Es (casi) la pura verdad: George Lucas

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Everything is True (or Almost): George Lucas

(Prawie) cała prawda: George Lucas

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

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Everything is True, or Almost - Season 4

Everything is True, or Almost

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

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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

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. 

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

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

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

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.

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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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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

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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Girlhood - Women in Rap (1/4)

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

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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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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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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

Everything is red here. In Provence an alumina refinery has been dumping tonnes of toxic red mud in the countryside and into the sea since the 1960, all with the blessing of the authorities.

France: Radioactive Mud

In Provence an alumina refinery has been dumping tonnes of toxic red mud onto land and sea since the 1960, all with the blessing of the authorities.

Toxic Tour

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

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Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish perform at Hellfest 2022.

Hellfest 2022

Nightwish

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

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

Dropkick Murphys

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.

The Offspring

As soon as weightlessness sets in in Earth orbit, everything floats, including bodily fluids. Most astronauts suffer from space sickness – similar to seasickness. You get sick, your eyes go crazy, your face swells up, your legs get longer and after a few sleepless nights (there is no day or night in space) many astronauts get severe back pain. Space researchers are trying to understand how the human body reacts without gravity. Could we need it to live?

Are We Ready for Mars?

What would happen to our bodies if we were all suddenly exposed to weightlessness in space?

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

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

Sepultura

What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Jan goes in search of answers on the streets of Berlin where he meets barbecue grillers, American football players and queer foresters.

Be a Man! - But How?

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Known for their incandescent, fiery performances, Swedish black metal band Watain perform their pyrotechnics at Hellfest 2022.

Watain

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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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.

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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

The ‘Operation Hotel’ revelations back in 2018 revealed that the Ecuadorian government was spying on Julian Assange, taking refuge in their London embassy at the time. But recent evidence from Spanish authorities suggests that it was in fact American intelligence that sponsored the surveillance. With the USA currently trying to extradite Assange from his London prison to be tried for the disclosure of hundreds of thousands of top-secret documents on WikiLeaks, the global Assange story, murkier than ever, is ongoing.

Global Assange

The WikiLeaks founder is currently fighting extradition to the US where he faces charges that could result in a 175 year prison sentence

According to the myth, the Greeks managed to enter the city of Troy by building a wooden horse in which was hidden Greek soldiers. How much of this story is based on actual historical events? And if the story is true, was it even a horse?

The Mystery of the Trojan Horse

With their latest album Soul on Fire, The Last Internationale brings a rebellious spirit to the main stage of Hellfest 2022.

The Last Internationale

Drugs have a bad press. But scientists have long been convinced that the use of psychedelics can sometimes be beneficial. The use of ecstasy, LSD and other hallucinogens could soon be authorised for therapeutic purposes. Should we change our relationship to certain drugs?

Are We Doing More Drugs?

Scientists have long been convinced that the use of psychedelics can sometimes be beneficial.

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.

Muse

In Jordan, on the site of one of the world's first settlements, archaeologists have unearthed treasures including a sumptuous pearl necklace for a little girl. An object that provides clues about life in the Neolithic period.

Neolithic Treasures from Jordan

In Jordan, on the site of one of the world's first settlements, archaeologists have unearthed treasures including a sumptuous pearl necklace for a little girl. 

The Mysterious Stone Age Village

Pittsburgh punk band Anti-Flag have been going strong since the late 1980s. They bring their anthemic sound at Hellfest 2022.

Anti-Flag

The Staatsoper Hamburg’s new production of Gaetano Donizetti’s opera buffa "Don Pasquale" is directed by David Bösch.The plot of this turbulent comedy turns on the title character and his nemesis sung by Italian baritone Ambrogio Maestri and Australian soprano Danielle de Niese respectively.The Philharmonische Staatsorchester Hamburg will be conducted by Matteo Beltrami.

From the Staatsoper Hamburg

David Bösch stages Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera "Don Pasquale".

Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale

Fisherman Darren Kenyon is from Grimsby in north-east England. Like 70% of the people in the area, he voted for Brexit in the hope for a better deal for the fishing sector. But so far nothing has improved for the industry and the wider region. Former Boris Johnson supporters feel cheated.

Fisherman Darren Kenyon is from Grimsby in north-east England. He voted for Brexit in the hope for a better deal for the fishing sector. But so far nothing has improved.

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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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