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In "Make me famous", content creators with a wide reach are looking for an up-and-coming influencer. In order to coach them and maximize their reach, four influencer professionals live in a villa with a newcomer for eight weeks.

From the icy desert of Svalbard to the sun-kissed Mediterranean, this six-part wildlife series explores Europe’s most important and fascinating habitats, and meets their most remarkable wild inhabitants. Blue whales, polar bears, wolverines, and soaring golden eagles star alongside rarely-seen marvels such as genets, Iberian wolves, Eurasian lynx and rare Persian leopards. Packed with spectacular imagery and new-to-science behaviour, Europe is one of the most ambitious wildlife series ever made.

It explores the European fight against 'Ndrangheta, highlighting Germany's high mafia concentration and 'Ndrangheta's control of drug trafficking, with partner Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion.

Spit on, beaten, insulted – violence against police officers has been increasing for years, according to recent figures from the Federal Criminal Police Office. Yet officers like Valentin Otto and Pascal Will from the Hanover-Südstadt police station and their colleagues Svenja Marchand and Mario Birnstiel from the Hanover-Mitte precinct actually only want one thing: to ensure safety on the streets. Streife 24/7 offers a realistic look at police work and accompanies the four officers up close on their missions in Hanover.

Europa-Park in Rust is turning 50. With around 6 million guests a year, it is one of the most visited theme parks in Europe. Numerous modernizations and renovations are planned for the anniversary year. Everything needs to run as smoothly as possible. The anniversary year will be stressful for the employees. But also for the Mack family, who run the park, after all, they promised fans new attractions. In seven episodes, SWR will take a look behind the scenes at Europa-Park during the anniversary year and experience the Mack family and their employees up close at work in Germany's largest theme park.

The Nazi era lasted 12 years, 3 months, and 8 days. Who were the people who voted for Adolf Hitler in 1933? Who profited from the Nazi state? Who feared for their lives? Who were they in 1939, when the World War began? Who were they in 1945, when it ended? Diaries tell the story of the everyday lives of Germans during the Nazi era: emotional, compelling, and authentic. This documentary series explores the fates of eight Germans—of allegiance, career, doubt, and despair in a dictatorship that promoted followers and destroyed opponents.

We want to be able to bring you famous and interesting battles told entirely top-down through the use of our animated maps. Something more technical to add to our usual repertoire of detailed analysis. That means no archival footage, no studio, no "Talking Head" format. Just one continuous animated map from beginning to end, never cutting away and making things hard to follow or jumping between regions offscreen.

From ICE trains to regional trains: the railway is struggling with major problems. Last year, more than one in three long-distance trains was late. Large parts of the rail network are dilapidated. Trains are repeatedly canceled. The four-part series "In Action for the Railway" follows people from Deutsche Bahn, Nordwestbahn, and the Federal Police at Hanover Central Station, who are giving their all despite, or perhaps because of, the difficulties. It highlights the logistical and technical challenges facing the railway and shares emotional moments on trains and in stations.

It uncovers Nigeria’s lost treasures, including Nok terracottas and Ilé-Ifè bronzes, exploring their history, the impact, and forgotten cultural legacies.