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The Scottish island of Rum is a remote paradise with only 35 residents. In this real island community we find Dave, the guitar-playing harbour master, Kim who runs the island’s tea shop, and Fergus, who is making rum on the island for the first time with local ingredients

The Isle of Rum

Welcome to the Scottish island of Rum, a remote paradise with only 35 residents. 

Remote Scotland

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Far away from the South Korean capital of Seoul is the Buddhist Gameunsa Temple. Three nuns live, pray and cook together here as they preserve the knowledge of centuries-old temple cuisine. The abbess of this small monastery is the charismatic Wookwan Sunim, revered in Asia as one of the best cooks in the world.

Far away from the South Korean metropolis of Seoul is the Buddhist Gameunsa Temple where three nuns live, pray and cook temple food.

Cooking in South Korea

At the Battle of Hastings William the Conqueror triumphed, changing the face of medieval Europe and the course of English history. An account of the life of this extraordinary Norman warrior who became King of England.

The story of the man that triumphed at Hastings and changed the course of English history. 

William the Conqueror

The internationally renowned bassist, singer and composer Avishai Cohen performs in an exclusive concert from the Maillon theatre in Strasbourg. Accompanied by drummer Roni Kaspi and pianist Elchin Shirinov, the jazzman presents his forthcoming album Shifting Sands.

Private Session at the Maillon Theatre, Strasbourg

IThe internationally renowned bassist, singer and composer Avishai Cohen performs from his forthcoming album Shifting Sands.

Avishai Cohen Trio

In the lush tropical greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul raise the temperature with their multi-faceted electro-pop.

Passengers

Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul

With its futuristic buildings, neon lights and gigantic advertising hoardings, downtown Tokyo can be a shock to foreign visitors. Sofia Coppola's 2003 film Lost in Translation has the shock of arriving in a strange land as one of its central themes.

Sofia Coppola's 2003 film Lost in Translation has the shock of arriving in a strange land as one of its central themes.

Sofia Coppola's Tokyo

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The tech giants (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple) want to get into the highly lucrative health sector. By using their enormous databases, they claim to be able to revolutionise healthcare for the common good of humanity. But what would this brave new world look like? And would our medical data be protected?

Your Health and Big Data

The tech giants (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple) want to get into the highly lucrative health sector.Are they there to help, or just make money?

Dr Zuckerberg

Three Japanese men have fallen under the charms of high school student Rinko, a character from the video game Love Plus. The game finally leads them to the seaside resort of Atami, where the virtual world and real life collides.

Three Japanese men fall under the charms of high school student Rinko, a character from the video game Love Plus

Petit ami parfait

Church and sexual abuse of minors has long been an issue. But in addition to the paedophilia scandals, other revelations are shaking the Catholic Church: allegations from across the world of nuns being sexually abused by priests. In February 2019, Pope Francis acknowledged the abuse for the first time. This documentary gives an insight into an issue in the Catholic Church that has remained largely unreported.

All over the world priests are said to have sexually abused nuns. An investigation.

Sex Slaves Of The Catholic Church

The Maginot Line is a giant: Thousands of underground bunkers and concrete defences lining the French border, from Belgium to the Mediterranean. In its time it was celebrated as a technical masterpiece and thought to be impregnable, today it also stands for the trauma of the French defeat in 1940. The documentary looks at a military construction that is as fascinating as it is controversial.

The Maginot Line

Thought to be impregnable, the French defensive barrier did not halt the German invasion in 1940.

France's Forgotten Forts

Paris, May 1931. Black culture was in fashion with the legendary Bal nègre evenings in full swing whilst a large scale colonial exhibition displayed the subjugated peoples and cultures of the French empire. At this time, a group of researchers set off on an unprecedented ethnographic mission through Africa hoping to better understand the indigenous peoples. Crossing from Dakar to Djibouti they collected a huge range of artefacts destined for the Museum of Man (Musée de l’homme). But was this well-meaning mission really a great looting of precious cultural artefacts?

The Loot of the Museum of Man

May, 1931. An ethnographic team sets of for a mission across Africa. But is their well-meaning quest actually a great plundering of the continent?

