Best Documentary TV Series - Page 231
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
2022
star 5.3Through never before-seen archive material, interviews with celebrities, industry insiders, rabid fans and the Kids In The Hall themselves – this documentary tells the wild story of this cult-famous comedy troupe from the 1980s to the present day.Sergio Ramos
2019
star 4.4Documentary series that examines the life and career of Spanish football star Sergio Ramos.The Queen
2009
star 7The Queen was a 2009 British drama-documentary showing Queen Elizabeth II at different points during her life. Broadcast on Channel 4 over five consecutive nights from 29 November 2009, the Queen was portrayed by a different actress in each episode. The Queen was portrayed by Emilia Fox, Samantha Bond, Susan Jameson, Barbara Flynn and Diana Quick. Katie McGrath played Princess Margaret in the first episode and Lesley Manville played Margaret Thatcher in the third episode. The series was co-funded by the American Broadcasting Company, the network which aired the series in the US. This reunited Emilia Fox and Katie McGrath who had played sisters in BBC One's Merlin.Save Our Squad with David Beckham
2022
star 6.9David Beckham is coming home. Over the course of a season David joins East London club, Westward Boys, a team playing in the league where it all began for him as a boy – the Echo Premier League. Westward haven't won a game all season, and the threat of being relegated from the league looms large. David has a mammoth task at hand. Will he be able to save their squad?God in America
2010
star 6God in America explores the tumultuous 400-year history of the intersection of religion and public life in America, from the first European settlements to the 2008 presidential election. This series examines how religious dissidents helped shape the American concept of religious liberty and the controversial evolution of that ideal in the nation's courts and political arena; how religious freedom and waves of new immigrants and religious revivals fueled competition in the religious marketplace; how movements for social reform -- from abolition to civil rights -- galvanized men and women to put their faith into political action; and how religious faith influenced conflicts from the American Revolution to the Cold War.Joko Winterscheidt Presents: The World's Most Dangerous Show
2023
star 6.2Joko Winterscheidt takes on one of humanity's biggest challenges: the climate crisis. Joko reaches his limits on this journey, driven to despair by the state of the world. But he also meets people who are fighting for a better, more sustainable world and who give Joko hope.Bettany Hughes' Treasures of the World
2021
star 6.5Bettany Hughes take viewers on armchair travels to explore household-name treasures and new finds from across the world.How Art Made The World
2005
star 8.7Nigel Spivey reveals how the images which surround us today come from the ancient world. It's an epic journey spanning five continents and a hundred thousand years of history.Rock the Park
2014
Rock the Park
2014
Jack Steward joins Colton Smith to travel to America's greatest treasures, the awe-inspiring national parks, and to spotlight their beauty.Meie aasta Hiinas
2015
Meie aasta Hiinas
2015
TV host Tuuli Roosma takes his family - a documentary director Arbo Tammiksaar and their twin boys Andres and Kristjan - to live in People's Republic of China. They try to fit in as locals, learn mandarin Chinese and help set up a yurt village in Yunnan province. The inevitable culture crash is a basis for a situational comedy. The 5-year talkative twin boys add to daily fun.She Walks with Apes
2020
She Walks with Apes
2020
To explore the mysteries of man's closest relatives, three women set out years ago, Dian Fossey to find gorillas in Rwanda, Jane Goodall to find chimpanzees in Tanzania and Biruté Galdikas to find orangutans in Borneo. They changed the way we see the world and together inspired generations... More than 50 years ago, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Birute Galdikas ventured on a solitary expedition far into the bush. Cut off from the outside world, they lived in the company of our closest ancestors, the hominids. Over the next few decades, they made history, experienced personal tragedies and inspired a new generation of young women who followed in their footsteps into the depths of the rainforest to explore the origins of man and save a vanishing world. Trimmings is a natural history adventure film for the whole family.The Story of Diana
2017
star 8.2Princess Diana's life and legacy is explored through interviews with those who knew her best, as well as the world's leading experts on her.Search for the Lost Giants
2014
star 6.2Brothers Jim and Bill Vieira search for giant skeletons after researching tales of giants being sighted along with old accounts of giant bones being uncovered across the country.History: The Interesting Bits
2022
star 7.1History is a fascinating peek into how we ended up here, but much of it, frankly, isn’t very interesting. We take a fresh new look at history’s most intriguing facts - with the boring bits taken out.Pirates: Behind the Legends
2024
star 6.8From legendary John Ward, immortalized in fiction as Jack Sparrow, and English explorer Francis Drake; branded Pirates by their enemies but heroes by their comrades, to the notorious Pirates of the Caribbean shrouded in myth.Bad Romance
2024
star 8The eight-part true crime limited series takes you inside gripping relationships that went from love to betrayal to murder.
