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Best Documentary TV Series of 1998

157 Documentary series that started in 1998, ranked by popularity

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157 series

Best of British

★ 5.0
9 12 1998–2002
Documentary

Driven

★ 5.2
9 7 1998–2002
Documentary

Design

★ 7.1
9 37 1998–present
Documentary

Singled Out

★ 7.8
8 8 1998–present
Documentary

Fra Vesterbro til verdens ende

★ 8.0
8 1998–1999
Documentary

Family Life of Animals

★ 8.1
8 1998–present
Documentary

Quantum Leaps

★ 6.0
8 1998–present
Documentary

Inside America's Military Academies

★ 7.2
8 1998–1998
Documentary

Drehscheibe Deutschland

★ 6.2
8 739 1998–2023
Documentary

Groot licht

★ 8.0
7 6 1998–2002
Comedy · Documentary · Family

Why Men Don't Iron

★ 8.0
6 3 1998–1998
Documentary

Coast to Coast

★ 5.2
6 1 1998–present
Documentary

Model TV

★ 6.6
6 1998–present
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