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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)

Twentieth Century Battlefields

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

Lockdown

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

$40 a Day

★ 6.4
216 77 2002–present
Documentary

Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

★ 8.3
214 5 2007–2007
Documentary · History

Monster Fish

★ 6.8
213 46 2009–2018
Documentary

Bushcraft

★ 8.6
212 10 2004–2005
Documentary

Spise med Price

★ 8.1
212 88 2008–present
Documentary

Heston's Feasts

★ 8.4
212 13 2009–present
Documentary

The Ha!ifax Comedy Fest

★ 3.3
211 74 2002–present
Comedy · Documentary

Prehistoric Planet

★ 7.4
210 13 2002–2003
Animation · Documentary

African American Lives

★ 7.3
209 4 2006–2008
Documentary · History

Cold Blood

★ 7.2
208 60 2008–2012
Crime · Documentary

Women Behind Bars

★ 6.7
205 42 2008–present
Documentary

Around the World in 80 Gardens

★ 8.1
205 10 2008–2008
Documentary

Truth or Scare

★ 8.5
205 22 2001–2003
Documentary · Horror

Bonderøven

★ 8.1
204 327 2008–present
Biography · Documentary

Lesbian Sex and Sexuality

★ 5.1
204 7 2007–present
Documentary

Nissene bak låven

★ 7.9
204 3 2002–present
Comedy · Documentary · Reality-TV

Wild West Tech

★ 8.2
202 35 2003–2005
Documentary · History · Western

Warrior Women

★ 7.8
201 5 2003–2003
Documentary · History

America's Serial Killers: Portraits in Evil

★ 6.2
201 10 2009–present
Crime · Documentary

Conquistadors

★ 8.0
201 4 2000–present
Documentary · History

Adventures in Hollyhood

★ 7.8
198 8 2007–present
Documentary · Music

Benjamin Franklin

★ 8.1
197 3 2002–2002
Biography · Documentary · History
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