Best Documentary TV Series of the 1980s
361 Documentary series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity
MTV Unplugged
617 142 1989–present
Documentary · Music
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
592 3 1987–1987
Biography · Documentary
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
587 77 1982–1986
Documentary · Family · History
The Charles Bukowski Tapes
539 25 1985–1985
Documentary
Shark Week
518 285 1987–present
Documentary
The First Eden
455 4 1987–1987
Documentary
Vietnam: A Television History
364 13 1983–1983
Documentary · History · War
Free to Choose
352 10 1980–present
Documentary
National Geographic Explorer
351 462 1985–present
Documentary
America Undercover
349 75 1983–present
Documentary
In Search of the Trojan War
318 6 1985–1985
Documentary · History
P.O.V.
286 580 1988–present
Documentary
Dispatches
275 1039 1987–present
Documentary · News
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World
274 13 1980–1980
Documentary · Mystery
The New Yankee Workshop
271 262 1989–2009
Documentary
One Night Stand
270 55 1989–1992
Comedy · Documentary
Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War
269 26 1980–1981
Documentary · History · War
Wild America
255 126 1982–present
Documentary · Family
Cinema of Our Time
235 67 1989–present
Documentary
Playing Shakespeare
228 9 1982–1982
Documentary
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
219 67 1984–1995
Documentary
The Secret Life of Machines
217 18 1988–1993
Documentary · History
The Spanish Civil War
215 6 1983–1983
Documentary · History · War
Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen
209 2055 1982–present
Documentary · History