Hunting Britain's Most Wanted

The expansion of the EU and open borders in the UK has led to a surge in foreign criminals heading for Britain. The number of requests for wanted fugitives has risen ten-fold over the past five years and now totals more than 4,300 a year. Follow the New Scotland Yard's Extradition Unit as they go about their work - tracking down murderers, suspected rapists and armed robbers from abroad to send them back to face justice.

2011-05-19 | en

Britain's Weirdest Phobias

The lives of people plagued by irrational fears and the journeys they take in the battle to overcome them. Therapist David Allison helps sufferers come to terms with their condition.

2008-12-31 | en

My Online Bride

An estimated 15 million Brits are currently looking for a partner online. Thanks to the internet and social media, the whole world is now open for love. From Thai romance tours to speed-dating in the Ukraine, will they find 'the one'? And having parted with thousands of pounds, can they really put a price on love?

2014-08-18 | en

Lilies of the Field

An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.

1963-06-04 | en

Tales From The Tube

A Spectacular Surf Odyssey

1975-01-01 | en

Code Name Lucy: Spies Against Nazis

The greatest secret of the Second World War has remained a mystery for the last 80 years: a Jewish Communist, Sandor Rado, led a spy network that proved essential to the victory of Allied Forces. Rado received details of strictly confidential strategies from the highest echelons of the Nazi State through Rudolf Roessler, a dedicated anti-Nazi he'd only known as code name "Lucy." Aided by key German industry leaders, Roessler transmitted timely information from high-ranking collaborators within the German army headquarters. Despite their achievement, Rado, Roessler and their sources remained unacknowledged heroes until today. Thanks to the recent declassification of secret archives, we are now able to step behind the scenes of this incredible story.

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The Last Matinee Show

On Friday the 13th 1997, the audiences were in a frenzy to watch a super hit movie at a full house in Satkar Theatre. Aghast a fire breaks out and engulfs the closed auditorium to vanquish more than 100 innocent lives. Years later their relatives still grieve for their loss and hope for justice.

2021-01-01 | hi

Silverback

Feature-length documentary following award-winning wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet as he documents a gruelling but vital mission to ‘habituate’ a notoriously protective 450lb silverback, in a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered eastern lowland gorillas from extinction.

2024-01-07 | en

Vienna State Opera Presents Rossini’s Il Barbiere de Sivillia

A colorful and comedic staging of the classic opera buffa by the Vienna State Opera.

2021-10-01 | de

When Presenters Go Horribly Wrong

Jan Leeming narrates a collection of on-air disasters involving TV presenters, from live gaffes and wardrobe malfunctions to slip-ups, pratfalls and even flying fists.

2024-01-07 | en

Poesia che mi guardi

2009-11-20 | it

Notes on the Death of A Cinema

A personal tribute to the liturgy of cinema, to its ghosts and its dreams.

2024-01-27 | es

Das Haus hinter dem Kupfergraben

The documentary portrays the art historian Wilhelm von Bode as a realistic visionary.

1988-12-31 | de

Museum für Deutsche Geschichte. Einblicke und Begegnungen

In 1952, the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) decides to establish a "Museum of German History" (MfDG) in the Zeughaus Unter den Linden. As the central history museum of the GDR, it is committed to the Marxist-Leninist conception of history. The film Museum of German History. Insights and Encounters - a GDR television documentary from 1988 - shows the reconstruction of the war-damaged building, presents selected eras such as the Peasants' Wars and the Revolution of 1848 and observes the preparations for a special exhibition on "Artists in the Class Struggle". The film also provides insights into the restorers' workshops, the coin collection and the painting depot.

1988-01-01 | de

Dalibor Janda – oheň, voda, vítr

2024-01-06 | cs

闭环下的五环

2022-02-22 | zh

Tree of Life

A documentary that details the lives of Babak and Ahmad Ahmadpour 30 years after they starred as amateur child actors in Abbas Kiarostami's Koker Trilogy.

2019-10-21 | fa

Madame La Bolduc

1992-06-24 | fr

Seagull dog child

A seagull, a dog, a child, a call to prayer; Looking through a window, the corridor of a train, the wall of a medina; Everyday life is momentarily paused through the eyes of a stranger in an unknown land.

2025-02-17 | en

When Women Kill

What would make an ordinary woman kill her husband? This powerful documentary is about three battered women who, after years of violence, kill their abusers. These women killed when they felt they had no other options: the police and the courts did not protect them, and society failed to take them seriously. When Women Kill challenges the legal system to confront the systemic and widespread violence that men inflict daily on the home front.

1994-01-01 | en