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Best Documentary TV Series of the 2000s

Top 500 most popular Documentary series that started in the 2000s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Wild Africa

★ 8.0
436 6 2001–present
Documentary

Moon Machines

★ 8.8
433 6 2008–present
Documentary

TransGeneration

★ 7.9
432 9 2005–present
Documentary

Napoleon

★ 8.0
428 4 2000–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Battles BC

★ 7.6
426 9 2009–2012
Action · Documentary · History

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

★ 7.5
424 3 2006–2006
Documentary · Drama · History

Homes Under the Hammer

★ 6.2
422 1674 2003–present
Documentary

Empires: The Greeks - Crucible of Civilization

★ 7.5
420 3 2000–2000
Documentary · History

A Girl's Guide to 21st Century Sex

★ 7.5
416 8 2006–2006
Documentary

Dogs 101

★ 8.0
413 35 2008–2021
Documentary

The Most Extreme

★ 8.4
413 77 2002–2007
Documentary

Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal

★ 6.5
412 22 2008–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Fight Science

★ 8.1
410 8 2006–present
Documentary

Ghost Lab

★ 5.2
408 26 2009–present
Documentary · Mystery · Reality-TV

Build It Bigger

★ 7.7
407 43 2006–2011
Documentary

Bondi Vet

★ 7.6
407 150 2009–2016
Documentary · Reality-TV

The Jeff Corwin Experience

★ 7.2
406 41 2001–2004
Adventure · Documentary

Broadway: The American Musical

★ 8.7
402 6 2004–2004
Documentary · History · Music

Ross Kemp in Afghanistan

★ 8.2
397 5 2008–present
Documentary

Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible

★ 7.4
394 27 2008–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

First Person

★ 8.6
392 17 2000–2001
Biography · Documentary

The Naked Archaeologist

★ 7.2
386 66 2005–2008
Documentary · History

Hitler's Bodyguard

★ 7.6
385 13 2008–present
Documentary · History · War

A History of Scotland

★ 8.2
384 10 2008–2009
Documentary · Drama · History
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