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Best Documentary TV Series of 2005

361 Documentary series that started in 2005, ranked by popularity

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361 series

Flødeskumsfronten

★ 8.3
14 3 2005–present
Documentary · History · War

Atesten Tarih: Dîroka Ji Agir

★ 7.1
14 10 2005–2005
Documentary · History

Great Artists with Tim Marlow 2

★ 9.0
14 2005–present
Documentary

Submariners

★ 8.5
13 6 2005–present
Documentary

Tales from the Arctic Circle

★ 8.3
13 4 2005–present
Documentary

Világfalu

★ 8.0
13 2005–2005
Documentary

Literature Alive

★ 8.2
13 20 2005–2006
Documentary

Unsere erste gemeinsame Wohnung

★ 3.2
13 2005–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

The Real Family of Jesus

★ 5.8
13 2 2005–present
Documentary

Thematiki vradia

★ 7.7
13 2005–present
Documentary · Talk-Show

X-Quest

★ 7.8
13 7 2005–2007
Documentary

The Forbidden City

★ 8.2
13 12 2005–2005
Documentary

Espiral

★ 3.6
13 2005–present
Documentary

Beyond the Felt

★ 7.0
13 2005–present
Documentary

Apodeixeis

★ 3.0
13 2005–2009
Documentary · Talk-Show

Revenge of the Sith: Web Documentaries

★ 6.7
12 15 2005–2005
Documentary · Sci-Fi · Short

Finding the Fallen

★ 7.9
12 13 2005–present
Documentary

Real Momentum

★ 8.7
12 4 2005–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Taste

★ 5.7
12 60 2005–2006
Documentary · Talk-Show

Secret Superpower Aircraft

★ 7.0
12 4 2005–present
Documentary

The Unteachables

★ 8.3
12 4 2005–present
Documentary

Der Autoschrauber - Fährt nicht, gibt's nicht

★ 2.3
12 2005–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Die Zweite Republik - Eine unglaubliche Geschichte

★ 7.3
12 4 2005–present
Documentary

The Music Makers

★ 8.5
12 9 2005–present
Biography · Documentary · Music
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