Damals in der DDR

Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.

Designed in partnership with HISTORY and using a distinctly European perspective, this series offers a fresh lens through which to study the European Theater’s major battles, larger-than-life personalities, twists of fate, and tales of intrigue. You’ll uncover the strategic decisions behind Operation Barbarossa, D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the invasion of Italy, the fall of Berlin, and more.

Docudrama in two parts, based on the abduction of the president of the employer's association of Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer, by the Baader-Meinhof gang in the Autumn of '77.

French King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, a document that had protected the rights of French protestants for almost one hundred years. The decision led to a mass exodus of French Protestants with many going to Prussia.

Der Rhein-Ruhr-Ripper Frank Gust

The series chronicles the everyday lives of young Michelin-starred chefs. On the pass, the interface between kitchen and service, they prepare their extraordinary creations, reflecting their world of thought. They all share a passion for cooking, 16-hour workdays, and enormous responsibility. "On the pass" looks behind the scenes and provides unusual and very personal insights into the world of Michelin-starred cuisine.

May 10th, 1940, Hitler takes on the West. Will he precipitate Europe into the Apocalypse?

Der Rhein von oben

22. Juli - Die Schüsse von München

離地自由行

The fairytale river landscape of the Spreewald, the flocks of birds of the North Frisian Wadden Sea and the striking chalk cliffs on the island of Rügen. You can see unique landscapes and their fauna in the different regions of Germany.

This gripping docuseries examines Adolf Hitler and the Nazis' rise, rule and reckoning from pre-WWII to the Holocaust to the Nuremberg trials.

112: Feuerwehr im Einsatz

Theo Maassen grew up in Germany and was the only boy in his class in '74 not to become World Champion. With the European Championship approaching and football as a starting point, Theo gives an adventurous tour to get to know the real Germany. Are the Germans smarter, faster, stronger and better than us?

In 2014, Germany television network ZDF commissioned a comprehensive TV documentary on the history of the Red Army Faction (RAF). In six 45-minute parts, the series describes the origins, rise, and fall of the terrorist organization "Red Army Faction." Interviewees include Winfried Ridder, former head of department at the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution; Rainer Hofmeyer, former head of department at the Federal Criminal Police Office; and political scientist Dr. Wolfgang Kraushaar.

Das Phänomen Bruno Gröning

Julia Bradbury takes her boots and backpack to the Continent to explore the landscape of Germany and the cultural movement that made it famous - Romanticism

Terra X - Deutschland von oben

We Wear the Crown - 40 Jahre Rap aus Deutschland

Berlin - Schicksalsjahre einer Stadt