This series showcases eight pioneering female composers of the baroque era.

This series journeys into the world of the Norse gods with tales of universal significance and epic power.

In Germany, France and the UK, early years childcare is increasingly being privatised, paradoxically with massive public subsidies. But where does the public money go? 

The chancellor and the president: Can the two men help build a Europe fit for the future?

Meet the heroes and gods of Greek mythology with Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey full of passion, power-play, rivalry and divine wrath.

What do we mean by energy sufficiency? And wow does the concept provide an answer to the energy crisis?

Through strict conservation efforts, India has increased tiger numbers. But the big cat remains dangerous to humans.

Destruction, terror, war: It seems that there has never been more violence than in the world today. But what can we learn from history? Was there really less violence in the past?

In the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the figure of the fool was omnipresent in art.

Marek Halter continues his search for the Righteous ones in this second part of his extraordinary documentary.

Mark Halter sets out to find the people from across Europe and beyond who saved 500,000 Jews from the Holocaust.

Since the Taliban returned to power, Afghan women healthcare workers are facing more and more obstacles.

 In the democratic-leaning city of Philadelphia, the birthplace of the nation, local people are firmly against Donald Trump’s whitewashing of American history.

 A look behind the scenes of an unscrupulous industry that seems to have no regard for children and their families.

In the West Bank the brutal reality of the Israeli occupation is clear: Dozens of Palestinian children are gunned down each year by the Israeli army and police.

Italian female composers broadened their horizons as the courts of Europe beckoned with opportunity…

Behind convent walls, female baroque composers wrote their own chapter of music history.

Whilst male composers such as Monteverdi and Vivaldi were celebrated, women composers struggled for recognition or even the right to play an instrument at all.

Could microbes hold the key to understanding the increase in a number of chronic conditions and allergies?

War in Libya threatened the country's ancient sites but local armed volunteers guard their ancient heritage.