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All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur

All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur is a nine-episode Amazon Original docuseries following Spurs' 2019/20 season, covering Pochettino's sacking, Mourinho's arrival, the pandemic, and Europa League qualification.

American Pickers

American Pickers is a History channel reality series premiered January 18, 2010, created by Mike Wolfe, following pickers buying antiques for Antique Archaeology in Le Claire, Iowa; 27 seasons, 416 episodes, Frank Fritz died 2024.

An Update on Our Family

An Update on Our Family: three-part 2025 HBO docuseries directed by Rachel Mason about family vloggers Myka and James Stauffer, who rehomed their adopted son Huxley, and the ethics of monetizing children online.

Bill Nye Saves the World

Bill Nye Saves the World is a Netflix science talk show hosted by Bill Nye, premiering April 21, 2017, running three seasons (13, 6, and 6 episodes) with correspondents Karlie Kloss and Derek Muller, covering climate change, vaccines, and GMOs.

Blown Away

Blown Away is a Canadian glassblowing reality competition, also called a glass art contest series, produced by marblemedia for Makeful and Netflix from 2019, hosted by Nick Uhas and Hunter March with judge Katherine Gray, filmed in Hamilton, Ontario.

Bondi Vet

Bondi Vet: Australian factual TV series premiering 5 February 2009 on Network Ten, following Dr Chris Brown and other vets at Sydney's Bondi Junction Veterinary Hospital; 14 seasons, sold internationally, later Coast to Coast.

Death by Magic

Death by Magic is a 2018 Netflix reality series, also called Todesursache: Magie, in which British magician Drummond Money-Coutts (DMC) recreates stunts that killed other magicians across eight episodes.

Defunctland

Defunctland is a YouTube documentary series created by pseudonymous filmmaker Kevin Perjurer about defunct theme parks, attractions, and themed entertainment, with the DefunctTV spin-off, a podcast, VR project, and Peabody Interactive nomination (2023).

Diesel Brothers

Diesel Brothers is a Discovery Channel reality series (2016–2022) starring David 'Heavy D' Sparks and 'Diesel Dave' Kiley, Utah truck builders known for custom diesel builds, giveaways, and a Clean Air Act emissions-tampering lawsuit.

Fearless

Fearless (2016 Netflix documentary series, Portuguese-language) follows Brazilian PBR bull riders from Barretos to the Las Vegas World Finals; six episodes, directed by Michael John Warren, Boardwalk Pictures, premiered August 19, 2016.

Fifth Gear

Fifth Gear (5th Gear) is a British motoring TV magazine created by Richard Pearson in 2001 by ex-Top Gear staff, first airing on Channel 5 in April 2002, later on Discovery, ITV4, History and Quest, relaunched as electric-vehicle series Fifth Gear: Recharged.

Formula 1: Drive to Survive season 1

Formula 1: Drive to Survive season 1, the 2019 Netflix docuseries' first season, covers the 2018 F1 championship in 10 episodes by Box to Box Films; Ferrari and Mercedes declined participation, and Guenther Steiner emerged as its breakout figure.

Girls Incarcerated

Girls Incarcerated (Girls Incarcerated: Young and Locked Up) is a 2018-2019 Netflix documentary reality series following teenage girls at Indiana juvenile facilities, season 1 at Madison Juvenile Correctional Facility and season 2 at LaPorte after Madison closed in 2017.

Haunted

Haunted (Netflix, 2018-2021) is an American anthology docuseries in which real people tell true supernatural stories on camera, dramatized through re-enactments; three seasons of six 25-minute TV-MA episodes, from The Purge producer James DeMonaco.

Jay Leno's Garage

Jay Leno's Garage is an Emmy-winning automotive web series on YouTube (since 2012) and a CNBC prime-time series (2015-2022, 7 seasons, 88 episodes) hosted by Jay Leno, named for his Burbank Big Dog Garage car collection.

