THEMATIC INDEX
CURRENT AFFAIRS...... CURRENT AFFAIRS...... 114-PHILIPPINES,THEPRISONISLAND...... 12 LIFESTYLE & SPORT...... LIFESTYLE...... 34-INDIA,THETEMPLEHAIRBUSINESS...... 14 38-SECRETOFTHESWISSWATCHES...... 14 107-PANAMAHAT,THESTYLEICON...... 14 123-THEKNIFECONFLICTOFLAGUIOLE...... 14 145-TREASURETROVEOFSCENTS...... 15 201-MOHAIR,LUXURIOUSWOOLFROMSOUTHAFRICA...... 15 210-YOGA,TRADITIONALMEDICINEOFINDIA...... 15 224-CURAÇAO,APASSIONFORANTIQUECARS...... 15 226-ANEAPOLITANWEDDING...... 16 233-CHRISTMASINTHEDANUBEDELTA...... 16 237-FEMALETATTOOTRADITIONINTUNISIA...... 16 240-INDIA,AYURVEDAMEDICINE...... 16 252-SWITZERLAND'STRADITIONALALPINEWRESTLERS...... 17 GASTRONOMY...... 06-THAIINSECTFASTFOOD...... 18 29-AMEALFORTHEGODS...... 18 42-KYUCHU:WHERETHEGREENTEAGROWS...... 18 43-CAVIAR-TREASUREFROMIRAN...... 18 51-THEWINEPRIESTOFBALI...... 19 56-THEWHISKYSECRETOFISLAY...... 19 57-GEORGIA,CRADLEOFWINE...... 19 91-ANATOLIA,LANDOFTHEAPRICOTS...... 19 100-CHAMPAGNEFOREVERYONE!...... 20 102-ARMENIA'SFRUITOFPARADISE...... 20 110-RUMINGUADELOUPE...... 20 131-THETASTEOFAUSTRALIA...... 20 132-FINECOCOAFROMESMERALDAS...... 21 147-MEZCALEROMASTERSINMEXICO...... 21 192-THEBREADOFCORSICA...... 21 225-INSECTS,THEFOODOFTOMORROW?...... 21 265-THECREMANTD¿ALSACE,FINEANDFESTIVEBUBBLES ...... 22 FASHION...... 12-RIO:FROMSTREET-WALKTOCAT-WALK...... 23 134-SEARCHINGFORMODELSINSIBERIA...... 23 SPORT...... 07-RIDERSONTHEWIND...... 24 13-THAILAND:CHILDRENINTHEBOXINGRING...... 24 26-WRESTLINGWOMENINMEXICO...... 24 60-NEWZEALAND'SRACEOFEXCESSES...... 24 182-ICEHOCKEY,ADREAMFORGIRLSINTHEHIMALAYAS...... 25 212-MEXICO,BAREFOOTEDBASKETBALLPLAYERS...... 25 249-ICELAND:THESWAMPSOCCERCRAZE...... 25 SOCIETY...... SOCIAL ISSUES...... 01-ETTI'SSALON...... 28 03-ONABUSSHOPTHROUGHLATVIA...... 28 04-THEISLANDOFTHEGRACEFULLYAGED...... 28 10-VENEZUELA-THEOLDWOMANANDTHESEA...... 28 14-COLOMBIA:THEJOURNEYOFAFERRISWHEEL...... 29 20-POSTMANOFTHEHIMALAYA...... 29 21-WENZHOU-CITYOFSHOES...... 29 23-ONTHEROADWITHMOSCOWCIRCUSSCHOOL...... 29 25-WITCH-HUNTINTANZANIA...... 30 35-MAURITANIA-UPRISINGOFTHEFISHERWOMEN...... 30 37-NICARAGUA-THEBANEOFTHELOBSTERDIVERS...... 30 58-GALICIA'SDEATHCOAST...... 30 61-YEMEN'SVEILEDFUTURE...... 31 74-RWANDA-LANDOFWOMEN...... 31 104-AFERRYTOAFRICA...... 31 109-LIFEONTHEHALLIGENISLANDS...... 31 116-HISTORICFOOTBALLMATCHINFLORENCE...... 32 117-THENEWSMANOFAZERBAIJAN...... 32 125-MOSUO,CHINA,THEWORLD'SLASTMATRIARCHY...... 32 129-THEAUTHENTICBAHAMAS...... 