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India, the cradle of Hinduism and Buddhism, is a land of spirituality. Babas are healers that claim to be able to cure all many of ills by invoking higher powers. But many denounce these superstitious practices, not least The Rationalists, an organisation of 10,000 members which works make Indians aware of fake healers.

India: Healers or Charlatans?

Rationalist Indians are working to educate the population against fake healers.

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The universe is big. So big, that surely 'Earthlings' can't possibly be the only form of intelligent life. What then is the probability that extraterrestrials exist? What could they look like? Finally, wouldn't their existence force us to rethink our place in the cosmos?

The universe is big. So big, that surely 'Earthlings' can't possibly be the only form of intelligent life

Are We Alone in the Universe?

Large festivals consume huge amounts of power and produce the same amount of rubbish as a small town. The situation is so alarming that the band Coldplay announced that they would no longer go on tour until there was a sustainable way of performing, and in the mean time, are experimenting with holograms. But is that also feasible for indie musicians? How can music go green?

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Large festivals consume huge amounts of power and produce the same amount of rubbish as a small town

Pop Music and Climate Change

Scientists from all over the world dedicate their lives to researching the mysteries of animal communication. In Corsica and Sardinia, Eric Parmentier and Lucia Di Iorio show how fish make noises underwater to communicate with each other, including clicks, grunts, burps, - and even farts!

Nature's Secret Languages (1/3)

Fish make noises underwater to communicate with each other, including clicks, grunts, burps, - and even farts!

The Mystery of the Invisible Fish

Andréa Thibault researches the language of the South African Cape Gannets on Bird Island, while animal researcher Thierry Aubin explains how sparrows can convey all sorts of different types of information when they sing. James Hare deals with peacocks, and how they communicate during courtship.

Nature's Secret Languages (2/3)

If you thought bird song was just pretty, you'd be wrong - it turns out, birds have A LOT to say for themselves

When Words Have Wings

Have you ever heard the cry of a caterpillar? Did you know that elephants can hear through their feet? We think of ourselves as the noisy species - but animals have been 'talking' behind our backs since the dawn of time. 

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We think of ourselves as the noisy species - but animals have been 'talking' behind our backs since the dawn of time

In Conversation With Meerkats

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A trip to the Finnish lake district, this pristine wilderness of clear waters, deep forests and wide open skies. We observe the Finnish enthusiasm for saunas, meet workers in the timber trade, and test the local cuisine which makes the most of local produce.

A trip to the Finnish lake district, this pristine wilderness of clear waters, deep forests and wide open skies.

Summer in the Finnish Lake District

Karachai horses are a legendary breed from southern Russia. These robust animals have been bred for centuries in the Caucasus, although they almost became extinct 50 years ago. Dedicated breeders saved the local breed and now one enthusiast is attempting to summit Mount Elbrus with them, the tallest peak in the region.

Caucasus: Conquering Mount Elbrus

Karachai horses are a legendary hardy breed from southern Russia. Now one enthusiast is attempting to summit the tallest peak in the region with them, Mount Elbrus.

As spring approaches, citizens of Spain’s third city celebrate Las Fallas, a popular festival dating back to the middle ages where elaborate wooden sculptures go up in flames in one big street party.

Valencia's Fiery Fiesta

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Since 2004, the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao has been home to a dolphin therapy centre. Five dolphins help patients, young and old, to regain a taste for life. However, the effectiveness and seriousness of this treatment is criticised by some in the scientific community.

Dolphin Therapy in Curaçao

Since 2004, the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao has been home to a dolphin therapy centre.

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After studying philosophy, pedagogy and carpentry, Jean-Jacques became a bus driver in Georgia. This Frenchman from Brittany fell in love with the country and its bread. He became interested in wheat and baking techniques, and opened his own bakery in Tbilisi, the capital.

Jean-Jacques' White Gold

Originally from Brittany, Jean-Jacques fell in love with Georgia and its bread. He opened his own bakery in Tbilisi.

When Bread Becomes Art

The monk seal is one of the most mysterious and endangered marine mammals in the Mediterranean. Around 500 of them live in Greek and Turkish waters, lurking in hard-to-reach underwater caves. A team from a Swiss foundation is using ultra-sophisticated cameras to try to learn more about their way of life, in the hope of better protecting them.

Monk Seals: A Mediterranean Odyssey

The monk seal is one of the most mysterious and endangered marine mammals in the Mediterranean.

Azerbaijan, independent since 1991, is today looking for a new identity. We take you on a guided tour of this oil-rich country, to meet its customs and its inhabitants.

In Azerbaijan, people go to spas to bathe in crude oil. They say it has health benefits...

Azerbaijan: The Country of Black Gold

Twenty-five years ago, Nicolas left Paris for a village in Brittany, where he decided to make bread. The wheat comes from his own farm, where grains, peas and beans grow side by side. The baker works with coarse salt and fleur de sel from Bourgneuf-sur-Retz sent to him by a friend.

The Philosopher's Stone of Baking

Twenty-five years ago, Nicolas left Paris for a village in Brittany, where he decided to make bread.

Jesper decided to give up his promising career as a chef in one of the best restaurants in Denmark to bake bread. From the wheat fields of Jutland to the peninsulas in the south of the country, he met many peasants, millers and bakers who helped him perfect his technique.

The Power of Fermentation

Jesper decided to give up his promising career as a chef in one of the best restaurants in Denmark to bake bread.