Dakar-Djibouti 1931

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s fifth film won critical acclaim and awards in Europe and America including a Golden Globe and an Oscar. With interviews with the cast and crew, this documentary looks at what this tale of a marriage in trouble can tell us about Iranian society.  

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s fifth film won critical acclaim and awards in Europe and America. A look at what this tale of a marriage in trouble can tell us about Iranian society.  

Behind the Scenes: A Separation

A history of camping and caravanning from their origins in British high society at the turn of the 20th century to their democratisation in later decades, taking in the hippy movement’s attachment to life on the road as well as high end glamping.

The History of a Passion

A history of camping and caravanning from their origins in British high society at the turn of the 20th century to their democratisation in later decades.

Camping and Caravanning

Portrait of a star of 1990's cinema. Winona Ryder has had an atypical career giving sensitive, honest performances from her break out role in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (1988) up to her recent appearance in blockbuster Netflix series, Stranger Things.

Portrait of a star of 1990's cinema from early fame in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice to recent success with the series Stranger Things.

Winona Ryder - A Sensitive Genius

Mariupol, in Ukraine, wealthy from its steelwork and coal industries, got caught up in the conflict between separatists and the Ukrainian government. In spite of the threat, life continues, with all its joys, loves and sorrows. Filmed before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Director Mantas Kvedaravicius has sadly died in the Russian siege of the city in April 2022.

A poetic portrait of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, caught up in the conflict between separatists and the Ukrainian government. Filmed in 2016.

Mariupol

The loss of biodiversity is highly alarming: our planet is currently experiencing the greatest extinction since the age of the dinosaurs. This film documents the extinction of species currently happening around the world. But it also highlights hopeful initiatives as committed men and women on every continent fight to save endangered species and work towards improving biodiversity.

Mankind's Great Challenge

Our planet is currently experiencing the greatest extinction since the age of the dinosaurs. 

Biodiversity or Extinction

Has a hatred of jews always been present in our societies? From anti-Judaism to modern anti-Semitism, this documentary series explores the multiple facets of the phenomenon, from its origins to the present day. With commentary and analysis by some thirty international experts, the story is based on both archives and historical images in 3D.

From antiquity to the present day, the story of two thousand years of intolerance and persecution against Jews.

A History of Antisemitism

On the icy roads and frozen lakes of Finland, enthusiasts organise racing rallies with old cars they've patched up themselves. It's a competition in DIY as much as it is a competition in speed. For most drivers, the challenge is not so much to win as to try to escape the boredom of winter.

On the icy roads and frozen lakes of Finland, enthusiasts organise racing rallies with old cars they've patched up themselves

Re: Racing Cars in Finland

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Brilliant FBI agent and scientist Dana Scully solved supernatural mysteries with her partner Fox Mulder in the TV series The X Files. She had significant influence on an entire generation of young women, inspired to become scientists.

The Scully Effect

The X File's Dana Scully had significant influence on an entire generation of young women

Gymnastics

Since its invention in the 19th century, the bicycle has allowed Western women to move around independently. Today, it is the turn of women in Arab countries to discover its power. Though at first glance innocuous and common, the bicycle is unexpectedly feminist.

The Freedom to Cycle

Though at first glance innocuous and common, the bicycle is unexpectedly feminist

The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh are losing their colours. The paints he used were vibrant, but cheap, and degraded within months of painting. It's now impossible to appreciate the true beauty of his works, as his flamboyant flare for colours has slowly turned drab. If nothing is done, the Sunflowers which are still a beautiful gold today could well turn brown. Should we just accept they can't be saved?

Van Gogh's Disappearing Colours

The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh are losing their colours because the pigments used were vibrant but cheap

Why do the works of the Italian painter Caravaggio exude such violence? The answer is to be found in the eventful life of the artist, who just couldn't stay out of trouble and met a sticky end.

Caravaggio, Genius - and Killer?

