A {{Documentary}} that follows a group of people in a certain profession around, through their professional and sometimes personal lives. It is a form of RealityShow that shows real people, unscripted, doing day-to-day things.

In the past, the docudrama was either social commentary or a sociological experiment; the Michael Apted ''Up'' film documentaries or PBS's ''AnAmericanFamily'', which concentrated on the life of the Loud family. In 1992, MTV debuted ''Series/TheRealWorld'', originally intended as a sociological experiment of sorts -- place disparate individuals in a single residence, and film them. Gradually MTV began contriving scenarios and ''Series/TheRealWorld'' became less documentary and more {{Reality Show}}.

Docu Soaps come in all flavors. Some focus on the typical day-to-day business dealings of the subjects; others are more about the interpersonal relationships and the potential for drama among the members of the ensemble.

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!Notable British examples:
* ''Series/VetSchool'' and ''Series/VetsInPractice''
* ''Series/{{Airport}}'' -- workers at London Heathrow
* ''Series/{{Airline}}'' -- Easyjet workers

!North America:
* ''Series/AceOfCakes''
* ''Airline'' -- American spin-off of the above British show; focused on Southwest Airlines workers
* ''Series/AmericanChopper''
* ''Series/AmericanGuns''
* ''Series/AmericanHotRod''
* ''Series/AmericanLoggers''
* ''Series/AxMen''
* ''Series/BeringSeaGold''
* ''Series/BigRichTexas''
* ''Series/DeadliestCatch''
* ''Series/DallasDivasAndDaughters''
* ''Series/GoldRush''
* ''Series/IceRoadTruckers'' All about truckers on Canada's northern ice roads. Later seasons moved to Alaska.
* ''I'm From Rolling Stone'' was an Creator/{{MTV}} series about the day to day lives of music journalist interns. At the end of the series, the best intern was given a permanent position at ''Rolling Stone'' magazine.
* ''Series/{{Kindergarten|2001}}''
* ''Series/MiamiInk''
* ''Series/SonsOfGuns''
* ''Series/StormChasers''
* ''Series/SwampLoggers''
* ''Series/{{Sword}}''
* ''Truth, Duty, Valour'' (Canadian Forces recruits)
* The Bravo network seems to have made something of a cottage industry of these shows: ''Series/WorkOut'', ''Series/ShearGenius'', ''Series/MillionDollarListing'', ''Series/MillionaireMatchmaker'', ''Series/NYCPrep'', ''[[Series/TheRealHousewives The Real Housewives of Orange County]]'' (and its spinoffs in UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey]], [[ItCameFromBeverlyHills Beverly Hills]], and other cities), ''Series/WelcomeToTheParker''...

!International
* ''Series/Formula1DriveToSurvive''
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