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Best Documentary TV Series of 1985

34 Documentary series that started in 1985, ranked by popularity

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34 series

To Serve and Protect

★ 7.2
13 1985–present
Documentary

The Dragon Has Two Tongues: A History of the Welsh

★ 9.5
13 13 1985–1985
Documentary · History

West 57th

★ 6.1
12 5 1985–1989
Documentary · News

Midday

★ 7.0
11 1 1985–present
Documentary

Strangers Abroad

★ 7.7
11 6 1985–1986
Documentary

Wacky World of Sports

★ 7.1
11 1985–1996
Comedy · Documentary · Sport

100 years of automobile

★ 6.2
11 13 1985–1985
Documentary · History

Texas Parks & Wildlife

★ 8.4
11 94 1985–present
Documentary

Martin Luther King

★ 6.8
9 1985–present
Biography · Documentary

A Planet for the Taking

★ 8.6
8 8 1985–present
Documentary
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