Caravaggio just couldn't stay out of trouble and met a sticky end

Women who play men's roles while singing high notes may seem suprising but in opera, it's tradition. Handel, Mozart, and Bellini all wrote roles for men, to be played by women. So how does the opera deal with questions of gender?

Does the Voice Have a Gender?

Handel, Mozart, and Bellini all wrote roles for men, to be played by women

Acrobatics, crazy sets, unobtainable beauty standards. A lot of porn often lacks realism. But the industry is changing: audio pornography, which leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories. The increasingly popular medium attracts feminist women who see the medium as more sensual and empowering than traditional porn.

The Sensual World of Podcast Porn

Audio pornography leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories

For millennia, people have wondered what constitutes our existence. But could it be that our reality is not real and that, like in the sci-fi movie Matrix, everything is just a simulation?

What if the Matrix Was Real?

Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism. Her high profile fans include Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Angelina Jolie.

Ayn Rand, Capitalism Guru

Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism

In 2019, Les Indes galantes was performed at the Opera de la Bastille in Paris, hip hop style. This baroque opera, composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau, is an ode to colonial exoticism, and its reworking is the brainchild of Bintou Dembélé, the first black woman to choreograph a ballet at the Paris Opera.

Operatic Hip Hop: Dance Decolonised

In 2019, Les Indes galantes was performed at the Opera de la Bastille in Paris, hip hop style

Yurts, tipis, igloos: traditional homes are round, but most modern buildings are full of harsh right angles. In the 60s, influenced by science fiction, strange, curved creations started popping up in France. But it was a brief movement that fell out of favour.

Why Live In a Bubble House?

In the 60s, influenced by science fiction, strange, curved homes started popping up in France

California, 1962: as counter-culture boomed, Corita Kent created her first pop-art paintings. The nun and art teacher mixed Jefferson Airplane, Pepsi and Bible verses in her work. But her activism and political convictions would force her to hang up her habit.

Corita Kent, the Pop Culture Nun

How a nun became a counter-cultural icon thanks to her art

Nikola Tesla claimed to have invented a "death beam" in the 1930s, but laser has been more useful for printing out payslips than it has shooting planes out of the sky. But science fiction loved the idea. From Star Wars to Mars Attacks!, lasers slice up bodies or grind them to dust. What is the enduring appeal of deadly lasers for the SF fandom?

Why Does Science Fiction Love Lasers?

What is the enduring appeal of deadly lasers for the SF fandom?

Ever notice how utterly bizarre lions in medieval manuscripts look? It's like the artist had never been to a zoo or searched for 'lion' in Google images or something. Oh, wait...

Why Are Medieval Lions So Strange?

Ever notice how utterly bizarre lions in medieval manuscripts look?

Stadiums filled with raving fans, millions of dollars in contracts and fierce competition: esports is no longer a fad, and could even be headed to the Olympics. A look back on how it all began.

Esport: Born in 1972?

Esports is now mainstream. We take a look back at where it all began

Film director Jean Boullet was obsessed with Dracula. The vampire gained ground in popular culture in the Paris underground scene of the 50s, and Boullet was determined to create a film that captured the true creepy essence of Dracula. He decided to use shadow puppets, but the work would never see the light of day.

The Man Who Wanted to Be Dracula

Film director Jean Boullet was obsessed with Dracula, even getting surgery to look like him

The trolley problem asks, is it better to let 5 people die or choose to kill only 1? And now that problem is more pressing than ever with the advent of self-driving cars. Do they think? And what role should morality play in their decision-making process?

Are Self-Driving Cars Moral?

A self-drivng car won't just get you from A to B, it'll make crucial decisions in those life-or-death moments right before a car accident

A 1960s icon and a martial arts legend, Bruce Lee is still beloved as the king of martial arts the world over. But Quentin Tarantino may have committed the small crime of lese-majesty in his latest film. He asks: was Bruce Lee even really that good at fighting?

Was Bruce Lee Actually Good at Fighting?

Was Bruce Lee even really that good at fighting?

A tribute to nature and a classic coming-of-age film, Bambi is not just a cute Walt Disney cartoon. It first started off as a novel by Austrian writer Felix Salten, which was banned by the Nazi authorities in 1936. So why did the story of this harmless deer draw the ire of the facist censors?

