate History
“The Gene: An Intimate History” brings vividly to life the story of today’s revolution in medical science through present-day tales of patients and doctors at the forefront of the search for genetic treatments, interwoven with a compelling history of the discoveries that made this possible and the ethical challenges raised by the ability to edit DNA with precision.
The Gene: An Intimate History 2020
Secrets of the Kohinoor
Secrets of the Kohinoor
The stories of multiple rulers and their insatiable desire for the Kohinoor which led to significant and very bloody wars, triggered agonising mind games, and empowered rulers and ruined dynasties whilst exploring stories of powerful emperors whose lives intertwined with the diamond in unfathomable ways.
Secrets of the Kohinoor 2022
Grensland
Grensland
Grensland 2015
Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story
Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story
This six-part docuseries focuses on the killing of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, whose killer was allowed to go free after he claimed self defense.
Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story 2018