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Best Documentary TV Series of 2001

228 Documentary series that started in 2001, ranked by popularity

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228 series

Circus

★ 7.7
8 2001–present
Documentary

Keeping America Strong

★ 5.5
8 2001–2001
Documentary

Asian Enigma

★ 5.6
8 3 2001–present
Documentary

A Kalahari Family

★ 6.8
7 5 2001–present
Documentary

Jambers.doc

★ 9.0
7 2001–present
Documentary

Mythologies

★ 6.0
7 20 2001–present
Documentary

Wet Nets

★ 8.8
7 2001–present
Documentary · Sport

México Nuevo Siglo

★ 7.2
7 2001–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Forbidden Secrets

★ 4.2
7 8 2001–present
Documentary

Expedition Sirius 2000

★ 5.2
7 2001–2001
Documentary

Die Vertriebenen - Hitlers letzte Opfer

★ 6.8
7 3 2001–present
Documentary

Kodin kääntöpiiri

★ 3.4
6 1 2001–present
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