The award is given to recognise an outstanding Australian factual, observational or documentary program.
The winner and nominees of this award are chosen by television industry juries.
This award category was eliminated in 2016 and returned in 2017 as the Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program.
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Best Documentary Series.
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year for Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Series.