Popular Documentary TV Shows

Passato e Presente
Passato e Presente
Program about historical dissemination, presented by Paolo Mieli. Each episode sees a historian interacting with the presenter and three young university students.
Passato e Presente 2017
J-MELO
J-MELO
J-MELO is a weekly Japanese music television program broadcast by NHK. It is recorded entirely in the English language. It began broadcasting on October 7, 2005. The program is available on NHK's World Service television station, Radio Japan, Digital Educational TV and on its Domestic General Channel.
J-MELO 2005
Panorama
Panorama
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Panorama 1953
Grands Reportages
Grands Reportages
Grands Reportages 1998
Wheeler Dealers
Wheeler Dealers
Experienced car dealer Mike Brewer is joined by multi-talented mechanics in a monumental motoring mission: to find and restore iconic cars to later sell for a profit at their LA-based shop. In the series, Mike has the challenging job of finding vehicles that have money-making potential. He then hands them over to a mechanic, who tackles everything from bare metal re-sprays to gearbox swaps to bring them back to their former glory.
Wheeler Dealers 2003
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are?
A Swedish version of the British genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?, where famous people are searching for truths and hidden stories about their family history.
Who Do You Think You Are? 2009
The First 48
The First 48
The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.
The First 48 2004
Les vacances de Monsieur Bruno
Les vacances de Monsieur Bruno
Les vacances de Monsieur Bruno 2014
The True Story of...
The True Story of...
The True Story of... 2020
Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage
Celebrities take a journey of a lifetime. They all have different faiths and beliefs - will stepping in ancient footsteps on a spiritual journey broaden minds?
Pilgrimage 2018
Crimes Gone Viral
Crimes Gone Viral
Gripping clips of kidnappings, break-ins, car chases, violent road rage incidents and other crimes rack up millions of views. But crimes gone viral goes beyond the jaw-dropping footage to tell the full story. Viral video of good samaritans who intervene to stop crimes, brave victims who fight back against their attackers, clever prison escapes and a shark heist.
Crimes Gone Viral 2020
Les Rencontres du Papotin
Les Rencontres du Papotin
Les Rencontres du Papotin 2022
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are?
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
Who Do You Think You Are? 2004
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
Stephanie McMahon and Triple H leads a team of collectors and WWE celebrities as they travel across the United States to find WWE collectibles.
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures 2021
Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun
Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun
Series following the Brits who have moved to Benidorm for a low-cost life full of sun and fun.
Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun 2016
Australian Story
Australian Story
Putting the "real" back into reality television, Australian Story is an award-winning documentary series with no narrator and no agendas — just authentic stories told entirely in people's own words.
Australian Story 1996
United Shades of America
United Shades of America
Follow comedian and political gadfly W. Kamau Bell as he explores the far corners of our country and its various groups and subcultures.
United Shades of America 2016
Dark Side of Comedy
Dark Side of Comedy
Throughout the history of comedy, many comedians have lost themselves to the art’s darker side, through addiction, suicide, depression and self-destruction. Dark Side of Comedy explores these stories, shining a new light on comedy’s darkest corners.
Dark Side of Comedy 2022
Informe especial
Informe especial
Investigative news magazine on Chile's social and political contingency.
Informe especial 1984
POV
POV
POV is a Public Broadcasting Service public television series which features independent nonfiction films. POV is an initialism for point of view. POV is the longest-running showcase on television for independent documentary films. PBS presents 14-16 POV programs each year, and the series has premiered over 300 films to U.S. television audiences since 1988. POV's films have a strong first-person, social-issue focus. Many established directors, including Michael Moore, Jonathan Demme, Terry Zwigoff, Errol Morris, Albert and David Maysles, Michael Apted, Frederick Wiseman, Marlon Riggs, and Ross McElwee have had work screened as part of the POV series. The series has garnered both critical and industry acclaim over its 20-plus years on television. POV programs have also won major industry awards including three Oscars, 32 Emmys, 36 Cine Golden Eagles, 15 Peabody Awards, 11 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards, the Prix Italia and the Webby Award.
POV 1988
The Dog House
The Dog House
Set inside Wood Green, The Animals Charity, where staff are committed to matching their homeless dogs with hopeful dog owners.
The Dog House 2019
The World Heritage
The World Heritage
TBS’s ”World Heritage,” is a 30-minute weekly documentary series that is registered by UNESCO under Natural Heritage, Cultural Heritage and Cultural Sciences. The program started in spring, 1996, and over a span of 10 years has covered about 560 topics around the world. To better convey the grandeur of these treasures of the world, TBS has shot the series in High-Definition. High quality images, impeccable narrative, and beautiful music...the elements are simple and straightforward. The producers feel that this style of presentation works best to visually document and preserve the wonders of the world, and continue to do so to this day.
