Best Portuguese documentary series

A Pide Leninha (2023)

The life story of Madalena das Dores Oliveira, the first woman to reach the rank of Brigade Chief of the PIDE (the Estado Novo secret police), who became known by the inhuman way in which she acted.

2077 – 10 Seconds To The Future (2018)

Where and how will we be in 60 years? The next decades will undergo the biggest and fastest transformation ever. In technology, in science, in the environment, in interpersonal relationships. We live in a kind of great accelerator of science, in which the pace of discoveries does not cease to amaze. In the last decades more scientific knowledge accumulated than in all the history of the Humanity. In 2077 this scientific knowledge will have doubled several times.

Guided Tour (2014)

Guided Tour is a television and radio program about the treasures of the Portuguese cultural heritage. Treasures with recognized universal value, pieces that any western country would be proud to integrate into its heritage, and little known to the Portuguese.From a silver goblet with Mozarabic decoration and a thousand years old to a cloister that is referred to as a masterpiece of European Renaissance, passing through a collection of African art classified as one of the best in the world, the nature of objects, their context geographic location and historical time vary from episode to episode.

Guided Tour (2014)

Guided Tour is a television and radio program about the treasures of the Portuguese cultural heritage. Treasures with recognized universal value, pieces that any western country would be proud to integrate into its heritage, and little known to the Portuguese.From a silver goblet with Mozarabic decoration and a thousand years old to a cloister that is referred to as a masterpiece of European Renaissance, passing through a collection of African art classified as one of the best in the world, the nature of objects, their context geographic location and historical time vary from episode to episode.

I Love Benfica (2023)

The Conspiracy (2024)

"The Conspiracy", a documentary series directed by António-Pedro Vasconcelos, is the result of a meticulous investigation that includes exclusive testimonies from protagonists who managed to achieve in less than 24 hours, something that many others had not achieved in 48 years. From the secret meetings to the key characters, we are shown the extraordinary conspiratorial process that began in the summer of 1973 and culminated in the early hours of April 25, 1974, with the overthrow of the Estado Novo and the conquest of freedom. The rest, as they say, is history.

Senhor Presidente - O Campeonato de Uma Vida (2024)

F.C. Porto - The Special Ones (2024)

"Work in Progress" (2022)

Os Últimos Dias da PIDE (2015)

Two-part documentary on post-revolutionary Portugal's treatment of the former members of the dictatorship's secret police, the PIDE.

Depois do Adeus (2013)

Paulo Futre: O Primeiro Português (2022)

The Call-Ups (2025)

Paulo Futre and Joaquim Sousa Martins explore the private and personal life of Portugal's best soccer players. Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, João Félix, and Rúben Dias open up to us as never before to talk about soccer and their private life, the part you don't see on the pitch or even on social media. Let them amaze you. You already know the players, now meet the people.

3 Mulheres (2018)

A historical fiction series that, from the biographies and cultural and civic intervention of the poet Natalia Correia, the editor Snu Abecassis and the journalist Vera Lagoa (pseudonym of Maria Armanda Falcão), recalls the last years of the Estado Novo (Second Republic) - 1961 to 1973 - from the beginning of the colonial War to the eve of the April Revolution.

Planeta A (2022)

Discoverers (2021)

Portuguese researchers with extraordinary journeys open paths in the incredible adventure of the unknown.

Sem Fazer Planos Do Que Virá Depois (2017)

In May 2017, "Amar Pelos Dois", in the voice of Salvador Sobral, gave Portugal its first victory at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the opposite of the song "festivaleira" but, in the voice of a charismatic and different interpreter between the different ones, the composition of Luísa Sobral made history.

Vistos Para a Vida (2022)

Lugares da Escrita (2022)

Pela Estrada Fora (2022)

Efeito de Estufa (2022)

Who Do You Think You Are? (PT) (2013)

Sr. Rui (2024)

The story chronicles the life of Portuguese entrepreneur Rui Nabeiro, founder of Delta Cafés, set against the backdrop of his hometown, Campo Maior.

The last frontier, the Sea (2019)

"Mar, a Última Fronteira" its a series that explores the ocean around Portugal.Six episodes there we fallow scuba-divers diving from the North to the South and Islands in Portugal

A Alma e a Gente (2003)

Programa televisivo sobre a historia de Portugal.Cada programa, traça a biografia de um português notável, com a evocação da sua época e o esclarecimento da sua contribuição para o denominador comum que é a Pátria Portuguesa. Cada figura será recordada no cenário mais adequado, e no caso de figuras literárias será feita uma síntese da obra com a leitura expressiva de alguns trechos mais significativos.

Vejam Bem (2018)

The stories of the great Portuguese musicians of our time. The stories of those who make music told by their own voice. Between words, images and songs we see biographies of the great Portuguese musicians of our time.

5+ (2020)

A Guerra (2007)

The documentary of excellence that chronologically covers 13 years of conflicts in the former Portuguese colonies. The Colonial War in detail like you've never seen before! In addition to a phenomenal work of historical framing, the documentary series “A Guerra” also combines the perspective of a journalist as the author himself pointed out: "My objective is to be able to contribute to historians dealing with this period". From the beginning of the confrontation in Angola to the front in Mozambique, don't miss this fantastic documentary which, as the director himself says, "It's essentially a global vision with the perspectives of those who lived through this period"

300 Dias (2021)

Horizontes da Memória (1996)

Horizontes da Memória is a Portuguese historical documentary television series about the History of Portugal. As of 2011, it airs on RTP Memória.