Best Documentary TV Series of the 1980s

295 Documentary series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

Fascist Legacy

★ 8.4
14 1989–present
Documentary · War

X-Large

★ 6.7
14 25 1987–present
Documentary

Great Planes

★ 8.6
14 2 1988–present
Documentary

The War Years 1939-1945

★ 7.2
14 5 1989–present
Documentary · History · War

The Struggle for Democracy

★ 5.5
14 11 1989–present
Documentary · History · War

Profiles of Nature

★ 7.9
14 15 1986–present
Documentary

The Brain

★ 6.0
14 8 1984–present
Documentary

Numero Uno

★ 8.0
13 6 1982–present
Biography · Documentary · Sport

Tennessee Crossroads

★ 8.7
13 420 1987–present
Documentary · Family

Eggs 'n' Baker

★ 7.0
13 64 1988–1993
Documentary · Family · Music

Fréquenstar

★ 5.0
13 152 1988–present
Biography · Documentary · Music

What Do Those Old Films Mean?

★ 7.7
13 6 1986–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Zoom su Fellini

★ 7.6
13 2 1983–present
Documentary

Adam Smith's Money World

★ 6.8
13 2 1984–1997
Documentary

In Search of the Constitution

★ 6.0
13 11 1987–1987
Documentary · History

L'Aventure des plantes

★ 8.9
13 13 1982–1987
Documentary

To Serve and Protect

★ 7.2
13 1985–present
Documentary

Out of the Fiery Furnace

★ 9.2
12 7 1983–1984
Documentary

Télétests

★ 5.8
12 16 1980–present
Documentary

West 57th

★ 6.1
12 5 1985–1989
Documentary · News

A Year with Fred

★ 8.2
12 6 1987–present
Documentary

Rub-a-Dub-Tub

★ 7.6
12 1983–present
Animation · Documentary · Family

A vista de pájaro

★ 6.5
12 81 1986–1991
Documentary · Family

Venture

★ 8.0
12 9 1980–present
Documentary · News