32 130-SLABCITYLIVINGWILDINTHEDESERT...... 33 133-JERUSALEMATDAWN...... 33 138-INDIA:THELARGESTSCHOOLMEALINTHEWORLD...... 33 150-CHARCOALBURNERSINMURES...... 33 151-IQUITOS...... 34 152-RUNAKHAN'SBANGLADESH...... 34 153-TONGA,APARADISEOFTHESOUTHSEAS?...... 34 155-RADIOPATAGONIA...... 34 161-THECHEERYCEMETERYOFROMANIA...... 35 162-SULAWESI,THELASTSEANOMADS...... 35 163-THAILAND,ROCKETSFORGODS...... 35 167-CHIVAS,THECOLORFULBUSESOFCOLOMBIA...... 35 168-THEGOODMANOFPAKISTAN...... 36 169-THECHILDPOLICEFROMINDIA...... 36 172-CAMBODIA,SWEETANDSOURRAT...... 36 175-WELCOMETOFORTMCMURRAY...... 36 176-ROSAAMELIA...... 37 178-THETREASUREHUNTERFROMBANGKOK...... 37 180-THENEWCUBA...... 37 183-ALANDARCHIPELAGO,WAITINGFORTHEICE...... 37 184-THETANGOBARSOFBUENOSAIRES...... 38 185-THEMOUNTIES-CANADA'SMOUNTEDPOLICE...... 38 187-THEJADEMARKETINTHEGOLDENTRIANGLE...... 38 197-HAVEYOUEVERHEARDTHELATVIANSSING?...... 38 198-ABOXINGLEGENDFROMNAPLES...... 39 199-THEBLITZBOYS...... 39 202-OLYMPUSISGETTINGGOING...... 39 215-CAMBODIA,ARAYOFHOPEFORKIDS...... 39 222-ZANZIBAR,AWOMEN'SORCHESTRA...... 40 223-INCHINA,INSEARCHOFAHUSBAND...... 40 227-VALPARAISO,THECITYOFLIFTS...... 40 231-GHANA'SNEWWOMEN...... 40 242-GEORGIA,DEATH-DEFYINGCABLE-CARS...... 41 246-DENMARK,THEQUEEN'SGARDEN...... 41 247-NORWAY:WHEREWOODISAWOMEN'SBUSINESS...... 41 251-THELADYBOYSOFTHAILAND...... 41 256-MALAYSIA:BIKERS,FEMALE-STYLE...... 42 257-BURMA:THE¿HANDMADE¿BRIDGEOFMYANMAR ...... 42 259-CUBA:TOTHERYTHMOFTHEBARRELORGANS ...... 42 260-CHILOEISLAND:ADIFFERENTKINDOFMOVE ...... 42 264-BELLS,QUITEANARTINITALIY ...... 43 266-GEORGIA:THECULTOFANCESTORSINSVANETIA ...... 43 267-BOLIVIA:ADOCTORWITHAHEART ...... 43 268-ZAMBIA:THEFUNOMADSOFTHEZAMBEZIRIVER ...... 43 269-LEIPZIG,THELEGENDARYCHOIRBOYS ...... 44 270-THECAROBTREE,CRETE'SBLACKGOLD ...... 44 271-CANADA,THEOLDMANANDTHERIVER ...... 44 274-MATE,THEARGENTINIANS¿ELIXIR ...... 44 275-THEBRITISHDOGWHISPERER ...... 45 280-SRILANKA:WITHRODRIGORIDINGTHEBLUETRAIN ...... 45 282-ESTONIA,THESECRETSOFASUCCESSFULLMARIAGE ...... 45 RELIGIOUS FACT...... 112-KALMYKIA,THERETURNOFTHEMONKS...... 46 124-THEMONKSOFMAJULI...... 46 NATURE & DISCOVERY...... ANIMAL...... 02-INTIWARAYASSI-BOLIVIA'SARK...... 48 08-TIMEOFSALMONS...... 48 11-REDTIDEONCHRISTMASISLAND...... 48 16-THEBRAZILIANBUFFALOPATROL...... 48 17-THEOTTERMANOFHUNGARY...... 49 18-THEHORSEMANOFPUSZTA...... 49 19-PERU:DOLPHINSINDANGER...... 49 22-THEALLIGATORPOLICE...... 49 24-SNAKEHUNTINCAMBODIA...... 