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(Prawie) cała prawda: Metallica

Metallica, the band that pushed the metal to the next level, had a dizzying rise to the top punctuated with tragedy and conflict. But they didn't let that stop them, and they are still going strong today. 

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Everything is True, or Almost - Season 4

Everything is True, or Almost

Metallica, the band that pushed the metal to the next level, had a dizzying rise to the top punctuated with tragedy and conflict

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The series that tells celebrities’ life stories, with a little something extra. In this episode: When Prince became a Jehovah’s Witness, the star went knocking on doors, apologising for his songs sexual content.

Prince

When Prince became a Jehovah’s Witness, he went knocking on doors, apologising for his songs sexual content.

Everything is True (or Almost)

This whimsical series tells the life stories of famous artists and thinkers is back with a new season. In this episode: the Matrix filmmakers earned their place in Hollywood by "transcending the system".

The Matrix filmmakers earned their place in Hollywood by "transcending the system"

Everything is True (or Almost): Lana & Lilly Wachowski

Though Bruce Lee's film career was tragically short, his influence on pop culture never died. The legend lives on. A whimsical tale of his life, told by hand puppets. Because why not. 

Though Bruce Lee's film career was tragically short, his influence on pop culture never died

Everything is True (or Almost): Bruce Lee

Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon. And Elon Musk wants to go one step further and take us to Mars. 

But they had completely different ideas about how to go about it.

Elon Musk loved Neil Armstrong - but Neil didn't feel the same way

Everything is True (or Almost): Neil Armstrong & Elon Musk

 Mario and Zelda, two of the most successful video games in the world, are completely different from one another - though both are from Nintendo. Mario is a man of action ready to jump on anything that moves in a 2D platform world. And Zelda is a woman of power who has the destiny of the world in her hands.

Mario is a man of action ready to jump on anything that moves in a 2D platform world. And Zelda is a woman of power who has the destiny of the world in her hands

Everything is True (or Almost): Mario & Zelda

Amy Winehouse had a glittering career but she remained at heart a down to earth Camden girl. But her career, and her life, was cut short by her addictions.

Amy Winehouse joined the 27 club when her addictions finally caught up with her

Everything is True (or Almost): Amy Winehouse

His name is Bond, James Bond. But he was also Fleming, Ian Fleming. Bond was just his cooler, better alterego that was everything he wished he could be: the hypermasculine dream of the perfect manly man. Whether played by Sean Connery, Roger Moore or Daniel Craig, the muscles and attitude remain the same. 

His name is Bond, James Bond. But he was also Fleming, Ian Fleming

Everything is True (or Almost): Ian Fleming & James Bond

Zinedine Zidane was hailed by all as the best player of his generation. He was a living legend. The whole of France adored him. But like all tragic heroes, he had a fatal flaw that led to his downfall: his temper.

Zinedine Zidane, like all tragic heroes, had a fatal flaw that led to his downfall: his temper

Everything is True (or Almost): Zinédine Zidane

In 2009, Edward Snowden wrote on a forum that people who betray state secrets should be shot. Fast forward to him working at the NSA and blowing the lid off of one of the biggest scandals of modern times. Presumably, he changed his mind... 

Edward Snowden used to think that people who betray state secrets should be shot. Presumably, he changed his mind... 

Everything is True (or Almost): Edward Snowden

Behind the famous lightsaber hides a man - George Lucas - who was nearly destroyed by the success of the world he created.

George Lucas was nearly destroyed by the success of the world he created

Everything is True (or Almost): George Lucas

A three minute run through the life of horror writer Stephen King.

Stephen King

Is Wonder Woman a feminist icon? That was her creator's intention, but too often she has been relegated to the status of busty bimbo

Everything is True (or Almost): Wonder Woman

Georges Remi, aka Hergé, was a boisterous child who fed small pebbles to birds... lovely. Thankfully, there was one way of calming him down: drawing. Little did his family know, his hobby was to be the start of a global international career.

Georges Remi, aka Hergé, was a boisterous child who became the creator of Tintin

Everything is True (or Almost): Hergé

A three minute sketch of a celebrity’s life. In this episode: star of reality TV, Kim Kardashian.

