Documentary TV Shows

A Girl's Guide to 21st Century Sex

77/100

Jamie at Home

79/100

Fry's Planet Word

78/100

Fry's Planet Word sees Stephen Fry finding out more about linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have changed. He dissects language in many of its guises.

Evolution

82/100

This magazine-style documentary outlines biological evolution through a variety of dramatizations and data delivered by expert testimony.

$40 a Day

61/100

Food Network celebrity chef Rachael Ray travels to various destinations and attempts to eat three meals for $40 a day.

1,000 Places to See Before You Die

71/100

Based on Patricia Shultz's travel book this programme follows her guide with Melanie and Albin Ulle, a young American married couple. The programmes focus on a different country in each ... See full summary »

Re: Brand

81/100

Comedian Russell Brand meet various members of the public and performs various tasks in a bid to break cultural taboos.

Twentieth Century Battlefields

86/100

Peter Snow tells the stories of major battles of the 20th Century in the big picture, while his son, Dan, explores the details.

Civilization: Is the West History?

75/100

Documentary: Niall Ferguson investigates how western civilization came to dominate the world.

The Living Century

88/100

The Living Century: The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People is a new biography television series that profile individuals who are 100 years of age and older. Each 30-minute episode ... See full summary »

Most Shocking

69/100

Dashcams and home videos show out of control criminals and civilians in all manner of chaos.

Supernanny

60/100

A British nanny extraordinaire travels across the country to help families with their child troubles.

Animal Cops: Detroit

69/100

The second in a series of such shows on Animal Planet, Animal Cops: Detroit follows the animal cruelty investigations teams of the Michigan Humane Society. Their purpose it to investigate ... See full summary »

Idris Elba: King of Speed

82/100

A look at the world and history of racing cars.

Berserk in the Antarctic

82/100

Berserk in the North Pole

77/100

The Secret Life of Machines

90/100

Tim Hunkin explains the inner workings of those machines that we all take for granted... in his own unique way.

Vivid Valley

66/100

The real lives of the Vivid Girls, the most successful actresses in the Porn Industry.

Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At...

74/100

Documentary highlighting the career of a 20th Century comedian, e.g., Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, W.C. Fields and George Burns.

The Virtual Revolution

79/100

The Mark Steel Lectures

82/100

Stand-up comedian Mark Steel gives satirical and educational lectures on some of history's greatest thinkers.

How We Got to Now

76/100

Explores the power and the legacy of great ideas.

Heroes Unmasked

47/100

A behind-the-scenes documentary series showing the making of Heroes (2006).

You Are What You Eat

67/100

My Fabulous Gay Wedding

31/100

"Wedding fairy" Scott Thompson and his team of five wedding gurus have only two short weeks to create a fabulous wedding for a lucky gay or lesbian couple.