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Best Documentary TV Series of 1974

14 Documentary series that started in 1974, ranked by popularity

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14 series

Nova

★ 8.7
3K 1034 1974–present
Nature & science · Docuseries

Rockpalast

★ 8.0
71 108 1974–present
Documentary · Music

The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway

★ 8.7
69 8 1974–1974
Documentary · Drama · History

Wish You Were Here...?

★ 6.1
59 445 1974–2003
Documentary

The Family

★ 8.2
49 12 1974–1974
Documentary · Reality-TV

Inside Story

★ 6.8
42 193 1974–2000
Documentary

El hombre y la tierra: Serie venezolana

★ 8.0
41 18 1974–1974
Documentary

All About You

★ 8.5
27 30 1974–present
Documentary · Family

The Story of French Cinema by Those Who Made It

★ 8.4
25 13 1974–present
Documentary

Last of the Wild

★ 7.1
13 2 1974–present
Documentary · Family

Pilger

★ 8.6
12 18 1974–present
Documentary

Cirque à Monte-Carlo

★ 6.6
10 27 1974–present
Documentary · Musical

Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley

★ 7.1
10 1974–present
Documentary · Music

Kassensturz

★ 3.9
8 519 1974–present
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