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Wandering Wolves

Wandering Wolves - Episode 1: For most Europeans, the wolf is more of a myth than an actual wild animal. But since the nineties, Isengrim has been making his way back to the middle of the continent, kilometre by painstaking kilometre. Part One of ‘Wandering Wolves' follows the renowned biologist Francesca Marucco and other experts on the trail of an Italian nomad wolf on his way to the French Maritime Alps.

2025-12-04 20:30:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-04 21:15:00 +0000 UTC (45m)

In Search of the Golden Fleece

When Jason and his crew of 50 men set sail, a dangerous journey to what was then known as the end of the world lies ahead of the Greek heroes. The young hero had a one-of-a-kind galley built for the voyage, which he baptized "Argo." The mighty rowing boat was designed to take the committed band to the legendary land of Colchis, beyond the Dardanelles.

2025-12-04 19:30:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-04 20:30:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

The Deadly Treasure of Lake Kivu

In Lake Kivu, on the borders of Rwanda and Congo, there is methane gas worth $25 billion. Enough to supply central Africa's energy needs for generations. But if it explodes, it will kill up to two and a half million people living on Lake Kivu's shores. The danger is real.

2025-12-04 18:45:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-04 19:30:00 +0000 UTC (45m)

Expedition in the South Seas

He is one of the greatest German explorers of all time even though his name fell into oblivion: As luck would have it, in 1772 17-year-old Georg Forster was given the chance to accompany the greatest navigator of his time, James Cook, on his world circumnavigation. On this voyage, Captain Cook discovered islands and peoples, while Georg Forster focused on animals and plants, discovering more than 400 species that had been unknown to Europeans until then. “Terra X” follows German actor Robert Atzorn on his search for traces around the world. He gets to know a young man, whose philosophy and conception of the world still appear to be really modern. Sophisticated dramatic reconstructions bring the fateful sea journey to life. The film portrays a great natural scientist whose knowledge and legacy determined patterns for scientific research in the 21st century.

2025-12-04 17:45:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-04 18:45:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

The Advance of the Hanseatic League

At the bottom of the Baltic Sea lies a cog, a relic of the might of the German Hanse, a league of merchantmen founded about 1200 AD. Archaeologists are retracing its final voyage using state of the art technology as well as ancient scripts. Their search takes them to the Norwegian port of Bergen, to the Shetlands and even as far as Iceland.

2025-12-04 17:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-04 17:45:00 +0000 UTC (45m)

The Secret of the Phaistos Code

Is the Phaistos Disc a clever fake? The film follows the trail of possibly one of the greatest archaeological scandals ever. The search for the truth starts in the ancient Cretan palace complexes of Phaistos. The North American art dealer Jerome Eisenberg, one of the world's foremost forgery experts, considers the “Phaistos Disc” to be a latter-day fake. In 1908, it was discovered by the Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier. Since then, the disc has aroused the scientific ambition of countless linguists. The British academic Gareth Owens has analyzed new archaeological discoveries with unfamiliar characters and believes the disc to be genuine. But Eisenberg remains convinced that the disc cannot be deciphered at all. He claims that not only does it not reveal a text that has ever been decipherable, but also that is not even of ancient origin.

2025-12-04 16:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-04 17:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

Return of the Bible Plagues

Return of the Bible Plagues - Mosquitos: “… so there were lice upon man, and upon beast,” reports the Bible, “all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 8:18, 17). Even today, two million people die every year from malaria transmitted by mosquitoes, mainly in Africa.

2025-12-04 10:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-04 11:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

Return of the Bible Plagues

Return of the Bible Plagues - Deadly Waters: “... all the waters that were in the river [Nile] were turned to blood. And all the fish that was in the river died,” reports the Bible, “and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river.” (Exodus 7:20–21).

2025-12-04 09:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-04 10:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

Monsters and Myths

Monsters have always been part of our nightmares and fairy tales. But where do they actually come from? How much of them is truth, how much is myth? Going to great lengths in this documentary, the filmmakers join scientists to explore a number of the best known sagas and legends in the world.