List of Top Gear (2002 TV series) episodes

Episode list for the 2002 BBC relaunch of Top Gear: 188 Clarkson-Hammond-May episodes across 22 series (2002-2016), plus specials such as Polar, Botswana, Vietnam, and Patagonia.

Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, Showtime debunking series 2003–2010, eight seasons, 89 episodes; Penn Jillette and Teller used hidden cameras and staged demos against psychics, feng shui, and pseudoscience; 13 Emmy nominations, 2004 WGA win; now on Paramount+.

Pit Bulls & Parolees

Pit Bulls & Parolees is an Animal Planet reality series (2009-2022, 19 seasons) following Tia Maria Torres, her family, and paroled felons rehabilitating pit bulls at Villalobos Rescue Center, the largest pit bull rescue in the USA, now in New Orleans.

Sons of Guns

Sons of Guns was an American reality television series on the Discovery Channel from 2011 to 2014, following Red Jacket Firearms, a custom gun shop in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Street Outlaws

Street Outlaws is a Discovery Channel reality series (premiered June 17, 2013) about Oklahoma City's 405 street racing crew and "The List" ranking, produced by Pilgrim Media Group, spawning spin-offs like No Prep Kings, Memphis, and America's List.

Sunderland 'Til I Die

Sunderland 'Til I Die is a Netflix documentary series by Fulwell 73 following Sunderland AFC's 2017-18 relegation season and later campaigns across three seasons, 17 episodes, 2018-2024.

The Grand Tour

The Grand Tour is a Prime Video motoring series created in 2016 by ex-Top Gear trio Clarkson, Hammond, and May, ending with One for the Road in 2024, and relaunched in 2026 with Bourgeois, Engelsman, and Holland.

The Toys That Made Us

The Toys That Made Us is a Netflix documentary series created by Brian Volk-Weiss (Nacelle Company), premiering December 22, 2017; three seasons of 12 episodes cover Star Wars, Barbie, He-Man, G.I. Joe, Lego, Transformers, and other toy franchises, with seasons 4 and 5 announced in 2024.

The World According to Jeff Goldblum

The World According to Jeff Goldblum is a Disney+ docuseries from National Geographic and Nutopia, hosted by Jeff Goldblum, exploring everyday objects like sneakers and ice cream; 22 episodes, 2019-2022.

Top Gear (2002 TV series)

Top Gear (2002 TV series): BBC Two motoring show relaunched 20 October 2002 by Jeremy Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman, fronted 2002–2015 by Clarkson, Hammond, and James May from Dunsfold Park, becoming a global BBC hit.

Top Gear: Botswana Special

Top Gear: Botswana Special (Series 10, Episode 4, BBC Two, 4 November 2007) is considered the first proper Top Gear special, in which Clarkson, Hammond, and May drove £1,500 two-wheel-drive cars, including Hammond's Opel Kadett "Oliver", about 1,000 miles across Botswana.

Top Gear: Patagonia Special

Top Gear: Patagonia Special is a two-part BBC2 Christmas special (December 2014) in which Clarkson, May, and Hammond drove 1,600 miles from Bariloche to Ushuaia; filming collapsed over Clarkson's Porsche plate H982 FKL, read as a Falklands War reference.

Top Gear: Polar Special

Top Gear: Polar Special is a Top Gear special in which Clarkson, May, and Hammond raced a Toyota Hilux against a dog sled to the North Magnetic Pole.

Top Gear: Vietnam Special

Top Gear: Vietnam Special (2008) is the Series 12 finale in which Clarkson, Hammond, and May ride 1,000 miles from Saigon to Halong City in eight days on budget bikes, ending with amphibious bike-boats on Halong Bay.

Ugly Delicious

Ugly Delicious is a Netflix documentary food-travel series hosted by David Chang with Peter Meehan, directed by Morgan Neville; two seasons (2018, 2020) use single dishes like pizza and fried chicken to explore culture, immigration, and authenticity.