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Best Documentary TV Series of 1955

8 Documentary series that started in 1955, ranked by popularity

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8 series

This Is Your Life

★ 6.4
374 1132 1955–2003
Biography · Documentary

Around the World with Orson Welles

★ 7.2
192 7 1955–1955
Documentary

MGM Parade

★ 6.4
126 34 1955–1956
Documentary

Wide Wide World

★ 7.8
26 59 1955–1958
Documentary

Wer fragt gewinnt

★ 6.8
13 1955–present
Documentary

Look

★ 8.0
12 18 1955–1969
Documentary

Willi Schwabes Rumpelkammer

★ 7.1
9 11 1955–1992
Documentary

Uncommon Valor

★ 6.6
9 2 1955–present
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