Best Documentary TV Series of the 1980s

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

After the Warming

★ 8.2
70 2 1989–1989
Documentary

Knoff-Hoff-Show

★ 8.0
69 32 1986–present
Comedy · Documentary

Clive James' Postcard from...

★ 8.0
69 18 1989–1999
Documentary

River Elegy

★ 7.6
66 6 1988–present
Documentary

Spiegel TV Magazin

★ 6.1
65 226 1988–present
Documentary · News · Reality-TV

Spaceflight

★ 8.0
64 4 1985–present
Documentary

Karpolla on asiaa

★ 7.4
64 81 1981–2007
Documentary · News

Floyd on France

★ 8.5
62 7 1987–present
Documentary

Heritage: Civilization and the Jews

★ 7.1
61 9 1984–present
Documentary

Formel Eins

★ 7.3
57 312 1983–2025
Comedy · Documentary · Music

Contacts

★ 8.6
57 35 1989–2008
Documentary

Envoyé spécial

★ 7.2
55 208 1989–present
Documentary · News

The Victorian Kitchen

★ 8.9
55 8 1989–1989
Documentary

End of Empire

★ 8.7
55 13 1985–1985
Documentary · History

TROS TV Show

★ 6.0
54 94 1981–2022
Documentary · Family

Documentos TV

★ 8.0
54 277 1986–present
Documentary

Ravayat-e Fath

★ 5.0
51 1986–1994
Documentary · War

Alltagsgeschichten

★ 8.6
51 60 1985–2006
Documentary

Chetyre vechera s Vladimirom Vysotskim

★ 7.5
51 4 1987–present
Biography · Documentary · Music

Ushuaïa, le magazine de l'extrême

★ 8.6
50 38 1987–2012
Documentary

Q.E.D.

★ 6.3
50 211 1982–1999
Documentary

The Real Thing

★ 7.8
49 6 1980–1980
Documentary

Television

★ 5.5
47 8 1988–present
Documentary · History

A Change of Sex

★ 7.0
46 5 1980–1999
Biography · Documentary