How did the guitar become the world’s favorite instrument? Alan Yentob begins this personal journey, fascinated by both the sound of the Oud, an ancient middle-eastern ancestor of the lute, and the iconic guitar draped round the necks of Bill Hailey and Elvis Presley, which rocked the cosy world of popular music in the 50s.
In each episode, Reshan Hemo criticizes the problems in Kurdish society in a comedic skits.
The series features Ueno taking on five roles in five episodes. As the title suggests, each episode involves a bag of some kind, such as a guitar case or a mysterious delivery package.
Naota is a normal boy who kills some time with a normal girl by a stream that flows underneath a bridge. Nothing unusual happens in this town. The fact that Haruhara Haruko crashes into the main character with her Vespa a short while later and subsequently hits him over the head with her Rickenbacker 4003 bass guitar doesn’t really make any difference to any other day here. The at first glance unconnected, bizarre events that don’t seem to follow any pattern whatsoever don’t change anything about Naota’s boring life, either – because nothing incredible ever happens in this town.
The story of a band of spotty, noisy, working-class kids with “no future,” who shook the boring, corrupt Establishment to its core, threatened to bring down the government and changed music and culture forever.
We all know Remco Evenepoel can ride a bike. But what goes on in his head? That is the question Average Rob asks Remco in this documentary. Remco and his team are followed while working towards the Giro d'Italia 2023 where Remco is hoping to be the overall winner at the end of the three week stage race. Average Rob delves into the head of the cyclist and tries to find out what is demanded of a human body and mind to reach the top of the world and stay there.
UFO-SPOT
Jeroen Meus searches for local dishes, special cooking techniques, unprecedented ingredients and special culinary stories from all over the world.
Nick, Simon and Kees delve into the lives of their musical heroes: The Beatles. They travel to England to discover and record the story of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
How could it happen that the Dutch State became the largest drug importer of the 1990s? The docuseries takes a look at the dark undercover world of the Interregional Criminal Investigation Team (IRT), a specialist police force founded in 1988 to combat organized crime in the Netherlands. This prestigious police team infiltrated the criminal environment, as a result of which it became increasingly involved in drug trafficking, among other things. The delta method, as this infiltration technique is called, led to the police team even having its own drug line from South America to the Netherlands in the 1990s. In 'De IRT Affair', the main characters tell their story about how they imported thousands of kilos of drugs in the period from 1988 to 1993 to combat organized crime.
Delve into the psyche of America's most notorious serial killers.
Kicsi ország, kicsi Kína - A titkos kínai birodalom Magyarországon
塞北三朝
This program vividly tells the true story of the rise of Japanese military air power leading up to and following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. It details the attack on the U.S. military base in Hawaii and plots the significant events of World War II that involved the Japanese air fleet.
This four-part history series looks at how Australia has been shaped by its many definitions of home. Historic moments impacted homes, their designs, and the way we live as a society. From economic booms and busts to the fight for Land Rights and recognition, from various cultural migrations to the unrelenting force of nature, emerges a country building its way into the future.
Palmemordet: Den stora mörkläggningen
Eoin Warner sails a 140-year-old Galway Hooker out into the Atlantic to showcase the extraordinary wild magic of Ireland's western islands, from Basking Sharks off Inishtrahull, to White Tailed Eagle off the Cork coast.
How do mathematical codes and alchemical clues left within the works of Shakespeare reveal his connections with Freemasonry, Rosicrucians, and royal families? Enter the gateway into a hidden world of espionage and esoterica as author Alan W. Green connects some of the biggest names and secret societies throughout history. From encoded messages within Shakespeare’s sonnets and Renaissance-era ciphers to modern revelations only recently discovered, Green guides us through layers of mysteries to uncover truths almost lost to time.
The border between the USA and Mexico is the busiest in the world. This series follows the work of America's Customs and Border Protection agency, whose job is to defend the border and stop terrorists, drugs and illegal weapons from entering the country.
Die Kanarischen Inseln