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from Australia. These programmes tend to be more common in other countries than the United States due to differences in television scheduling patterns, as US networks schedule fewer hours on their own. Factual programmes tend to be cost-effective compared to other formats.
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has especially been used to describe programs produced since the 1990s. The term is especially used in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
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accepted the Guinness World Records 2013 book on behalf of the show he stated: "I am very proud to be involved in such a factual programme."
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television programming that documents actual events and people. These types of programs are also described as observational
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since 1973. "Most Popular Factual Series" and "Most Outstanding Factual Series" were new categories introduced to the
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verification
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
"Factual television"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
genre
non-fiction
documentary
fly on the wall
docudrama
reality television
COPS
Rescue 911
United States
Airport
Jamie's School Dinners
Great Britain
Border Security: Australia's Front Line
Bondi Rescue
Variety
discovery+
streamer
British Academy Television Awards
Australian

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