Amur: Asiens Amazonas

Au fil de l'eau

The story of a daring protest in 2013 on a Russian oil rig that goes terrifyingly wrong as Putin defends his oil at all costs. Shots are fired, and the protesters are thrown into a Russian jail.

What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.

La Chine antique

With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this comprehensive docuseries explores the Cold War and its aftermath.

Ana Glinskaya Jakšić, grandmother of the great emperor Ivan the Terrible, took care of the upbringing of the minor emperor after his parents passed away. As a shadow co-ruler, she retained power at the Moscow court for the rest of her life.

Marina is in her late 30s, she has a successful business and a close-knit family. Her husband is a surgeon and her daughters study at fancy establishments. To everybody her life seems perfect. Though, it is all just a facade concealing the real problems: her husband has a mistress, her elder daughter is a slacker and drug-dealer, her youngest is a sociopath. Well, Marina herself is not really a flower-lady, but a brothel-keeper who is hiding her dark business from everyone. The truth may come out when a girl of Marina’s is found dead.

1911, A graduate of the Institute of Noble Maidens, Sasha Meshcherskaya returns to a small provincial town. The well-being of her family is based on her relationship with her loving uncle, the owner of the arms factory Nikolai Shumilov. Sashenka's parents: Prince Ivan Sergeevich Meshchersky and Maria Ilyinichna dream of their daughter's early marriage, and she herself dreams of a brilliant career as an architect. Wanting to please her parents, Sasha makes new acquaintances and instantly plunges into a whirlpool of intrigue, where political interests are at stake above personal passions. Cold-blooded murders and blackmail, intricacies of conspiracies, daring provocateurs eluding detection - all this captivates the enthusiastic schoolgirl, who experiences mortal melancholy from the paucity of life prospects. Without noticing it, Sasha becomes an ideal target for terrorist hypnosis.

Tragedy strikes twice for an ambitious young woman searching for love at a time of great hope in the USSR

Figure skater Katya suffers because of her father, who is a real domestic tyrant. After his unexpected death, she comes to Moscow to train with a tough coach and take part in the World Championships. She may have the opportunity to get a grant and gain long-awaited freedom for herself and her little sister.

1942, Great Patriotic War. Returning from a mission, experienced snipers brothers Alexey and Yegor Broshin encounter the German high-class sniper Wengler. As a result of the duel, Yegor dies, and Alexey is seriously wounded and ends up in the hospital. Having barely recovered, he rushes to the front, but the medical board declares him unfit. Instead of returning to the front line, the command entrusts Alexey with an unusual task - to teach young female cadets how to be a sniper. Alexey undertakes to train his players harshly, sometimes even cruelly.

The series follows Ewa Oginiec (Góra), who wants to leave the secret service and start over after a personal tragedy. Things take a turn when her partner, also an agent, is exposed by Russian intelligence and mysteriously disappears. The Eastern Gate examines the mechanism of provocation on the world stage and the battle between intelligence services in a world gripped by the complexity of hybrid warfare - very topical, as it turns out.

Making North America

Beneath vast mountains and across open moorlands, Scotland's railways connect coastal towns and rural villages through a Highland landscape voted the world's most beautiful railway. This programme meets the people who work on the railway and the steam enthusiasts who safeguard these iconic routes, offering a glimpse into a diverse community united by a passion for the nation's railways.

Discoveries that have revolutionised our understanding of what it means to be human, allowing us to live longer, better, smarter and stronger.

Peter Jihde goes to the US and meets people whose opinions are on the verge of what is acceptable in Sweden. He seeks new perspectives but also finds deterrent examples. In the US, there are extreme people - and solutions. Weapons, drugs and racism are just some of the controversial issues being addressed.

Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world and yet magical and mystical. On the Mahendra Highway, the trade route from east to west, the documentary series leads across the Himalayan country with the highest mountains in the world.

Hosted by Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, A More or Less Perfect Union features perspectives and interviews from constitutional experts of all stripes - liberal, conservative and libertarian - examining the key issues of liberty: freedom of religion and press, slavery and civil rights, the Second Amendment, separation of powers and more. Constitutional experts, citizens and in dramatic recreations, the Framers themselves--weigh in on the unique document, the rule of law, the three branches of government separated to prevent tyranny, and the debate over originalism versus a living Constitution.

Charged as a teen in the 1993 killing of a Boston cop, Sean K. Ellis fights to prove his innocence while exposing police corruption and systemic racism.

Explore humanity’s relationship with nature and wildlife, as scientists and conservationists from all over the world examine ways we can restore our planet. This documentary series asks whether newfound awareness of nature could bring about a new chapter in the human story.