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L'épreuve des mots
L'épreuve des mots
L'épreuve des mots 2024
Road to 9/11
HISTORY Vault
Road to 9/11
Beginning with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, journalist Steve Coll chronicles the events that took place in the lead-up to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, including missed signals, failed operations and political turf wars.
Road to 9/11 2017
Our Big Blue Backyard
Our Big Blue Backyard
Our Big Blue Backyard travels from Northland to Stewart Island, exploring six very special marine environments and features the colourful and varied inhabitants as they interact in their unique locations. From the giant to the tiny and the acrobatic to the rock scrapers, the range and behaviours of these species in such close proximity is fascinating. There is plenty of action in these aquatic communities as the lives of these close neighbours weave together to reveal entertaining animal dramas. It’s predator versus prey as surfing orcas travel the golden harbours of Northland; quality time with the big old snapper and crayfish of Goat Island; drama in the egg nurseries of the stunning Poor Knights Islands; a day out with the athletic Dusky Dolphins of Kaikoura; a fur-seal summer off New Zealand’s wild west coast and great white shark versus little blue penguins in the southern oasis of Stewart Island From acclaimed documentary filmmakers NHNZ comes the latest blue-chip series Our Big Blue Backyard, as seen on TV One
Our Big Blue Backyard 2014
Encounters With the Unexplained
Encounters With the Unexplained
Historians and scientists explore myths, legends and mysterious phenomena.
Encounters With the Unexplained 2000
Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
Prime Video
Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
What happens when conflicts between landlords and tenants get out of control? This series delves into the dark side of the UK's housing crisis. It follows independent eviction specialists working on behalf of landlords attempting to evict tenants who are behind with their rent, and local authority housing officers investigating rogue landlords and unsafe living conditions, including illegal HMOs (House in Multiple Occupation).
Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 2015
Joel & Nish Vs The World
Joel & Nish Vs The World
Best friends Joel Dommett and Nish Kumar travel to locations across the globe to immerse themselves in the lives of the toughest, strongest, fittest people in the world.
Joel & Nish Vs The World 2017
Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun
Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun
This three-part documentary series follows a trio of fighter pilot recruits as they attempt to become the best of the best - to be selected to fly the RAF’s brand new F35 Lightning jet.
Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun 2019
Deadliest Catch: Bloodline
Deadliest Catch: Bloodline
Deadliest Catch captain Josh Harris goes on a journey to uncover a mystery left behind by his father, legendary Bering Sea crabber Phil Harris.
Deadliest Catch: Bloodline 2020
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy
Follows two wealthy families in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. One of them is German, the other one Jewish.
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy 1986
The Making of a Song
The Making of a Song
A multi-part miniseries chronicling the making of Taylor Swift’s sixth studio album, "reputation."
The Making of a Song 2017
The Fabulous Life of...
The Fabulous Life of...
The Fabulous Life Of... is a VH1 television series detailing the places, things, and services various celebrities enjoy. It first aired in 2003, with a special about Britney Spears. The show is tightly based on the television show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. The show is one of VH1's most successful, and is constantly releasing new episodes. Though most episodes are about specific people, some are about categories of people. The show is narrated by Christopher Flockton. The show has appearances by celebrities, columnists and experts, which continue the show's narration. In 2005, The Fabulous Life of the Women of Desperate Housewives was broadcast due to the huge success of ABC's Desperate Housewives.
The Fabulous Life of... 2003
L'Affaire d'Outreau
L'Affaire d'Outreau
L'Affaire d'Outreau 2023
Animal Showdown
Animal Showdown
Enter the ring to witness an epic battle between two animals! Stats, fun facts, photos, and in-depth profiles about each contender will help you pick winners in more than a dozen mighty matchups.
Animal Showdown 2018
Narco Circus
Narco Circus
Narco Circus 2023
Allons boire ailleurs
Allons boire ailleurs
Vanessa Pilon takes an authentic approach to understanding a country's customs by looking at what its inhabitants drink.
