Take That: For the Record is a television documentary about the British boy band Take That. It was originally screened in 2005, a decade after the group had originally split up.

Take That: For the Record is a documentary recording of the first reunion since the band's 1996 split. Aired on 17 November 2005, it reached an audience of over six million viewers.

Marking the tenth anniversary since the group's disbandment, the documentary featured all the members of Take That in recorded interviews, including former member Robbie Williams who was not physically present at their reunion. The production company, Back2back productions, won a Grierson Award for Best Documentary on the Arts.

Following the telecast of the documentary and subsequent interest in the band, Take That announced they were to go on tour again. The band's Ultimate Tour 2006 was also recorded and released on the video release Take That: The Ultimate Tour the following year. The documentary was released on DVD in April 2006. The DVD also contains over 100 minutes of rare and previously unseen footage including clips of Howard Donald's unreleased single "Speak Without Words".

The documentary starts with each band member describing how they were found by their manager Nigel Martin-Smith, with Nigel acknowledging that a demo tape from Gary Barlow with a song called "A Million Love Songs" triggered his decision to form a band.

Reviewing their early years, the band comment on their early performances in schools and gay clubs as well as their first single, "Do What U Like". Gary acknowledges that the song nor the video was brilliant. Their follow-up single "Promises" is shown as they remember themselves going around the country performing roadshows and Robbie remembering his fascination with the song being their first chart entry. Gary admits he felt defeated releasing a cover version of Tavares's 1970s hit "It Only Takes a Minute" in order to get officially noticed by the world.

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