2025-12-04 08:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-04 09:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

The Biblical Plagues

The Biblical Plagues - Flight from Egypt: Although nine disastrous plagues had already devastated the land along the Nile, Pharaoh remained stubborn and would not release Moses and his people from slavery. And so their God, Yahweh, planned his final assault: At midnight, he sent death over Egypt – all the firstborn, Man or beats, had to die … there was no escape.

2025-12-04 07:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-04 08:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

The Biblical Plagues

The Biblical Plagues - Darkness over Egypt: For a long time, scientists have tried to prove that nine of the Ten Plagues described in the Old Testament point to a serious breakdown of the climate, triggering an ecological chain reaction. Apart from theological considerations, scholars all over the world have studied individual phenomena, trying to explain the causes of this Biblical disaster.

2025-12-04 06:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-04 07:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

The Biblical Plagues

The Biblical Plagues - Duel on the Nile: In the first episode of the three-part series, The Biblical Plagues, scholars deal with the first six natural disasters. In the Nile, scientists discovered deadly microorganisms that caused the fish to die and a stress situation among the frog population.

2025-12-04 05:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-04 06:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

Haunted Huntress

A brook in the Serengeti is the home of a leopardess. The secret queen of the shadows took care of her son and has done a good job so far but the adventure continues.

2025-12-04 04:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-04 05:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

Wild Sex

Sex is at the heart of everything. It's the only real way of leaving a legacy - in the genes of the future. But there's more than just the act - it's the build up to it when wildlife shows its incredible diversity. It drives touching courtships and fierce battles. Hormones and sex drive are forces that shape behaviour and can change an animal's purpose and persona. This is the story of how wild things get sexy.

2025-12-03 22:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-03 23:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

The Story of Europe

The Story of Europe - State of Play: Europe has never experienced such a long period of peace and prosperity as after the Second World War. When the Iron Curtain falls in 1989, the dream of a Europe united in peace and freedom seems finally to become reality. But whether financial or refugee crisis - the European euphoria has disappeared, nationalists are on the rise again.

2025-12-03 21:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-03 22:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

The Story of Europe

The Story of Europe - Commonalities and Division: Europe has been a battle concept for centuries: it often takes foreign enemies to weld the Europeans together. But for centuries, they are primarily fighting against themselves. It was not until the Enlightenment and the French Revolution of 1789 that a new idea of Europe emerged based on common values: freedom, equality and fraternalism.

2025-12-03 20:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-03 21:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

The Story of Europe

The Story of Europe - Achievements and Rewards: Europe's history has many dark sides, but its culture is more than a small gleam of hope, it radiates in many areas far out into the world. The old continent sets standards in art, literature and science. Starting with the ancient Greeks, Europe produces a number of smart and creative minds: from Aristotle to Michelangelo and Einstein, from Beethoven to the Beatles.

2025-12-03 19:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-03 20:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

Animals That Changed History

Animals That Changed History - Season 1 - Inspiration: As a species, we believe we are more than just animals. We are inspired to express ourselves through words, art, music, and scientific endeavours. Our ancestors painted animals on cave walls - usually large mammals, like bison and deer. Animals were out first artistic subject, our first inspiration.

2025-12-03 18:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-03 19:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

Animals That Changed History

Animals That Changed History - Season 1 - Plagues: For most of our history, people have fallen victim to crippling disease, and not had a clue where it came from. Despite our best efforts, we are vulnerable - not, perhaps, to lions, tigers, and bears - but more to the killers we can't even see. In America during the early 1980s, a mysterious new disease claims the lives of 159 people, most of them gay men.

2025-12-03 17:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-03 18:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)

Sharks of the Icy North

We mostly know the nimble predators from the depths of tropical seas. At the same time very little is known about the sharks of the icy North.

2025-12-03 16:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-03 17:00:00 +0000 UTC (1h)