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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)

The Pyramid Code

★ 6.9
867 5 2009–2009
Documentary

Monsters Inside Me

★ 7.6
858 77 2009–present
Documentary

American Greed

★ 8.3
857 241 2007–2023
Crime · Documentary

Human Weapon

★ 8.3
854 17 2007–present
Documentary · Drama · Sport

Nazi Death Squads

★ 7.6
837 4 2009–2009
Documentary · History · War

Victorian Farm

★ 8.8
837 6 2009–2009
Documentary · History

Merlin: Secrets & Magic

★ 8.3
828 14 2009–present
Documentary

I Love the '80s Strikes Back

★ 8.4
826 10 2003–2003
Comedy · Documentary

Time Warp

★ 7.8
825 39 2008–2010
Documentary

How the Earth Was Made

★ 8.0
824 26 2009–2010
Documentary · History

Alaska State Troopers

★ 7.5
816 101 2009–present
Documentary · Western

Untold Stories of the ER

★ 7.5
808 278 2004–2020
Documentary · Drama

The Real Football Factories

★ 7.5
800 6 2006–present
Documentary · Sport

New Europe

★ 7.5
789 7 2007–2007
Documentary

Britney & Kevin: Chaotic

★ 2.6
781 5 2005–2005
Documentary · Music · Reality-TV

State of the Planet

★ 8.4
780 3 2000–present
Documentary

Border Security: Australia's Front Line

★ 6.6
771 164 2004–present
Documentary

Green Porno

★ 8.0
761 18 2008–2009
Comedy · Documentary · Short

Engineering an Empire

★ 8.2
757 14 2005–2007
Documentary · History

Secrets of the Dead

★ 8.0
750 125 2000–present
Documentary · History · War

High Chaparall

★ 8.1
750 31 2003–2008
Comedy · Documentary

The Manns

★ 8.1
749 3 2001–2001
Biography · Documentary · Drama

The One Show

★ 3.6
747 2741 2006–present
Documentary · News · Talk-Show

Seven Ages of Rock

★ 8.4
735 7 2007–2007
Documentary · Music
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