SCIENCE, CURRENT AFFAIRS
Our dirty water
ZDF/arte
HD, 52 mins
As demand for water rises due to an ever growing world population, the groundwater levels are sinking; deserts are expanding and water is becoming scarce. But there is an even greater threat to the world’s drinking water: our contamination of it.
HISTORY
Konrad and Charles
SWR/arte
HD, 1 x 52mins
Marking the 50th Birthday of the Franco-German friendship, this film looks at how and why two men risked their politcial career to forge a partnership between two countries that had been at war over centuries.
HISTORY
Keeping it in the family royal
ZDF/arte
HD, 52 mins
The story of the Queen's ancestors and the godfather of Royal Europe.
The British Royal Wedding bought over 100 million people to their TV sets. A true love match, a royal prince marrying a commoner: perfect ingredients for a fairytale wedding.
"How things have changed”, the Queen no doubt thinks to herself...
SCIENCE, CURRENT AFFAIRS
A Meaty Issue
NDR/arte
HD, 52mins
It destroys the environment, forces poor farmers off their land for soy crops and is bad for your health: meat. This film investigates whether the world's mushrooming appetite for cheap meat is growing out of control and the consequences of a growing populations appetite for meat.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE
More Country Dreams
ZDF/arte
HD, 13 x 26mins
The second instalment of the popular travel and gardening show will take the audience to the farthest reaches of Europe showcasing the most weird and wonderful gardens alongside their unique owners.
TRAVEL AND CULTURE
EUROPE´S HIDDEN GEMS
MDR/SR/arte
HD, 4 x 43 mins
Removed from the modern Europe that we are accustomed to and the way of life that we take for granted, are people who still live a life of traditions and customs that we have long forgotten. This series takes a look at our most extraordinary European neighbours.
History
Vatican II - 50 Years On
SR/arte
HD, 52 mins
The Second Vatican Council (1962 /65) was a dramatic and charged event. It not only created a deep divide within the Catholic Church but fundamentally changed some its most engrained traditions. The film takes a look at how those changes reflect on an ageing institution in a fast changing world.
NATURAL HISTORY
Dinosaurs - hot on the trail of prehistory
NDR/arte
HD, 52 mins
Germany has always been a blank slate to many palaeontologists and fossil experts, a place the dinosaurs seem to have mysteriously passed by. Then, almost overnight, renowned researchers turned away from Asia, Africa and the USA to set their sights on the Weser Hills of Lower Saxony.
TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE
Hot Roads
ZDF/arte
HD, 5 x 43 mins
They run through deserts, ice and snow, deep into the jungle, alongside dangerous waterways and over mountains. And we're going along for the ride. This series accompanies the most adventurous truckers along some the most dangerous roads in the world.
HUMAN INTEREST, MUSIC
Kinshasa Symphony
WDR/RBB
HD, 94 / 54 mins
Two hundred orchestral musicians are playing Beethoven’s Ninth – Ode To Joy. A power cut strikes just a few bars before the last movement. Problems like this are the least of the worries facing the only symphony orchestra in the Congo.
TRAVEL AND CULTURE
BY THE SEA
WDR/SWR/arte
HD, 5 x 43 mins
There's a lot more to quaint seaside destinations than most poople realise. This series takes you to the most picturesque maritime locations in Europe and digs a little deeper than the local beach.
FOOD, TRAVEL AND CUTLURE
Cook 'n' Live
ZDF/arte
140 x 26 mins
This series invites the viewer on a journey of discovery for all the senses, by looking into the kitchens of local families we immerse ourselves into the different cultures of Europe.
