For over a century, the Gstaad Palace has welcomed guests from around the world. This series offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at one of Switzerland’s most glamorous five-star hotels, accompanying its staff over the course of a winter season as they navigate the demands of their exacting working lives – catering to the wishes of an ultra-wealthy clientele.
UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention is more than 50 years old. The Convention’s mission is to preserve the world’s most beautiful and valuable buildings, cultural landscapes, monuments and areas of natural beauty for future generations. We introduce eleven World Heritage Sites in Europe: Arles, Aachen Cathedral, Tallinn, the Amalfi Coast, Bruges, Granada, Dubrovnik, Florence, Porto, Valletta and the Via Appia
High mountain ranges are ecosystems that are vital for human survival, yet they are particularly threatened by climate change. This four-part series explores the crucial role these fragile environments play and follows climate researchers, biologists, farmers and shepherds as they share their world and firsthand experience of a changing climate.
This journey takes us from South Tyrol via Piedmont, Tuscany, Sicily and Campania, to the southernmost tip of mainland Italy, to Apulia. Far from bustling tourist hotspots, we look at the soul of Italy: each episode is a culinary voyage of discovery that takes us to our protagonists’ most sacred place: their kitchens.
This four-part documentary series explores a lesser-known side of Turkey, travelling 1,400 km along the Black Sea coast from Istanbul to Artvin on the Georgian border. It traverses majestic mountain ranges, a vast river delta, deep gorges, magical caves and picturesque mountain pastures, home to countless wild animals and forest flora.
2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the German Wehrmacht’s unconditional surrender. Eight individuals who lived through this period share excerpts from their diaries. They come from diverse social, religious and political backgrounds and offer first-hand insights into their lives between 1933 and 1945.
The names of the Stasi’s “informal collaborators” remain protected by laws that prevent their publication. However, in 1992, under extraordinary circumstances, a list of 4,500 names was leaked – anonymously, illegally and with far-reaching consequences. Now, 35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the creators of the list have come forward to share their story for the first time in this gripping political thriller.
Nothing captivates the diversity of a city’s people and culture as vividly as its underground railway. In Berlin, Prague, Naples, Paris and Vienna, we meet ordinary passengers as well as artists, historians and underground staff. They show us the familiar and beloved, but also the lesser-known and less popular sides of their underground systems.
They are refuges for animals and humans, have aesthetic value and are the source of numerous myths and legends: Europe’s great lakes. From Finland to the Anatolia, we learn more about the special features of European lakes and their importance for the ecosystem. Many of these habitats are at risk. What strategies are there to preserve these bodies of water?
The investigative documentary series shows how the race for raw materials creates prosperity and jobs, but simultaneously inflicts harm on people and the environment. Do countries have to abandon their principles for the sake of the energy transition and economy? How can Europe secure resources in future? The film was shot on location in Azerbaijan, China, the US, Chile and Brazil.
Mass graves in Mariupol, child abductions to Russia, brutal mercenary troops – journalists from the Ukrainian investigative news project “Schemes” run by Radio Free Europe have spent two years reporting on the war in their country and experiencing it firsthand every day. This series demonstrates the critical role played by their work.
Breathtaking canyons, lakes, rivers and landforms with captivating fauna and flora: from the Tatra Mountains via the Dordogne to the Danube Delta, this series explores extraordinary, still unspoilt corners of Europe. Because of their biodiversity, many are already protected as national parks, UNESCO World Natural Heritage Sites or biosphere reserves.
