A docudrama or docu-drama is a type of work (usually a film or television show) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing set pieces to take dramatic liberty with events.
Docudramas of note
- Brian's Song
- Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
- Cathy Come Home (1966)
- The Company of Strangers (1990)
- Culloden (BBC, 1964)
- Death of a Princess
- Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
- The Laramie Project
- Hillsborough
- Roots
- Supervolcano (BBC, 2005)
- Three different productions of the Amy Fisher story
TV series that utilize a docudrama style
- America's Most Wanted
- The E! True Hollywood Stories
See also: Mockumentary, Drama documentary.