| 1 | 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. |
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| 3 | 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}}. |
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| 5 | 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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| 7 | [[index]] |
| 8 | !Notable British examples: |
| 9 | * ''Series/VetSchool'' and ''Series/VetsInPractice'' |
| 10 | * ''Series/{{Airport}}'' -- workers at London Heathrow |
| 11 | * ''Series/{{Airline}}'' -- Easyjet workers |
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| 13 | !North America: |
| 14 | * ''Series/AceOfCakes'' |
| 15 | * ''Airline'' -- American spin-off of the above British show; focused on Southwest Airlines workers |
| 16 | * ''Series/AmericanChopper'' |
| 17 | * ''Series/AmericanGuns'' |
| 18 | * ''Series/AmericanHotRod'' |
| 19 | * ''Series/AmericanLoggers'' |
| 20 | * ''Series/AxMen'' |
| 21 | * ''Series/BeringSeaGold'' |
| 22 | * ''Series/BigRichTexas'' |
| 23 | * ''Series/DeadliestCatch'' |
| 24 | * ''Series/DallasDivasAndDaughters'' |
| 25 | * ''Series/GoldRush'' |
| 26 | * ''Series/IceRoadTruckers'' All about truckers on Canada's northern ice roads. Later seasons moved to Alaska. |
| 27 | * ''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. |
| 28 | * ''Series/{{Kindergarten|2001}}'' |
| 29 | * ''Series/MiamiInk'' |
| 30 | * ''Series/SonsOfGuns'' |
| 31 | * ''Series/StormChasers'' |
| 32 | * ''Series/SwampLoggers'' |
| 33 | * ''Series/{{Sword}}'' |
| 34 | * ''Truth, Duty, Valour'' (Canadian Forces recruits) |
| 35 | * 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''... |
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| 37 | !International |
| 38 | * ''Series/Formula1DriveToSurvive'' |
| 39 | [[/index]] |
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