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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)

Bridget's Sexiest Beaches

★ 5.2
232 17 2009–2009
Documentary

Animal Armageddon

★ 7.2
232 8 2009–present
Documentary · History

Time Commanders

★ 8.5
232 27 2003–2016
Action · Documentary · History

Sex 'n' Pop

★ 8.7
230 6 2004–present
Documentary · History · Music

Torchwood Declassified

★ 7.6
230 30 2006–2011
Documentary

Amazon

★ 8.4
230 7 2008–present
Documentary

Dead Famous

★ 5.9
229 32 2004–2006
Biography · Documentary · Mystery

Extreme Survival

★ 8.2
229 12 2002–present
Documentary

Strange Days on Planet Earth

★ 7.5
228 7 2005–present
Documentary · History · Mystery

Discovery Atlas

★ 7.9
227 11 2006–2008
Documentary

Magical Egypt

★ 7.9
226 20 2001–present
Documentary

Edge of the Universe

★ 7.2
225 3 2002–present
Documentary

Being Bobby Brown

★ 4.9
225 11 2005–2005
Documentary · Reality-TV

Springwatch

★ 8.2
224 255 2005–present
Documentary

Power, Privilege & Justice

★ 8.1
224 64 2002–present
Crime · Documentary

Hard Time

★ 7.4
221 39 2009–2013
Documentary

Algo habrán hecho

★ 8.5
220 12 2005–2008
Documentary

Iran & the West

★ 8.0
220 3 2009–2009
Documentary

Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World

★ 8.0
219 4 2009–present
Documentary

Gülhan'in Galaksi Rehberi

★ 8.2
218 2007–2007
Documentary

ESPN 25: Who's #1?

★ 6.2
218 38 2004–2007
Documentary · Sport

Most Shocking

★ 6.6
217 93 2006–2010
Comedy · Documentary

Lockdown

★ 7.2
217 32 2007–2012
Documentary · Reality-TV

Twentieth Century Battlefields

★ 8.6
217 8 2007–2007
Documentary · History · War
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