Best Documentary TV Series of the 1980s
295 Documentary series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity
Standby: Lights! Camera! Action!
34 21 1982–1986
Documentary · Family
Gamle Danmark
33 10 1983–1984
Documentary · History
The Clothes Show
33 273 1986–2007
Documentary
DR-Derude
33 334 1988–present
Documentary
Ireland: A Television History
33 13 1980–1981
Biography · Documentary · Drama
The Golden Age of Television
33 1981–1982
Documentary
The Western Tradition
32 52 1989–1989
Documentary · History
Equinox
31 232 1986–2006
Documentary
Food & Drink
31 397 1982–2002
Documentary
Middletown
31 6 1982–present
Documentary · Sport
Krónika: A második magyar hadsereg a Donnál
31 21 1982–present
Documentary
Floyd on Food
31 6 1986–present
Documentary
Capitali culturali d'Europa
31 12 1983–present
Documentary
Bits and Bytes
30 12 1983–present
Documentary
Kunst & Krempel
30 186 1985–present
Documentary
Remembering World War II
29 2 1989–present
Documentary · War
La course destination monde
29 21 1988–1999
Documentary
Supersense
29 6 1988–1989
Documentary
The Travel Show
29 288 1982–present
Documentary
Different Drummer
29 1 1989–1991
Documentary
Those Amazing Animals
28 2 1980–1981
Documentary · Family
Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey
28 5 1988–2021
Documentary
NHK Special
28 34 1989–present
Documentary
True Stories
28 25 1988–present
Documentary