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Best Documentary TV Series in TV history

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1000 top rated Documentary TV Series on Filmaffinity with +500 votes

1

Planet Earth II Planet Earth II

miniseriesdocumentary

2016

Elizabeth White, Justin Anderson, Ed Charles

Documentary, Self: David Attenborough

8.9

4,614
2

Cosmos Cosmos

tv seriesdocumentary

1980

Carl Sagan (Creator), David F. Oyster, Adrian Malone

Documentary, Self: Carl Sagan

8.8

13,564
3

Blue Planet II Blue Planet II

miniseriesdocumentary

2017

David Attenborough (Creator)

Documentary, Self: David Attenborough

8.7

1,884
4

Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey

tv seriesdocumentary

2014

Ann Druyan (Creator), Steven Soter (Creator) ...

Documentary, Self: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Seth MacFarlane

8.6

10,924
5

Apocalypse: The Second World War Apocalypse: The Second World War

miniseriesdocumentary

2009

Daniel Costelle, Isabelle Clarke

Documentary, Self: Mathieu Kassovitz

8.6

14,834
6

Seven Worlds One Planet Seven Worlds One Planet

miniseriesdocumentary

2019

David Attenborough (Creator), Fredi Devas ...

Documentary, Self: David Attenborough

8.5

753
7

Planet Earth Planet Earth

tv seriesdocumentary

2006

Alastair Fothergill

Documentary

8.5

16,176
8

Ingeniería Romana Ingeniería Romana

tv seriesdocumentary

2015

José Antonio Muñiz, Javier Téllez

Documentary

8.5

737
9

The Beatles Anthology The Beatles Anthology

miniseriesdocumentary

1995

Bob Smeaton, Geoff Wonfor

Documentary, Self: The Beatles, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

8.5

2,065
10

Our Planet Our Planet

tv seriesdocumentary

2019

David Attenborough (Creator), Adam Chapman ...

Documentary, Self: David Attenborough

8.5

3,288
11

Africa Africa

miniseriesdocumentary

2013

David Attenborough (Creator), Katrina Bartlam, Felicity Egerton

Documentary, Self: Forest Whitaker, David Attenborough, Simon Blakeney

8.4

1,744
12

Human Planet Human Planet

miniseriesdocumentary

2011

Nicolas Brown, Mark Flowers, Tom Hugh-Jones

Documentary, Self: John Hurt

8.4

2,715
13

Life Life

miniseriesdocumentary

2009

Simon Blakeney, Stephen Lyle

Documentary, Self: David Attenborough, Oprah Winfrey

8.4

2,954
14

The World at War The World at War

tv seriesdocumentary

1974

Jeremy Isaacs (Creator), Hugh Raggett ...

Documentary

8.4

5,610
15

Apocalypse: The First World War Apocalypse: The First World War

miniseriesdocumentary

2014

Daniel Costelle, Isabelle Clarke

Documentary, Self: Mathieu Kassovitz, V.I. Lenin, Raymond Poincaré, Ferdinand Foch

8.4

4,015
16

Frozen Planet Frozen Planet

miniseriesdocumentary

2011

David Attenborough (Creator), Elizabeth White

Documentary, Self: David Attenborough

8.3

1,088
17

Cosmos: Possible Worlds Cosmos: Possible Worlds

tv seriesdocumentary

2020

Ann Druyan (Creator), Steven Soter (Creator) ...

Documentary, Self: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Neil Arnote, Alexander Alayon, Hélène Cardona ...

8.3

1,652
18

The Vietnam War The Vietnam War

tv seriesdocumentary

2017

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick

Documentary

8.2

1,207
19

The Beatles: Get Back The Beatles: Get Back

miniseriesdocumentary

2021

Peter Jackson

Documentary, Self: The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr ...

8.2

2,827
20

Wonders of the Universe Wonders of the Universe

miniseriesdocumentary

2011

Stephen Cooter, Chris Holt, Michael Lachmann

Documentary, Self: Brian Cox

8.2

767
21

Wonders of the Solar System Wonders of the Solar System

miniseriesdocumentary

2010

Michael Lachmann, Paul Olding

Documentary, Self: Brian Cox

8.2

892
22

The Story of Film: An Odyssey The Story of Film: An Odyssey

tv seriesdocumentary

2011

Mark Cousins

Documentary, Self: Aleksandr Sokúrov, Norman Lloyd, Lars von Trier, Paul Schrader ...

8.2

3,760
23

The Last Dance The Last Dance

miniseriesdocumentary

2020

Jason Hehir

Documentary, Self: Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman ...

8.2

16,422
24

The Private Life Of Plants The Private Life Of Plants

miniseriesdocumentary

1995

David Attenborough (Creator), Neil Lucas

Documentary, Self: David Attenborough

8.1

745
25

Crims Crims

tv seriesdocumentary

2020

Carles Porta, Laia Foguet, Santi Baró

Documentary, Self: Carles Porta

8.1

4,073
26

Our Planet II Our Planet II

miniseriesdocumentary

2023

Adam Chapman, Hugh Pearson, Huw Cordey

Documentary, Self: David Attenborough

8.1

525
27

The Century of the Self The Century of the Self

miniseriesdocumentary

2002

Adam Curtis

Documentary

8.1

1,091
28

McCartney 3, 2, 1 McCartney 3, 2, 1

miniseriesdocumentary

2021

Zachary Heinzerling

Documentary, Self: Paul McCartney, Rick Rubin

8.0

814
29

Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies

miniseriesdocumentary

2017

Jim Podhoretz

Documentary

8.0

1,070
30

The Blue Planet The Blue Planet

miniseriesdocumentary

2001

Alastair Fothergill

Documentary, Self: David Attenborough

8.0

1,196

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