Documentary TV Shows

Brainiac: History Abuse

64/100

A spin-off of the show Brainiac: Science Abuse concentrating on historical subjects.

Trawlermen

87/100

Arctic

80/100

Bruce Parry visits native and modern people who live under Arctic conditions in Siberia, Greenland, Alaska, Canada, Nordic Russia, Norwegian Lapland and Spitzbergen. He shares for one ... See full summary »

Ross Kemp: Back on the Frontline

82/100

The Bear Family & Me

85/100

BBC presenter Gordon Buchanan volunteered for a biological experiment. He spends a year in the world near and interacting with a North American brown bears family, so as to study their social life as closely as possible.

America: Facts vs. Fiction

70/100

Host Jamie Kaler debunks classic American myths

Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End

70/100

People hypothesize about how the human race can be wiped out.

1968: The Year That Changed America

77/100

A four-part series that looks back at 1968, a year marked by seismic shifts in American politics, social movements, and global relations, including cultural icons who forever changed the landscape.

Beyond the Glory

74/100

Biographical series focused on sports stars.

China Rises

81/100

Fun to Imagine

90/100

Richard Feynman, theoretical physicist, enjoys thinking aloud about the adventures science can offer.

DogTown

82/100

DogTown documents the work of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, where trainers and vets rescue and rehabilitate dogs no one else wants. Follow the stories of dogs and the people who love them enough to give them a second chance at life.

Monsters Resurrected

55/100

Long-extinct giant beasts and the strange world they once inhabited areresurrected through fossil evidence and other scientific data in this Discovery Channel program that reveals how these creatures once lived and flourished.

Hell on the Highway

70/100

At the peak of I-80's storm-driven Donner Pass, a band of tough operators rescue stranded and wrecked motorist who lose their way. These tow truck drivers risk it all to put food on the table and provide for their loved ones.

Som de Cristal

82/100

Bruno Nogueira follows the life's of several known portuguese singers to mock them.

Shadow of Doubt

75/100

Shadow of Doubt delves into competing theories of complex crimes, which find witnesses and suspects pointing the finger at each other. In these exceptional cases, every possible account ... See full summary »

Tomorrow's World

75/100

Long running BBC TV series looking at what's new in science and technology.

Stories from the Stone Age

85/100

A three-part series that explains why and how humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering and take up a completely new way of life - the decisive move to farming.

The Vice Guide to Everything

81/100

When Vice magazine first started, all it cared about was sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll. But as it started traveling around the world, it got more into politics, culture, fashion, art, the ... See full summary »

Cursed

61/100

First-person accounts of how curses have tormented, hurt and even killed those affected are told by the people who have lived through them and by those who have seen others affected. ... See full summary »

America's Secret Slang

78/100

Zach Selwyn takes viewers on a tour of the weird side of American English: slang, with man-on-the-street interviews; interviews with experts; and a great deal of humor.

How Sex Changed the World

70/100

H2 reveals HOW SEX CHANGED THE WORLD uncovering surprising beneath-the-sheets stories shaping every aspect of ancient and modern life. From Ancient Egypt to the Civil War, through the 60s and beyond.

Big Tips Texas

53/100

Big Tips Texas documents the lives of a group of fun-loving girlfriends serving up southern hospitality at a popular Texas watering hole while hoping to make their dreams a reality.

Billy Connolly's Big Send Off

80/100

Billy Connolly explores the world of death, dabbling in its customs and meeting those working within the industry, while sharing some of his innermost thoughts on shuffling off.

Luke Warm Sex

79/100

A crash course in great sex. Each week Luke McGregor takes on a new challenge with the help of therapists, sex coaches and scientists, proving if someone as anxious as Luke can get better at sex, then anyone can.