Production CompanyDistributionTelevision

Discovery+

Silver Spring, Maryland(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Distribution · Television
LocationSilver Spring, Maryland
Websitediscovery.com
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
8.5IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

62 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Emmys10of18nominations56%
BAFTAs1of8nominations13%

67 wins from 143 nominations across all awards

The Life of Mammals poster
Highest rated
The Life of Mammals
2002
9.14,291 votes
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure poster
Lowest rated
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
2023
3.3106 votes
Mostly
documentary, history, reality-tv
Active
1988–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Best known for
The Blue Planet

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 127 of 194 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
100159 seasons

1988–2026

Television rating
8.1IMDb

Their films average 6.7, so the television rates 1.4 higher.

Networks
  • Discovery29
  • BBC One15
  • BBC Two7
  • discovery+4
  • Investigation Discovery4
  • TLC3

Across 67 series matched to TMDB, 1,454 episodes. 17 still returning or in production.

Longest runningNaked and Afraid · 19 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 298

98 films · 97 TV titles

Titles per year190 titles · busiest 2021 with 14

190 titles across 30 years, averaging 6.3 a year. The last five years hold at 6.2 a year.

Quality over time62 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
246810their average 8.5200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 8.6 across 20 titles. The 20 titles since 2015 average 7.0, 1.0 below their 8.0 overall. 18 of 62 rated titles sit above their 8.0 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Writers
  • Edward Canfor-Dumas2
Notable cast
  • David Attenborough8
  • Shaun Dooley2
  • Richard Rawlings2
  • Alisdair Simpson2
  • Alec Baldwin2
Genres
  • Documentary91 of 126
  • History17 of 126
  • Reality-TV16 of 126
  • Crime12 of 126
  • Drama12 of 126

Names appearing on two or more of Discovery+’s produced titles, across the 126 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside Discovery+ on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

Film offices covering Silver Spring

Offices near this location, and the one covering the whole state. Proximity is not jurisdiction: confirm with the office before relying on it for permits.

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