Kim Kardashian

The Queen is an enigmatic figure, simultaneously warm towards her subjects and yet incredibly distant. Nobody knows what she thinks and instead journalists decipher her opinions through her clothing choices and careful silences. She is a more astute politician than a politician. But after 6 decades of rule she is also beloved; not only as the nation's monarch, but as the nation's matriarch. 

After 6 decades of rule Queen Elizabeth II is not only the nation's monarch, she's the nation's matriarch

Everything is True (or Almost): HRH Elizabeth II

A three minute sketch of a celebrity’s life. In this episode: Rihanna.

Rihanna

Jean-Paul Gaultier's first top model was his teddy bear. And it was on his teddy bear that he first experimented with his now iconic conical bra so beloved by Madonna.

Jean-Paul Gaultier's first top model was his teddy bear

Everything is True (or Almost): Jean-Paul Gaultier

By the time Marie Curie had died from exposure to the radiation that made her so famous, she'd won two Nobel prizes and had become the first female university professor in France.

Everything is True (or Almost): Marie Curie

Pamela Anderson became famous in the 90s playing the iconic slo-mo lifeguard clad in a red swimsuit. Now, she wants to save the planet, but not in slo-mo this time; it's urgent.

Pamela Anderson is no longer about saving hapless swimmers and all about saving the hapless planet

Everything is True (or Almost): Pamela Anderson

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Yetundey is originally from Leipzig and mixes styles and influences. Layla Boe wants to make the German language smoother in her music.

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A Polish cyber elf, a Ukrainian DJ on the front line, a militant Russian grandmother, and Belarusian hackers... On the face of it, they have little in common. And yet they are all resisting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fighting back on different fronts.

Resistance

A Polish cyber elf, a Ukrainian DJ on the front line, a militant Russian grandmother, and Belarusian hackers...They are all resisting the Russian invasion of Ukraine on different fronts.

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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

Discover contemporary cycling culture in three European cities: Berlin, the unofficial capital of vintage racing bikes. London, where cycle-cafés also hold speed dating evenings and Amsterdam where cyclists stand out from the crowd with style.

Cycling as Lifestyle

Discover contemporary cycling culture in three European cities: Berlin, London and Amsterdam.

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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

Gymnastics

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

Dee Koala and Dope Saint Jude are young rappers from the Cape region of South Africa. Dope decided to move to London to pursue her musical career whilst Dee has stayed in her local community.

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Girlhood - Women in Rap (2/4)

If the truth is the first victim of war, many voices are trying to defend it in Ukraine, Russia and elsewhere. Alternative culture programme Tracks goes east to meet journalists and artists from Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia who have a different perspective on the war in Ukraine. On the programme: propaganda and counter-propaganda in times of conflict.

Propaganda and Truth

lternative culture programme "Tracks" goes east to meet journalists and artists from Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia who have a different perspective on the war in Ukraine

Russian artists have two choices: silence, or exile. There's been a mass creative exodus in recent weeks, including Russian rap stars like Face and Oxxxymiron. Art rockers IC3PEAK post protest videos that would get them arrested in Russia. TikTok star Nikita Sass bravely continues to post his opinion and stays. Few dare to do that.

Russian Artists Against the War

Russian artists have two choices: silence, or exile

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Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish perform at Hellfest 2022.

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Why does the European Union allow deadly pesticides banned at home to be exported to developing countries? Brazil, especially, uses large quantities of harmful pesticides imported from Europe with terrible effects on the population’s health.

Why does the European Union allow deadly pesticides banned at home to be exported to developing countries? 

Pesticides: European Hypocrisy

Anglo-French guitarist Laura Cox presents the Scorpions, probably the most successful German rock band ever, headlining at Hellfest 2022. For more than five decades the German five-piece has been producing international hits and have sold more than 100 million records.

Scorpions

Anglo-French guitarist Laura Cox presents the Scorpions, probably the most successful German rock band ever, headlining at Hellfest 2022. 

According to the latest calculations by the OECD, South Korean women could live to be over 92 years old on average in 2070, and men over 89. That would be a world record. What's the secret?

