Documentary shows

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Gladiators is a British television entertainment series, produced by LWT for ITV, and broadcast between 10 October 1992 and 1 January 2000. It is an adaptation of the American format American Gladiators. The success of the British series spawned further adaptations in Australia and Sweden. The series was revived in 2008, before again being cancelled in 2009. The series was originally presented by John Fashanu and Ulrika Jonsson, however, Fashanu was replaced by Jeremy Guscott in 1997. Guscott left the series in 1998, and subsequently, Fashanu returned for the final series in 1999. The series was refereed by John Anderson and the timekeepers over the show's run were Andrew Norgate, Derek Redmond and Eugene Gilkes. John Sachs was the show's commentator, and the series was accompanied by its own group of cheerleaders, known as G-Force. Despite being made by London Weekend Television, all episodes of Gladiators, International Gladiators, the second series of The Ashes and the first series of The Springbok Challenge were recorded at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. The first series of The Ashes and the second series of the The Springbok Challenge, however, were filmed on the sets of the Australian and South African versions of the shows respectively. The series also spawned a version for children, entitled Gladiators: Train 2 Win, which was broadcast on CITV between 1995 and 1998.

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60 min ITV1 Returning Series 9 seasons 171 aired NO GB EN Reality Documentary 12 votes

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• Season 06 episodes
• Season 111 episodes
• Season 216 episodes
• Season 328 episodes
• Season 436 episodes
• Season 526 episodes
• Season 629 episodes
• Season 725 episodes
• Season 84 episodes

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UFO Files is an American television series that was produced from 2004 to 2007 for The History Channel. The program covers the phenomena of unidentified flying and submerged objects, close encounters with alleged extraterrestrial life, and alleged military and government cover-up conspiracies. In 2008, a following series called UFO Hunters premiered on the same channel.

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45 min History Ended 5 seasons 65 aired TV-PG US EN Documentary 12 votes

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• Season 01 episodes
• Season 142 episodes
• Season 215 episodes
• Season 314 episodes
• Season 412 episodes

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An eccentric man named Forrest Fenn sets off a real-life treasure hunt when he hides a chest of gold in the Rockies — and leaves clues in a cryptic poem.

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Netflix Ended 1 seasons 3 aired TV-MA US EN Documentary Action & Adventure 12 votes

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• Season 13 episodes

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Hosted by Jason Silva, Origins: The Journey of Humankind rewinds all the way back to the beginning and traces the innovations that made us modern.

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50 min National Geographic Ended 1 seasons 8 aired TV-14 US EN Documentary 12 votes

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• Season 18 episodes

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In 2017, Spain suffered two terrorist attacks perpetrated by young members of its community. How could this happen? This incisive series investigates.

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Netflix Ended 1 seasons 3 aired TV-MA ES ES Documentary 11 votes

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• Season 13 episodes

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Scam City is a show which started airing on Travel + Escape in June 2012 which crosses the globe visiting ten of the world’s most popular cities in an effort to expose the darker side of tourism. The host, Conor Woodman, meets with questionable characters ranging from unethical cab drivers to aggressive pimps as he witnesses and experiences the travel experience of parting with personal property and money. He intentionally falls victim to these alleged scammers and says "yes" to every hooker and pocket jeweler in the city, giving up substantial quantities of cash in the process. The show aims to expose the local adaptations of common scams - from pick pockets, expensive cab fares, to bars luring people in with adult entertainment at a high cost. Scam City has also been aired on the National Geographic Channel. In Australia, Scam City is shown on subscription TV channel Nat Geo Adventure, which airs on channel 628 on the Foxtel network.

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National Geographic Returning Series 2 seasons 10 aired TV-14 EN Documentary Reality 11 votes

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• Season 110 episodes
• Season 210 episodes

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Using extensive research, this five-part docuseries takes a comprehensive look at Francisco Franco's turbulent, decades-long regime.

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45 min ZDFinfo Ended 1 seasons 5 aired NO DE DE Documentary 11 votes

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• Season 15 episodes

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Spike Lee returns to New Orleans five years after Katrina to see how the ambitious plans to reinvent the Crescent City are playing out.

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120 min HBO Ended 2 seasons 2 aired TV-MA US EN Documentary 10 votes

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• Season 01 episodes
• Season 12 episodes

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Narco Wars explores how opportunistic smuggling networks in Latin America turned into powerful and ruthless drug cartels with the power to destabilize and tear apart whole countries. The series combines gripping access to cartel members and the law enforcement agencies opposing them with a deep dive documentary exploration of the geo-political, social and cultural factors that led the cartels' rise.

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45 min National Geographic Returning Series 3 seasons 22 aired TV-14 GB EN Documentary 8 votes

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• Season 110 episodes
• Season 26 episodes
• Season 36 episodes

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Structured around the most com­pelling shows on television today, each episode focuses on one character archetype that has remained a staple of primetime through the generations.

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54 min PBS Ended 1 seasons 4 aired NO EN Documentary 8 votes

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• Season 14 episodes

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Victory at Sea is a documentary television series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally broadcast by NBC in the USA in 1952–1953. It was condensed into a film in 1954. Excerpts from the music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett, were re-recorded and sold as record albums. The original TV broadcasts comprised 26 half-hour segments—Sunday afternoons at 3pm in most markets—starting October 26, 1952 and ending May 3, 1953. The series, which won an Emmy award in 1954 as "best public affairs program", played an important part in establishing historic "compilation" documentaries as a viable television genre. Over 13,000 hours of footage gathered from US, British, German and Japanese navies during World War II were perused in the making of these compelling episodes.

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30 min NBC Ended 1 seasons 26 aired NR US EN Documentary War & Politics 8 votes

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• Season 126 episodes

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Scariest Places on Earth is an American paranormal documentary reality television series that originally aired from October 23, 2000 to October 29, 2006. The program was produced by Triage Entertainment for the Fox Family Channel, which is now ABC Family and owns the rights to the show. The show featured reported cases of the paranormal by sending an ordinary family to visit the location in a reality TV-style vigil.

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60 min ABC Family Ended 2 seasons 44 aired NO US EN Documentary 8 votes

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• Season 134 episodes
• Season 211 episodes

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Documentary narrated by Kenneth Branagh consisting of colourised footage from World War I.

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50 min 5 Ended 1 seasons 6 aired NR GB EN Documentary 8 votes

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• Season 16 episodes

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Explore the transformative power of education through the eyes of a dozen incarcerated men and women trying to earn college degrees – and a chance at new beginnings – from one of the country’s most rigorous prison education programs.

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60 min PBS Ended 1 seasons 4 aired NO US EN Documentary 6 votes

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• Season 14 episodes

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Makur Maker was a five-star NBA prospect headed to the Draft—until an unexpected detour led him to Howard University. This inspiring docuseries follows Makur's journey and his determination to rewrite his story with the help of his family.

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Apple TV Ended 1 seasons 5 aired TV-14 US EN Documentary 6 votes

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• Season 15 episodes