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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)

Benjamin Franklin

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

Mighty Car Mods

★ 9.5
197 11 2008–present
Documentary

How to Look Good Naked

★ 6.1
196 59 2006–2010
Documentary

The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs

★ 7.1
196 2 2005–present
Documentary

The War That Made America

★ 7.7
196 4 2006–2006
Documentary · History · War

1, 000 Places to See Before You Die

★ 7.1
196 13 2007–2007
Documentary

På tur med Lars Monsen

★ 8.1
196 6 2005–present
Documentary

Giga Games

★ 8.1
195 3 2000–present
Documentary · News

Animal Cops: Detroit

★ 7.0
194 25 2002–2009
Crime · Documentary · Reality-TV

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire

★ 7.5
194 3 2004–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Empires: The Roman Empire in the First Century

★ 7.4
193 4 2001–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Elizabeth

★ 8.1
193 4 2000–2000
Biography · Documentary · Drama

After the Catch

★ 7.6
192 36 2007–present
Documentary · Talk-Show

Leonardo

★ 8.0
192 3 2003–2003
Documentary · History

Forensic Investigators

★ 8.1
191 33 2004–2006
Crime · Documentary

Return to River Cottage

★ 8.6
191 6 2000–2000
Documentary

Inside Nature's Giants

★ 8.8
191 18 2009–present
Documentary

Bang Goes the Theory

★ 7.3
190 60 2009–2014
Documentary · Family

Russia, Land of the Tsars

★ 8.1
188 6 2003–2003
Documentary · Drama · History

Ancients Behaving Badly

★ 7.0
187 8 2009–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Empires: Egypt's Golden Empire

★ 7.4
187 3 2001–2001
Biography · Documentary · Drama

Get Out

★ 6.5
187 246 2003–2012
Documentary

Tropic of Capricorn

★ 8.1
187 4 2008–present
Documentary

Equator

★ 8.0
187 3 2006–present
Documentary
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