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Best Documentary TV Series of 1982

39 Documentary series that started in 1982, ranked by popularity

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39 series

Rough Justice

★ 8.6
23 41 1982–2007
Documentary

Les enfants du rock

★ 7.1
22 24 1982–1987
Documentary · Music

Romer's Egypt

★ 7.6
20 3 1982–present
Documentary

Mardi cinéma

★ 6.1
20 127 1982–1988
Documentary

L'Aventure des plantes

★ 9.0
14 13 1982–1987
Documentary

Numero Uno

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

Val (Partiledare)

★ 3.6
11 13 1982–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

World War II with Walter Cronkite

★ 8.8
11 15 1982–present
Documentary

Al filo de lo imposible

★ 7.2
10 17 1982–present
Adventure · Documentary · Sport

V.I. Lenin. Stranitsy zhizni

★ 6.5
9 27 1982–1988
Biography · Documentary · History

Land der Berge

★ 7.0
9 60 1982–present
Documentary

Pergötüz

★ 9.4
9 5 1982–1982
Documentary · History · War

Whatever You Didn't Get

★ 6.6
8 21 1982–1983
Documentary · Music · Talk-Show

Ciné parade

★ 5.2
7 3 1982–present
Documentary

Österreich II

★ 7.2
6 32 1982–1995
Documentary · History
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