Allons boire ailleurs 2020
The Last Journey Of The Vikings
Prime Video
The Last Journey Of The Vikings
Nearly 1,000 years ago, the Vikings left Scandinavia and settled across Europe - giving their name to Normandy along the way - before their Norman descendants seized the English throne at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. But what do we really know about them? By combining expert analysis with compelling drama, 'The Last Journey of the Vikings' (Swedish title: 'Vikingarnas sista resa') tells a new and often surprising story about this complex people.
The Last Journey Of The Vikings 2020
Winterwatch
Britbox
Winterwatch
Live coverage as our wildlife faces up to the most challenging time of year.
Winterwatch 2013
alpha-demokratie
alpha-demokratie
alpha-demokratie 2018
Ermittler!
Ermittler!
Ermittler! 2018
The Radical Story of Patty Hearst
Max
The Radical Story of Patty Hearst
Follow the transformation of Patty Hearst from heiress to terrorist in a saga of privilege, celebrity, politics, media, revolution, and violence. Over forty years later, newly discovered evidence, archival footage, cinematic recreations and exclusive firsthand accounts shed light on one of the biggest and most bizarre stories in modern American history.
The Radical Story of Patty Hearst 2018
How TV Ruined Your Life
How TV Ruined Your Life
How TV Ruined Your Life is a six-episode BBC Two television series written and presented by Charlie Brooker. Charlie Brooker, whose earlier TV-related programmes include How to Watch Television, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and You Have Been Watching, examines how the medium has bent reality to fit its own ends. Produced by Zeppotron, the series aired its first episode in January 2011.
How TV Ruined Your Life 2011
Narco Wars
HULU
Narco Wars
Narco Wars explores how opportunistic smuggling networks in Latin America turned into powerful and ruthless drug cartels with the power to destabilize and tear apart whole countries. The series combines gripping access to cartel members and the law enforcement agencies opposing them with a deep dive documentary exploration of the geo-political, social and cultural factors that led the cartels' rise.
Narco Wars 2020
Contact
Contact
It's the age-old question that has daunted scientists, government officials, explorers, religious leaders and populations around the world for centuries - have aliens made contact with Earth? While more than half the U.S. population believes they have, most sightings and theories still lack the evidential proof to silence the naysayers. In Contact, six highly trained investigators seek to find the answers we've all been searching for. Using groundbreaking CIA developed software, military special operations investigative techniques and boots-on-the-ground journalism to track down leads around the world, Contact is the first ever global investigation to determine whether or not aliens have made contact here on Earth.
Contact 2019
Afflicted
Afflicted
Baffling symptoms. Controversial diagnoses. Costly treatments. Seven people with chronic illnesses search for answers -- and relief.
Afflicted 2018
Hoe was het op school?
Hoe was het op school?
No one denies it anymore: there are serious problems in our education. Teachers are overextended, young teachers are quitting en masse, the complaints that the level is falling are deafening and the needs of the children are apparently too great and too diverse to be met. But how did we get to this point? What has happened in recent decades to teachers and students, to the lessons and the approach, to the course of events in the schools and the expectations of parents and society? Why are some solutions proposed and tried over and over again, yet some problems persist? These are the questions that How was it at school? looking for an answer. Resonant fragments from the VRT archive show what happened, thirteen teachers from the past and present, and twelve students tell their stories. And their stories are revealing, often funny, sometimes shocking.
Hoe was het op school? 2023
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
Public Enemy’s Chuck D leads a cast of hip-hop icons and leading African-American and Latino cultural commentators as they chart the factors that led to the birth of the revolutionary art form of hip-hop in 1970s New York, as well as the creation of the seminal hit The Message. They evoke a picture of how, after the turbulence of the 60s and the civil rights struggles, desperate social conditions and the experience of countless dispossessed people of colour living in a city mired in crisis helped give birth to a new art form.