Why Burn Bambi?

Statues are silent observers of our everyday lives... and most of the time they go unnoticed as city dwellers bustle from one destination to the next. But now statues are having their moment in the spotlight. When we look at the stories of the people we put on plinths, we discover painful histories and shameful, forgotten truths.

Why are Statues Controversial?

When we look at the stories of the people we put on plinths, we discover painful histories and shameful, forgotten truths

These aren't doodles: Art Spiegelman or Marjane Satrapi's books are pieces of literary art. Without boxes or bubbles, the graphic novel is now a major genre in publishing. Graphic novels have an unlikely origin story: the genre emerged from woodcutting.

The Origin Story of the Graphic Novel

These aren't doodles: Art Spiegelman or Marjane Satrapi's books are pieces of literary art

A bite-sized look at life, art, and everything in-between.

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Techno, house, garage or hip hop: electronic music is a driving force in pop culture today. Almost forgotten is its origins in the post-war classical avant-garde of Europe, with figures such as Pierre Schaeffer and Karlheinz Stockhausen. This documentary traces the history of electronic music from Europe to the great post-industrial cities of America, with exclusive interviews and little-seen archive footage.

The Sound That Changed Everything

This documentary traces the history of electronic music from Europe to the great post-industrial cities of America, with exclusive interviews and little-seen archive footage.

Electronic Vibrations

In the 1950s British-born baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter met Thelonius Monk. What followed was a decades long friendship that helped revolutionise jazz.

An American Story

In the 1950s British-born baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter met Thelonius Monk. What followed was a decades long friendship that help revolutionised jazz.

Monk & Pannonica

Have you ever wondered why pop songs sometimes sound a little too familiar? Welcome to the world of pop-recycling where borrowing, sampling and interpolation are the order of the day. Featuring interviews with Placebo, Ed Sheeran, Charlie XCX and Lauv.

Pop Music: The Great Recycling Business

Have you ever wondered why pop songs sometimes sound a little too familiar? Welcome to the world of pop-recycling. Featuring interviews with Placebo, Ed Sheeran, Charlie XCX and Lauv.

Tracks: Songwriting Special

Spotlight on the Sztuki Museum's collection of radical contemporary art, which has flourished in an old textile factory in the heart of the industrial city of Lodz, dubbed the ‘Polish Manchester’.

Muzeum Sztuki, Łodz

Spotlight on the Sztuki Museum's collection of radical contemporary art in the heart of ‘Polish Manchester’.

From Industry to Art

Shot in 1999, "All About My Mother" is Pedro Almodóvar's thirteenth feature film. The director, a key figure in the turbulent Movida (the movement for cultural renewal and liberation in post-Franco Spain), explores Barcelona society at the turn of the millennium through the lives of five women.

A Pedro Almodovar Film

Shot in 1999, "All About My Mother" is Pedro Almodóvar's thirteenth feature film. It explores Barcelona society at the turn of the millennium through the lives of five women.

Behind the Scenes: All About My Mother

As a show of solidarity, Europe is displaying the colours of Ukraine, a country whose desire for democracy and freedom is perceived as a danger by Vladimir Putin's Russia. The pursuit of freedom is the subject of this episode of Twist. A desire shared by artists from all over the world.

The Pursuit of Freedom

The pursuit of freedom is the subject of this episode of Twist. A desire shared by artists from all over the world.

Twist

Celebrating the 400th anniversary of his birth, a look at the work of perhaps the greatest playwright in the French language. Molière revolutionised the theatre by bringing to the stage, with lucidity and a dazzling modernity, the issues of his time
The writer and actor had a special relationship with Louis XIV, the dazzling Sun King, who allowed him to develop as an artist and used Moliere, like other artists, to magnify his personal glory.

Molière revolutionised the theatre by bringing to the stage, with lucidity and a dazzling modernity, the issues of his time

Molière and the King

Violinist Renaud Capuçon lives for music. From the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival to a concert in a Swiss prison, via recording studios in Geneva, the French musician is always on the move, driven by an insatiable thirst to share his passion.