German actress Esther Schweins travels through India to find out more about the ancient practice of yoga. She visits Auroville, a utopian community created in 1960 where 2,500 people from around 50 countries live together.

Yoga in India – A Journey with Esther Schweins

Auroville - Yoga is Life

Argentina is a country of horses, but also of polo. Traditionally a male sport, more and more women are taking to the saddle and the field. Clarita Cassino is one of the country's best female players. Can she and her teammates reach the final of the Palermo Open again?

Women's Polo in Argentina

Argentina is a country of horses, but also of polo. Traditionally a male sport, more and more women are taking to the saddle and the field.

For nearly one hundred years the Salvation Islands in French Guiana was the site of a dreaded prison known as Devil’s Island. Today only ruins remain as the area has become a holiday destination. It is also used as a launching pad for the European Space Agency’s rockets.

Kourou: Palm Trees, Prisons and Rockets

Stockholm and its archipelago are world famous tourist destinations, busy with visitors in the summer months. But in winter things are quiet; Captain Niclas Jornée keeps the islands supplied with his local ferry service. In Stockholm the choir of the Adolf Fredriks Music School prepares for a special St Lucy’s Day concert and the Swedes decorate their city with lights during the season of darkness.

Winter in Stockholm

A visit to the Swedish capital which during the winter months becomes a decorated city of light.

German actress Ester Schweins has practiced yoga since she was 12 years old. She visits Isha Yoga Centre where people come from the world over to learn yoga and attain self-transformation.  

Coimbatore - A Healthy Body and Soul

After traveling through Austria, Italy and Germany, Arnd returned to his native Franconia, where he took over the family bakery, which is three centuries old. Gradually, he turned to local and organic products and became passionate about natural sourdough. Arnd is now relying on local customers to support his business.

The Anti-Yeast Rebellion

Arnd was at loggerheads with his baker dad who insisted on using commerical yeast.

German actress Esther Schweins has long practiced yoga. In this series Esther journeys through India to find out more about this ancient practice that is India’s gift to the world. Delhi is a busy metropolis where yoga is a central part of many inhabitants’ lives.

Delhi - Yoga Metropolis

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German actress Ester Schweins has practiced yoga since she was 12 years old. Now she is on a journey through India to discover its roots. Varanasi is one of the most sacred cities in Hinduism where Esther meets pilgrims come to bathe in the sacred waters of the Ganges.

Sacred Varanasi

German actress and Yoga fan Esther Schweins travels through India to find out more about this ancient practice. Rishikesh on the holy river Ganges became world famous when the Beatles visited in 1968 and known as major centre for yoga.

Rishikesh - Supermarket of Spirituality

Every year in early summer, hundreds of seal pups are born on the sandbanks and beaches of the German North Sea coast. Tourists like to get close to these cute new-borns but this can sometimes disturb their mothers that then abandon their young, condemning them to starve. Luckily, centres exist that look after orphaned seal pups before releasing them back into the wild.

Every year in early summer, hundreds of seal pups are born on the sandbanks and beaches of the German North Sea coast.

Saving Baby Seals

Infamous drug baron Pablo Escobar had four hippos flown over from Africa to populate his very own zoo on his private estate in Columbia. After his death in 1993, the hippos escaped and have been colonising local waterways ever since. Conservationists are now waging a war against this invasive species which is harmful to the local ecosystem and highly dangerous to humans.

Infamous drug baron Pablo Escobar had four hippos flown over from Africa to populate his very own zoo on his private estate in Columbia. But then they escaped.

Pablo Escobar's Hippos

Aquile di San Martino is the oldest mountaineering association in the Dolomites. Rocco is the oldest and most experienced active guide, and young Livio is in his last phase of mountain guide training. They are out on their last expedition before Livio is a fully-fledged 'aquile' - an eagle of the mountains. 

Young Livio is in his last phase of mountain guide training, and has just one last expedition to complete

Mountaineering in the Dolomites

In southern Thailand, the Koh Panyee village sits on stilts and even has a floating football field, built in the 1990s by a group of children. But over time, the ad hoc field has fallen into disrepair. But now the village is about to hold its first tournament in years and the field needs a major overhaul.

Thailand's Football Mad Island

In southern Thailand, the Koh Panyee village sits on stilts and even has a floating football field

Recognisable by their distinctive snout, Tapirs were once common across North and South America. Today these beautiful mammals are threatened with extinction as humans encroach on their habitat. But in Costa Rica and Nicaragua biologists are devoting their lives to save the species.

Tapirs: Gardener of the Rainforest

Yapirs are threatened with extinction as humans encroach on their habitat. But in Costa Rica and Nicaragua biologists are devoting their lives to save the species.

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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Isabel Menzi's main job is a pilot for a Swiss airline. But she’s undergoing grueling training to achieve her dream of becoming a glacier pilot. These pilots are a vital lifeline to anyone who gets stranded in these traitorous mountains, but the flights themselves are death-defying.

Isabel dreams of becoming a glacier pilot, saving people in the Alps. But the training alone is death-defying

Switzerland: Glacier Pilots

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.

South Korea: Magic Temple Food

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

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When Words Have Wings

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In Conversation With Meerkats

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Summer in the Finnish Lake District

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Caucasus: Conquering Mount Elbrus

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Valencia's Fiery Fiesta

The Mystery of the Invisible Fish

Nature's Secret Languages (1/3)

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Dolphin Therapy in Curaçao

When Bread Becomes Art

Jean-Jacques' White Gold

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Monk Seals: A Mediterranean Odyssey

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India: Healers or Charlatans?