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World 2023
Planet of Treasures
Planet of Treasures
Human beings may have roamed the Earth for over 315,000 years — a mere blip in geological terms, but one with far-reaching consequences: wherever people have ventured, they’ve left behind permanent traces of their presence. In fact, we’ve changed the Earth itself. The distinguished Cambridge historian Sir Christopher Clark takes us on the ultimate world tour of man-made masterpieces, cultural achievements, and miracles of nature from the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World to over a thousand sites of incredible treasures listed by the UNESCO world heritage organisation today. A whistle-stop tour across space and through time to some of the most astonishing testaments of human ingenuity and nature’s gems. This is a glossy and gripping series tracing the rise of human civilisation and its astonishing impact on our planet.
Planet of Treasures 2020
Appels d'urgence
Appels d'urgence
Appels d'urgence 2002
Spacey Unmasked
Spacey Unmasked
In 2023, Kevin Spacey was acquitted of sexual offences against four men in a UK trial. This documentary investigates Spacey's conduct and talks to multiple men, unconnected to that case, about their experiences with Kevin Spacey, almost all of whom have never spoken before.
Spacey Unmasked 2024
Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&M Records
MGM+
Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&M Records
An in-depth look at A&M Records, a record label that helped foster the careers of some of the most well-known artists in the music industry. Started by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss out of a garage in 1962, they built A&M Records into one of the most successful independent record labels in history.
Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&M Records 2021
Working for the Enemy: Forced Labour in the Third Reich
Working for the Enemy: Forced Labour in the Third Reich
In the name of Hitler, more than 13 million Europeans – in many cases mere children – were taken from their homes and forced to work for the enemy, Nazi Germany. This phenomenon was not confined to concentration camps: there was no German town, no German village that did not have forced labourers. From numerous international perspectives, this series traces the story of both, the victims and the perpetrators.
Working for the Enemy: Forced Labour in the Third Reich 2023
Rick Stein's Food Stories
Rick Stein's Food Stories
Rick Stein celebrates British food, meeting the people and discovering the stories behind the country's beloved dishes - and from his home in Padstow, he cooks some of his own.
Rick Stein's Food Stories 2024
Liz Bonnin's Wild Caribbean
Liz Bonnin's Wild Caribbean
Over 7,000 incredible islands, bursting with unique natural wonders. Liz Bonnin shares the sights that ignited her passion for nature and discovers the Caribbean's untamed heart.
Liz Bonnin's Wild Caribbean 2023
Filmgorillas
Filmgorillas
Filmgorillas 2020
Paddington Station 24/7
Paddington Station 24/7
With visitor numbers approaching 70 million every year, Paddington is one of the UK's busiest transport hubs.
Paddington Station 24/7 2017
How to Build a Planet
How to Build a Planet
The series uses stunning interactive CGI to reveal step-by-step how a world is put together. With a little help from the world's top scientists and engineers, Hammond will build the Earth and Solar System piece by piece.
How to Build a Planet 2013
National Geographic Presents: IMPACT with Gal Gadot
National Geographic Presents: IMPACT with Gal Gadot
Follow inspiring women living in communities marred by violence, poverty, trauma, discrimination, oppression and natural disasters, and yet, against all odds, dare to dream, stand out, speak up and lead.
National Geographic Presents: IMPACT with Gal Gadot 2021
El Principito es Omar Montes
El Principito es Omar Montes
El Principito es Omar Montes 2021
Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life
Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life
The series sheds a completely different light on Ke$ha as she works through all the drama and adventures in both her personal and professional life over the course of two years. Filmed by her journalist brother Lagan Serbert, and filmmaker Steven Greenstreet, it also encompasses the artist as she creates her newest album, Warrior, and travels to various countries.
Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life 2013
American Rock Stars
American Rock Stars
Nick Offerman narrates an all-access series following the defending gold medalist men's curling team as they represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics. A group of regular guys with small-town roots relives their memorable gold medal run from 2018, when they went from relative obscurity to worldwide fame. The documentary tells the personal stories of skip John Shuster, the anchor of the squad, and each team member. From their unlikely success in Pyeongchang to the challenge of fending off an upstart team of rivals at the Olympic trials, it's a feel-good story of how a team of self-described rejects tries to overcome challenges and the pressure to reach the pinnacle of their sport one more time.
American Rock Stars 2022