A portrait of French star violinist Renaud Capuçon, a musician who lives for his art.

Violin without Borders

Renoir was a central figure in Impressionism, breaking with centuries-old traditions and shocking contemporary audiences with his novel works. In a time of great social upheaval, the painter joined a group of uncompromising innovators that wanted to create a new style for a new era, although he always maintained a love for the old masters.

An Artist in Changing Times

In a time of great social upheaval, Renoir joined a group of uncompromising innovators that wanted to create a new style for a new era,

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A tribute to the German filmmaker who celebrates her 80th birthday this year. Margarethe von Trotta’s work is highly respected both at home and abroad in films such as Hannah Arendt and Rosenstrasse, where female characters take the lead.

A Women’s Director

A tribute to the German filmmaker who celebrates her 80th birthday this year. 

Margerethe von Trotta

A look at the tormented life of Clara Haskil (1895-1960), and the dazzling purity and fluidity of her unique sound. Her 10 year professional career was short but disproportionately influential.

The Magic of Interpretation

A look at the tormented life of Clara Haskil (1895-1960)

Clara Haskil

The novel The Remains of the Day charts the death throes of a bucolic, rustic England run by its aristocracy, on the eve of modernity. Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro writes from the perspective of a butler who tours the countryside as he reflects on the estates he has served.

The novel The Remains of the Day charts the death throes of a bucolic, rustic England run by aristocracy, on the eve of modernity

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

French writer Annie Ernaux grew up in Yvetot, a quiet small town in Normandy and studied in the regional capital of Rouen. It was here that she found the raw material for her literary work in novels such as Shame and The Years.

French writer Annie Ernaux finds inspiration for her novels from her native Normandy.

Annie Ernaux's Normandy

Volver (2006) starring Penelope Cruz is one of Pedro Almodovar’s most personal films. The iconoclastic director returns to his native region of La Mancha to pen a love letter to his mother who had recently died.

Volver (2006) starring Penelope Cruz is one of Pedro Almodovar’s most personal films, both a love letter to his mother and to his home region of La Mancha.

Volver - Almodóvar Returns to La Mancha

The elusive and enigmatic nature of Prague is captured in Milan Kundera’s cult novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being. The Czech writer explores the philosophical vertigo of the difficult quest for freedom in human existence.

City Country Culture

The elusive and enigmatic nature of Prague is captured in Milan Kundera’s cult novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being. 

Kundera's Prague

Northwest of Paris, behind wheat fields and windswept plains, is the picturesque village of Auvers-sur-Oise, which depends on agriculture and tourism. At the end of the 19th century the painter Vincent van Gogh came to the village and spent the last few weeks before his death there. Despite his anguish, he created numerous works here in which he immortalised the nature of the village.

At the end of the 19th century, Vincent van Gogh spent the last few weeks of his life at this village

Vincent van Gogh's Wheat Fields

Perched on a rocky outcrop, the village of Ménerbes offers a striking view of the valleys, the vineyards and the legendary Mont Ventoux. In the mid-1940s, Dora Maar found refuge in this peaceful corner of the world. Left devastated by her break up with Pablo Picasso, the artist devotes herself body and soul to painting.

Dora Maar was devastated by her break up with Pablo Picasso and she healed by devoting herself to her art

The House that Healed Heartbreak

In the southwest of France, Pyrenees make a masterful setting appropriate for a literary giant. Victor Hugo was enchanted by them. In 1843, the writer traveled to the region with his mistress Juliette Drouet. Between the immensity of the ocean and the drama of the peaks, Victor Hugo was enchanted by the Pyrenees.

Victor Hugo was enchanted by the Pyrenees

Victor Hugo: The Revelation of the Pyrenees

The landscapes of Provence are integral to Paul Cézanne. It's here the artist gives himself over to his art, body and soul. He tirelessly strove to capture the essence and nuances of these beautiful landscapes. This commitment to his craft enabled Cézanne to revolutionise painting.

The landscapes of Provence are integral to Paul Cézanne