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5 DAYS THAT CHANGED PRINCESS DIANA
Thirty years after her tragic death, Princess Diana remains one of the most photographed, admired and influential women in modern history. But how did a shy young kindergarten assistant become a global icon whose legacy still resonates around the world?
5 Days That Changed Princess Diana retraces h...
THE SCENT OF ETERNITY
Three women — a molecular scientist in Germany, a historical perfumer in Paris, and an
olfactory heritage curator in Amsterdam — are racing to return to the world a smell that has been missing for 3,500 years: the sacred balm ancient Egyptians believed would make the royal dead smell like gods fo...
Dunkirk 1940: The Untold Story of Operation Dynamo
May 1940: 338,000 Allied soldiers are evacuated from Dunkirk in nine days. 86 years later, French, British and German archaeologists and historians investigate shipwrecks and archives to uncover the hidden story of Operation Dynamo and challenge the myth of the “Miracle of Dunkirk.”
At the end of...
The Golden Jackal: A New Predator in the Wild
As biodiversity continues to decline, France is about to welcome an unexpected newcomer to its natural heritage — the golden jackal, a cunning predator migrating from the Balkans. Spotted by witnesses and confirmed by trail cameras, this elusive carnivore is settling into French landscapes for good....
PIRATE CITIES, At the Heart of War on the High Seas
The spectacular saga of the privateers and the cities that made Europe’s greatest maritime powers tremble for more than three centuries.
From the 16th to the 19th century, France confronted Europe’s great maritime powers: the Spanish Crown, England and the Dutch Republic.
To tip the balance of...
JEREMY IRONS
Born in 1948 into an upper-middle-class English family, Jeremy Irons discovered as a teenager the transformative power of theatre as a means of escaping the real world. This search for another place, another reality, would become the guiding thread of his life and career. After a difficult start, he...
Monsieur ANTOINE
Antoine de Paris: The son of Polish farmers who became the hairstylist to the stars, from Greta Garbo to Brigitte Bardot, from Édith Piaf to Eleanor Roosevelt. Antoine de Paris invented modern hairstyling and built a global empire.
Eccentric, secretive, brilliant, he shaped the image of 20th-centur...
Ancient cities : the Builders of History
They Built Cities to Assert Their Power. A thousand years later, their walls still speak. This is the story of the builders of the medieval world.
Step into the heart of the Middle Ages, where stone ruled, cities embodied power, and builders became legends. This documentary series brings myt...
Cracking the Code for Egyptian Blue
The ancient Egyptians lived in a world of color, and blue was the hardest color to get. Blue stones were rare and difficult to import, so they invented the world's first synthetic pigment: Egyptian blue.
It spread across empires, including Rome and Pompeii, then vanished for more than t...
THE VIRTUOSES
One piano… for two pianists. This simple premise is the thread that weaves together the imaginative world of The Virtuosos, where music, magic, and humor collide. Two funny and endearing characters are ready to do whatever it takes to emerge victorious from an explosive recital.
The Vir...
