Mobutu's Game

DR Congo's 'Made in Africa' space programme is proof of what can be achieved by one engineer with a bold dream

After the coup d'état in February 2021, thousands of young urbanites gave up their city lives to join the resistance.

What is life like for residents of the regional capital, now under rebel control?

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germans had to get used to a new way of consuming, working, and living. 

From Antiquity to today’s social media, this documentary looks at the history male domination. Why are we still in a machocracy?

A snapshot of Europe in movement as the communist East and capitalist West face off against each other.

Major disasters throughout history have helped to lower inequality. Is this still the case today?

Participative democracy existed in ancient Athens, but not everyone could take part. But did the Greeks really have the first democratic government?

Did you know that the last war between France and Spain took place in the 1970s?

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

The son of a merchant who gave up his riches, Francis of Assisi made poverty an ideal and turned the religious conventions of his time on their head.

This documentary showcases the best of France’s mythic holiday region, going beyond the glamour and clichés. 

Studies show that an increasing number of young people are being diagnosed with certain types of cancer

Symbols of eroticism, fertility, power or protection, our society is obsessed with breasts. 

In the most infamous district of Tokyo, the outcast youth of Japan come together at night.

Billie visits her parents’ country for the first time. Can she uncover her family’s secrets before she has to flee?

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germans had to get used to a new way of consuming, working, and living.