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Going to the local market when we visit a foreign city is something we all love to do. More people visit them in one day than all the ...

When two of his countrymen – arms dealers – are kidnapped, a German police investigator is sent to Algiers in search of them. ...

Secrets to Civilisation is a groundbreaking History series which explores the recent explosion in data about our planet’s past, offering a ...

A team of scientists face a test of faith and survival when they discover a mysterious rope in the middle of a forest, in this riveting French ...

Life in Berlin in 1945 before, during and after the battle of Berlin seen through the eyes of those who were there at the time from common ...

With unique personal archive from civilians and soldiers from both sides of the conflict, this series takes viewers closer to the realities of ...

In the early 1900s, Albert Einstein developed an idea – called Relativity – that changed our understanding of reality. It explained ...

In 1968, young people from Berkeley to Paris and from Prague to Tokyo rose up against the world they were being offered. In this sprawling but ...

Alain Delambre, unemployed and 57, is lured by an attractive job opening. But things get ugly when he realizes he’s a pawn in a cruel corporate game.

Afghanistan is at a crossroads between traditions and a contemporary lifestyle.

This series explores the history of drug trafficking from a political perspective and reveals the murky role played by many states which have ...

A major political, historical, human and economic fact of the 20th century, the Gulag, the extremely punitive Soviet concentration camp system, ...

For 60 years, Fidel Castro was a thorn in the side of USA and a symbol of anti-imperialist struggle. Castro and his compatriots played a ...

One month after the outbreak of World War I, Paris is bombarded by German airplanes. Parisians witness a whole new type of warfare. Five pilots ...

Go inside some of the world’s most remarkable trees and learn more about the essential role they play in sustaining the ecosystems around them.

How, from 1974 to 1993, Totò Riina (1930-2017), supreme boss of the Corleone family, ruled by blood and terror over the Sicilian Mafia. An ...

With breath-taking CGI, beautiful landscape footage and some of the world’s most important astronomical artifacts, Ancient Skies looks at ...

Burned out and taken for granted, a working mom suspects her partner is cheating, so to win back his attentions, she feigns a medical diagnosis.

Where do insects, birds, and mammals come from? Thanks to new technologies and recent discoveries, scientists can now recreate the missing ...

Our planet’s lakes make up a huge freshwater reserve delicately balanced between the water that feeds them and the rivers they feed.

Ambitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure ...

Our History is no more than a series of incredible events. From the birth of a thousand-year-old empire to the death of a flourishing ...

Paul Finchley is a bona fide “national treasure”, one half of a popular, long-running comedy double act. The famous comedian’s ...

This comprehensive cinematic portrait of Europe’s second-longest river presents scenes of breathtaking beauty along the banks of the Danube ...

During the 1970s the Middle East was a battleground for the Cold War; liberal pro-Western forces battled with pro-Soviet Arab Nationalists and ...

Our cities, transformed a mere century ago to accommodate cars, now want to rid their streets of them. Countries go to war over fuel shortages, ...

Explores the development of photography from its beginnings to more recent times.

The slow descent into family hell. Four brothers and sisters get together for the wedding of their youngest daughter. The atmosphere, initially ...

In three poignant acts, as rigorous as a major assize trial, Rémi Lainé and Pascale Robert-Diard deliver the human truth of the Le Roux-Agnelet ...

Tells the stories of three little-known but significant Egyptian queens, revealing how they became the standard-bearers for their sex long before ...

Eoin Warner sails a 140-year-old Galway Hooker out into the Atlantic to showcase the extraordinary wild magic of Ireland’s western islands, ...

Nature is rich in blessings but can also be harmful to human life. People across Japan have been resilient, learning their lessons and passing ...

In conversations with the children and grandchildren of the victims and perpetrators of forced labour, the series tells a story of reconciliation ...

The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists.

1997. Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player of all time, faces Deep Blue, IBM’s supercomputer. Two brains, face to face; one man ...

The continent of Europe at a turning point: Will European nations and industries be able to get our complex energy systems CO2-free before the ...

Dramatic events unfold in Croatia and Ukraine. The first girl drowned, the second one died from a drug overdose. The main suspect in these ...

In 1918, at the time of the First World War and the Russian Civil War, Leon Trotsky founded the Red Army. It was not only used externally, but ...

Dive into the depths of the Syrian civil war through the eyes of Antoine, a young French man, in search for his estranged, presumed to be dead ...

This three-part series illuminates the rise and fall of the ancient American empires of Maya, Inca and Aztecs. These high cultures brought about ...

Shows selected bridges in the world that have a special aura, tells their history and the stories that entwine them and take place on them, today ...

A once-in-a-lifetime, action-packed adventure through Africa’s last untamed, majestic wildernesses. Massive Africa is a unique and ...

Among the forests and ruins of Madagascar’s Berenty Reserve, four gangs of ring-tailed lemurs are locked in a feud over territory, ...

We are 40,000 BC … The planet seems to obey the laws of natural selection. Any? No: a valley still holds to evolution!

A travelogue that explores the landscapes, people and histories of North and South America.

An exploration of Scandinavian landscapes, including fjords and forests.