South Korea: An Obsession With Health

South Koreans are on track to be the longest-lived people in the world

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The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and Poland. Once German East Prussia, it is now home to 1 million Russian citizens. What is life like in this small territory now practically cut off from its EU neighbours since the war in Ukraine began?

Kaliningrad: Putin's Enclave

The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and Poland and is now practically cut off from its EU neighbours since the war in Ukraine began.

Just a few weeks before the release of their new album, The Sick and the Dying… and the Dead! Thrash metal stars Megadeth perform at Hellfest 2022.

Megadeth

Dutch band Epica returns to Hellfest to present Omega, a new album showing off their inimitable symphonic heavy metal sound.

Epica

The philanthropic foundation set up by US billionaire Bill Gates quietly co-finances experiments with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in several African countries. In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionaires "save the world" and make money in the process. But who is helped the most, ordinary Africans or the food industry?

 In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionaires "save the world" and make money in the process. An investigation into GM experiments in Africa.

Africa, GMOs and Bill Gates

In Europe, the last primary forests are found almost exclusively in the mountains in the east or south-east of the continent. These virgin forests have never been exploited or cut down, and have remained as they have always been. Few studies have been done on this forests, which are presumably havens of biodiversity. We go on a research trip to the Dinaric Alps in Albania.

The Green Lungs of Europe

We go on a research trip to the Dinaric Alps in Albania

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As Lithuania stops Russia from transporting goods by train through its territory to Kaliningrad, a focus on the history of this singular Russian territory.

The Kaliningrad Affair

Mapping the World Essentials

Punk rock fans note: The Offspring have released a new album: The Californians perform tracks from their latest work at Hellfest, Let the Bad Times Roll.

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Brazilian cult band Sepultura is back at Hellfest! They unleash their intense thrash metal in front of a white-hot audience.

Sepultura

Drockick Murphys are perhaps the most Irish of American bands. The Bostonians baptize their new album Turn Up That Dial at Hellfest 2022.

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Since the 1990s, total insect biomass has declined by 75 percent. The rapid decline affects all food chains: fish and birds can no longer find enough to eat and are becoming fewer and fewer. Studies show that neonicotinoids used in pesticides aren't just destroying the insect popualtion, but also affect human health.

Since the 1990s, total insect biomass has declined by 75 percent

How Chemical Giants Destroyed our Ecosystem

Some six million people have already fled Ukraine. Among them, 730,000 Ukrainian refugees passed through humanitarian corridors that take them deep into enemy territory. Now they are huddled in isolated camps in the middle of the Russian countryside and many want to leave the country as quickly as possible.

Some 730,000 Ukrainian refugees are cooped up in isolated camps in the middle of the Russian countryside

Re: Ukrainian Refugees in Russia

JInjer are Ukraine’s official ambassadors of metal. Led by the voice and charisma of singer Tatiana Shmayluk, they are bringing their special blend of progressive groove metal to the world.

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Hellfest invites a heavyweight of crossover and thrash metal: Los Angeles natives Suicidal Tendencies make the main stage tremble!

Suicidal Tendencies

Yazidi women box in a gym in the heart of a refugee camp in northern Iraq. To recover their sense of dignity and self-confidence, they train in self-defense. They are survivors of horrific abuse, having been kidnapped and used as sex slaves under IS rule.

Iraq: Return to Sinjar

Yazidi women box in a gym in the heart of a refugee camp to recover their sense of dignity and self-confidence.

On the French Caribbean island of Martinique , large-scale use of insecticides caused serious damage. But the earth is being revitalised by several initiatives inspired by age-old agricultural practices. 

A Documentary by Florence Lazar

Revitalising the Earth

The trio led by Matthew Bellamy is one of the most explosive and creative forces in rock music over the past two decades. There is no one else quite like Muse. Be impressed by their committed performance at Berlin’s Tempelhof Sounds Festival.

Tempelhof Sounds 2022

 There is no one else quite like Muse. Be impressed by their committed performance at Berlin’s Tempelhof Sounds Festival.

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Everything is True (or Almost): Bruce Lee

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Everything is True (or Almost): Neil Armstrong & Elon Musk

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Everything is True (or Almost): Mario & Zelda

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Everything is True (or Almost): Amy Winehouse

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Everything is True (or Almost): Ian Fleming & James Bond

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