Documentary shows

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Four-part docu-series following the search for one man, Richard Scott Smith, who over the past 20 years used the internet and his dubious charms to prey upon unsuspecting women in search of love — conning them out of their money and dignity.

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50 min Showtime Ended 1 seasons 4 aired TV-MA US EN Documentary 8 votes

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• Season 14 episodes

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Death Row Chronicles is the story of the world's most dangerous record label could only be told in a definitive 6-part documentary series. While Death Row Records boasted the success of Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, and Dr. Dre forged by unmatched creativity, the chart-topping and record-breaking sales came at a bloody, controversial cost. Part true-crime murder mystery and part hip hop drama, this compelling docu-series will comb through mountains of misinformation, uncovering key evidence and witnesses who will reveal the truth about the bitter rivalries surrounding its legends. The limited series will also celebrate the groundbreaking music of Death Row, explain how it reflected society at the time, and how it influenced some of today's biggest hip hop artists. On the eve of the label's 25th anniversary, Death Row Chronicles offers an unflinching look at the label and its legacy.

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41 min BET Returning Series 1 seasons 6 aired NO EN Documentary Drama 8 votes

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• Season 16 episodes

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With unseen archive footage and interviews with the sport's greatest names, this Sky original docuseries celebrates the incredible 70-year history of Formula 1.

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80 min Sky Documentaries Ended 1 seasons 7 aired NO GB EN Documentary 8 votes

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• Season 17 episodes

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Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003. The programme features various milestones throughout history. It has been broadcast on the BBC, Discovery Channel UK, The History Channel and Viasat History. The series was also released on DVD by the Polish edition of Newsweek in 2007.

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60 min BBC Four Ended 4 seasons 23 aired NO GB EN Documentary 8 votes

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• Season 03 episodes
• Season 112 episodes
• Season 210 episodes
• Season 310 episodes

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These are the stories of those who lived through Hitler's Germany. They are the lucky who survived to tell their stories, whether they were persecuted Jews or the Reich's harassed opeposition. Told only with archival documents, this series is a deeply moving account of Germany and the Third Reich through the eyes of the oppressed, as they watched their country as it was crushed by dictatorship.

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ARTE Ended 1 seasons 2 aired NO DE DE Documentary 8 votes

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• Season 12 episodes

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Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch - one of the world's leading historians - reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a Christian.

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60 min BBC Four Ended 1 seasons 6 aired NO GB EN Documentary 8 votes

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• Season 16 episodes

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From legendary John Ward, immortalized in fiction as Jack Sparrow, and English explorer Francis Drake; branded Pirates by their enemies but heroes by their comrades, to the notorious Pirates of the Caribbean shrouded in myth.

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44 min National Geographic Ended 1 seasons 8 aired TV-14 US EN Drama Documentary 8 votes

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• Season 18 episodes

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Are the deaths of hundred of young men the result of a single killer, a gang of homicidal psychopaths or merely accidents? Is there a national murder conspiracy hiding in plain sight, or is the whole scenario a series of coincidences? A myth? These are the questions surrounding the Smiley Face Killings.

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45 min Oxygen Returning Series 1 seasons 6 aired NO EN Crime Documentary Reality 7 votes

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• Season 16 episodes

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New discoveries of dinosaur fossils are completely changing what we know about the animals that lived on our planet millions of years ago.

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200 min iQiyi Returning Series 2 seasons 8 aired TV-PG JP JA Documentary 7 votes

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• Season 16 episodes
• Season 25 episodes

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45 min REN TV Ended 1 seasons 114 aired NO RU RU Documentary 7 votes

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• Season 1114 episodes

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The history of the Vikings is explored by "Vikings" star Clive Standen, who joins experts in Europe to learn how the Vikings successfully invaded England and France.

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44 min History Ended 1 seasons 4 aired NO CA EN Documentary 7 votes

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• Season 14 episodes

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Dinosaur with Stephen Fry chronologically tells the definitive story of 165 million years on earth - from the dawn of the dinosaurs to their extinction.

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5 Returning Series 1 seasons 4 aired NO GB EN Documentary 7 votes

Seasons

• Season 14 episodes

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Japanorama was a series of documentaries presented by Jonathan Ross, exploring various facets of popular culture and trends of modern-day Japan. Each episode had a theme, around which he presented cultural phenomena, films, music, and art that exemplify facets of Japan. The series was colourful in both its creative use of subject matter, and its use of bright colours that helped accent the action on screen rather than distract from it. Subjects were separated by eye catches that often featured the artwork of Junko Mizuno. Ross hosted each episode in suits so bright and stylised they could have been stolen from an anime character. Fans have credited the series for the care that both Ross and the BBC have placed in its production. Time was given to delve into each subject, and he was able to interview various figureheads of culture and industry, including Mamoru Oshii, Hayao Miyazaki, Takeshi Kitano, Takashi Miike with Takashi Murakami and Sonny Chiba. The theme song of the show was Kiyoshi no zundoko bushi by Kiyoshi Hikawa.

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25 min BBC Three Ended 4 seasons 25 aired NO GB EN Documentary News Comedy 7 votes

Seasons

• Season 09 episodes
• Season 16 episodes
• Season 26 episodes
• Season 36 episodes

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Future Weapons, sometimes also written as FutureWeapons and Futureweapons, is a television series that premiered on April 19, 2006 on the Discovery Channel. Host Richard "Mack" Machowicz, a former Navy SEAL, reviews and demonstrates the latest modern weaponry and military technology. The program is currently broadcast on the Discovery Channel and Military Channel.

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60 min Discovery Ended 3 seasons 29 aired TV-PG US EN Documentary News War & Politics 7 votes

Seasons

• Season 16 episodes
• Season 213 episodes
• Season 310 episodes

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Docuseries told from the point of view of those left behind after a loved one vanishes without a trace.

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29 min Paramount+ Returning Series 5 seasons 50 aired TV-14 US EN Documentary 7 votes

Seasons

• Season 18 episodes
• Season 210 episodes
• Season 312 episodes
• Season 410 episodes
• Season 510 episodes