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Best Documentary TV Series of 1983

42 Documentary series that started in 1983, ranked by popularity

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42 series

A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers

★ 7.9
21 15 1983–1984
Documentary

Deep Roots Music

★ 8.1
21 6 1983–present
Documentary · Music

Reverse Television: Portraits of Viewers

★ 5.3
19 1983–present
Documentary

The Way of the Warrior

★ 7.8
18 8 1983–present
Documentary

Old Country

★ 9.2
17 60 1983–1985
Documentary

The Paras

★ 8.5
17 6 1983–1984
Documentary

Just Another Day

★ 8.4
15 20 1983–1986
Documentary

Zoom su Fellini

★ 7.6
13 2 1983–present
Documentary

The Great Hamlets

★ 6.3
13 1983–present
Documentary

Rub-a-Dub-Tub

★ 7.6
12 1983–present
Animation · Documentary · Family

Out of the Fiery Furnace

★ 9.2
12 7 1983–1984
Documentary

Karl Marx

★ 6.0
9 2 1983–1983
Documentary

Video Game All Stars

★ 8.0
9 4 1983–1984
Documentary

Otros pueblos

★ 8.4
8 40 1983–present
Documentary

Making the Most of the Micro

★ 7.7
8 10 1983–1983
Documentary

The Making of a Continent

★ 9.3
8 6 1983–present
Documentary

Hua Shuo Chang Jiang

★ 8.6
7 25 1983–1984
Documentary

Wondere wereld

★ 7.8
5 1983–1989
Documentary
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