The World Heritage 2014
Once Upon a Time... Life
Once Upon a Time... Life
Attention please! Are you ready for an adventurous tour through the human body? With a lot of humour, our physical appearance is being introduced from head to toe along cells and organs in an educational way. The heart, blood, nerves and kidneys, each single one is a miracle which renders life possible.
Once Upon a Time... Life 1987
Salvage Hunters
Salvage Hunters
Meet modern-day treasure hunter Drew Pritchard. With demanding customers, high turnover, and one of the biggest decorative salvage yards in the UK, Drew is constantly on the road, crisscrossing the country in search of derelict gems and forgotten remnants. Drew loves the thrill of the hunt and while he gets his hands dirty in the country's architectural backwaters, his crack team of restorers is back at the shop giving old and rare finds a new lease on life.
Salvage Hunters 2011
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Actor Zac Efron journeys around the world with wellness expert Darin Olien in a travel show that explores healthy, sustainable ways to live.
Down to Earth with Zac Efron 2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Executive producer Jon Favreau invites the cast and crew of The Mandalorian to share an unprecedented look at the making of the series. Each chapter explores a different facet of the first live-action Star Wars television show through interviews, never-before-seen footage, and roundtable conversations hosted by Favreau himself.
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian 2020
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées 2022
Crusade in Europe
Crusade in Europe
Crusade in Europe 1949
Abandoned Engineering
Abandoned Engineering
These are some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. The series explores how and why they were built, consider the financial and social costs of their failure and examine the environmental and ecological impacts. The series also explores how experts came up with plans to make something beautiful or useful from the ruins.
Abandoned Engineering 2017
The Buried Life
The Buried Life
The Buried Life is a reality documentary series on MTV. The series features Duncan Penn, Jonnie Penn, Ben Nemtin, and Dave Lingwood attempting to complete a list of "100 things to do before you die." The pilot episode aired on January 18, 2010, and the show was renewed for a second season in 2010. On Oct 25, 2011, The Buried Life announced they wouldn't be doing any more episodes of the show. However, the show's creators claim they are working on a "new and improved" show for the network based on the premise of the original series. Penn, Lingwood, Penn and Nemtin released their first book as The Buried Life, "What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?" on March 27, 2012. On the week of its release the book climbed to #1 on the NYT Best Sellers List.
The Buried Life 2010
Mystery Files
Mystery Files
Have you ever found yourself on a Wikipedia deep dive on the weird side of the internet? In this show, weird thing enthusiasts Ryan and Shane take turns presenting their latest fascinations to each other covering everything unusual, unexplained, and unhinged.
Mystery Files 2023
The Art of Action
The Art of Action
International action star Scott Adkins talks with some of the world's most renowned names in the action and martial arts film industry to discover what it takes to make good action movies and how to film fights.
The Art of Action 2020
Our Living World
Our Living World
This stunning nature series narrated by Cate Blanchett explores the intelligence, resourcefulness and interconnectedness of life on our planet.
Our Living World 2024
Unusual Suspects
Unusual Suspects
Unusual Suspects is an American documentary television series on Investigation Discovery. The series debuted on June 21, 2010. The series showcases many of the most shocking and difficult cases in law enforcement history, and also sheds light on the investigations that led to the arrest of the culprits.
Unusual Suspects 2010
Cash Investigation
Cash Investigation
Cash Investigation gives new life to investigative investigations by tackling in each new issue different subjects concerning the business world (drug industry, ready to wear, tax havens, neuromarketing, planned obsolescence ...) but also to the managers themselves.
Cash Investigation 2012
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ARTE Re:
ARTE Re: 2017
Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild
Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild
Ben Fogle follows in the footsteps of various individuals, who against all odds, have willingly forsaken the luxuries and lifestyle of the modern world, for a less-than-ordinary life in the wilderness.
Ben Fogle: New Lives In The Wild 2013
Uppdrag granskning
Uppdrag granskning
Swedish investigative journalism series known for the use of concealed cameras and microphones.
Uppdrag granskning 2001
Undertaker: The Last Ride
Undertaker: The Last Ride
The anticipated WWE Network docuseries will look back on The Undertaker’s storied WWE career and place a focus on the ongoing challenges the wrestling legend appears to have with a career beginning to near it's end.
Undertaker: The Last Ride 2020
History's Greatest Mysteries
History's Greatest Mysteries
Investigates a wide range of historically compelling topics and the mysteries surrounding each including the Titanic, D.B. Cooper, Roswell, John Wilkes Booth, and more. Fresh, new evidence and perspectives will be showcased, such as never-before-released documents, personal diaries and DNA evidence.
History's Greatest Mysteries 2020