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Television documentary also known as a TV documentary is a documentary film
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
 made specially for television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
s or for specialty documentary channel
Documentary Channel

documentary is a Canada English language Category 1 specialty channel digital cable specialty channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , the National Film Board of Canada and four other independent producers....
s, or in case of political and historical documentary subjects in news channels, without the intention of showing it in movie theaters
Movie theater

A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre, film theater or cinema is a venue, usually a building, for viewing film ....
. Another good example of television documentaries are the travel documentaries
Travel documentary

A travel documentary is a documentary film or television show that describes travel destinations, or travel generally, in a non-commercial way....
 that are featured in specialized geographocal or tourism television channels like the National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel

National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated as Nat Geo, is a subscription television channel that airs non-fiction television programs produced by the National Geographic Society....
.

The films might end up showing though in film societies
Film society

A film society is a wiktionary:Membership club where people can watch Private screening of films which would otherwise not be shown in mainstream movie theaters....
 or in theatres that specialize in showing documentaries.

However, in rare occasions, the television documentaries become so popular that they are launched for wider release in movie theaters.








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Television documentary also known as a TV documentary is a documentary film
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
 made specially for television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
s or for specialty documentary channel
Documentary Channel

documentary is a Canada English language Category 1 specialty channel digital cable specialty channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , the National Film Board of Canada and four other independent producers....
s, or in case of political and historical documentary subjects in news channels, without the intention of showing it in movie theaters
Movie theater

A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre, film theater or cinema is a venue, usually a building, for viewing film ....
. Another good example of television documentaries are the travel documentaries
Travel documentary

A travel documentary is a documentary film or television show that describes travel destinations, or travel generally, in a non-commercial way....
 that are featured in specialized geographocal or tourism television channels like the National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel

National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated as Nat Geo, is a subscription television channel that airs non-fiction television programs produced by the National Geographic Society....
.

The films might end up showing though in film societies
Film society

A film society is a wiktionary:Membership club where people can watch Private screening of films which would otherwise not be shown in mainstream movie theaters....
 or in theatres that specialize in showing documentaries.

However, in rare occasions, the television documentaries become so popular that they are launched for wider release in movie theaters.

See also

  • Documentary film
    Documentary film

    Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
  • Documentary channel
    Documentary Channel

    documentary is a Canada English language Category 1 specialty channel digital cable specialty channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , the National Film Board of Canada and four other independent producers....


Examples of Television Documentary Channels

  • Al Jazeera Documentary Channel
    Al Jazeera Documentary Channel

    Al Jazeera Documentary Channel is an Arabic language documentary channel and a branch of the Al Jazeera network. It was launched at 12:00 GMT on 1 January 2007....
  • Canal D
    Canal D

    Canal D is a Canadian French language cable television specialty channel with programming devoted to Documentary film and drama programming. It is owned by Astral Media and launched on January 1 1995....
  • Discovery Channel
    Discovery Channel

    The Discovery Channel is an United States satellite and cable TV channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications....
  • DOC: The Documentary Channel
    DOC: The Documentary Channel

    DOC: The Documentary Channel is a digital cable television channel that airs Documentary film programming. It features documentaries from around the world, including those never-before-seen in the United States and tends to focus on programming from independent filmmakers....
  • Docu TVE
    Docu TVE

    Docu TVE is a Spain television channel owned by Televisi?n Espa?ola. The service is currently only available on Digital+ and was launched in 1992....
  • documentary
  • The History Channel
    The History Channel

    History, formerly known as The History Channel, is an International Satellite channel and Cable channel TV channel, with shows on historical events and persons—often with observations and explanations by noted historians as well as historical reenactment and interviews with witnesses....
  • National Geographic Channel
    National Geographic Channel

    National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated as Nat Geo, is a subscription television channel that airs non-fiction television programs produced by the National Geographic Society....


Examples of Television Documentary Series

  • Extreme Engineering
    Extreme Engineering

    Extreme Engineering is a Documentary film television series aired on the Discovery Channel and The Science Channel which features future and ongoing engineering projects....
  • The Living Dead
    The Living Dead (television documentary series)

    The Living Dead was the second major documentary series made by British film-maker Adam Curtis. This series investigated the way that history and memory have been used by politicians and others....
  • MegaStructures
    MegaStructures

    MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel and Five in the United Kingdom and on France 5 in France....
  • Pandora's Box
  • Secret History
    Secret History (TV documentary series)

    Secret History was a long running United Kingdom television Documentary film series. Shown on Channel 4, the Secret History brandname was used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can still be found on US cable channels without the branding....
  • This Is Your Life
    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life was a Documentary film series hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards. It originally aired in the United States from 1952 to 1961, and again in 1972 on NBC....
  • The Trap
  • Unsolved History
    Unsolved History

    Unsolved History was an American documentary film television series that aired from 2002 to 2005. The program was produced by MorningStar Entertainment, Termite Art Productions, and others for the Discovery Channel....
  • Urban Legends
    Urban Legends (television)

    Urban Legends is a 30 minute 2007 television Documentary film series syndicated in the U.S. on the Biography Channel and hosted by Michael Allcock....