Explore TV Series

A gripping road movie that follows two free spirits on a daredevil journey as they explore monumental landscapes on their motorcycles, discover the magic of foreign cultures, and laugh in the face of the toughest of trials. In six months they cover 28,000 kilometers, from Germany to Goa in India.

The two-part documentary Crime in Post-War Germany shows how strained life was between 1945 and 1949 in the four occupied zones. Using the example of individual, particularly serious criminal cases, like in Dresden where a wood collector comes across the severed legs of a person or in Hamburg, where the so-called rubble murders terrify the whole city.

Castles were bastions of power. Yet, what was life like behind their walls? Part 1 of our documentary follows their development from simple wooden fortifications to the most elaborate strongholds and residences. Part 2 examines their military function from the 11th to the 16th century. When the enemy was at their gates, they had to withstand battering rams, catapults and sapping which called for ever new solutions by their defenders until, finally, large-calibre cannons spelt their end.

A robber attacks a woman in her house and drowns her in the bathtub. A homosexual man rapes and murders a girl. A host shoots two people in cold blood - and then returns calmly behind the counter. The unbelievable is the normal case with him: Uwe Krechel is one of Germany's best-known criminal defence lawyers. For the first time, he describes his encounters with the perpetrators and reports on cases that have aroused emotions.

Join Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, Commander of the International Space Station (ISS), on his six months space mission.