50 27-THEMINE-CLEARINGRAT...... 50 28-RENDEZVOUSWITHAPHILLIPPINEEAGLE...... 50 47-THEBESTSHEEPDOGSFROMWALES...... 50 52-PEASANTSAGAINSTTHEBEAVER...... 51 59-THEHAWKDOCTOROFABUDHABI...... 51 66-THENEWNOMADICPEOPLEOFKYRGYZSTAN...... 51 81-INDIA'SJUNGLEBOOKHOSPITAL...... 51 84-BISHNOI,LOVEOFANIMALSUNTILDEATH...... 52 85-FALKLANDISLANDS-PENGUINSADVANCINGFORWARD...... 52 86-TAIPAN,THEMOSTDANGEROUSSNAKEINTHEWORLD...... 52 92-LAETIZIA,ALONEAMONGSTTHEWOLVES...... 52 94-THEMONKEYWHISPERERANDHISDREAM...... 53 97-SARDINIA'SWILDHORSERACE...... 53 105-AHOSPITALFORFLYINGFOXES...... 53 106-JORDAN,THEHORSEDYNASTIE...... 53 111-SPAIN'SLASTLYNXES...... 54 113-THELASTORANGUTANSOFSUMATRA...... 54 115-THERESCUEDOGSOFLAKEGARDA...... 54 118-THECONDORMANFROMARGENTINA...... 54 120-GUANO,THEISLANDOFAGONY...... 55 122-THEDONKEYISLAND...... 55 128-TUNISIA,THESECRETOFTHEOCTOPUSFISHERMEN...... 55 135-TUSCANY'SLASTCOWBOYS...... 55 141-DIVINGOFFCAPEHORN...... 56 142-THESHETLANDS...... 56 149-HERDINGSHEEPINICELAND...... 56 154-THAILAND'SELEPHANTS,GETOUTOFTHECITY!...... 56 157-THEKOALAHOSPITAL...... 57 159-CHASINGRATSINTHESOUTHARTICOCEAN...... 57 160-COSTARICA,LIVINGWITHTHESLOTHS...... 57 173-THEWHALESFROMTHEAZORES-PROFITABLEDEAL...... 57 179-THEPLOUGHSHARETORTOISEOFMADAGASCAR...... 58 190-THROUGHHAMBURGWITHTHESWANS...... 58 191-PERU,ANALPACAFORCHRISTOBAL...... 58 193-THEAIDERBICHLESTATE...... 58 195-ANDALUSIA-THESIGNSOFPASSION...... 59 203-TASMANIA-SYMPATHYFORTHEDEVIL...... 59 207-CRANEMIGRATIONINBHUTAN...... 59 208-BIRDISLAND,BIRDPARADISEINTHEANTARCTIC...... 59 211-KENYA,DOGSHELPINGELEPHANTS...... 60 214-SAINT-BERNARDANDITSDOGS...... 60 218-COCOS:SHARKISLAND...... 60 219-FORTHELOVEOFBIRDS...... 60 220-THECAMARGUE:THEWAROFTHETELLINES...... 61 221-VENEZUELA,MYGALE-SPIDERHUNTERS...... 61 228-THEKOMODODRAGON...... 61 229-THEBEARHUNTINGDOGSOFNEVADA...... 61 234-FLORIDA'SPYTHONCHALLENGE...... 62 235-HONEYFROMCHINA...... 62 239-VIETNAM,RESCUINGTHELASTASIATICBLACKBEARS...... 62 241-THECROCODILEKINDERGARTENOFVENEZUELA...... 62 243-THEELEPHANTHOSPITALOFTHAILAND...... 63 250-AUSTRIA,KURTANDHISWOLVES...... 63 273-THEVULTURESAREBACK ...... 63 276-MONTANA'SLASTBUFFALO ...... 63 277-SALVAGEFORTHEPANGOLIN ...... 64 TRAVEL - ADVENTURE...... 09-THEVOLCANOLADY...... 65 31-PEOPLEONTHELOIRE...... 65 33-CANADIANBUSHPILOTS...... 65 36-FROMTHECLASSROOMTOTHEKALAHARI...... 65 39-UGANDA-HOWTOGETABIKETAXI...... 66 40-ARCTIC:THEROUTEOFTHENUCLEAR-POWEREDICEBREAKERS...... 66 41-NEWYORK,THEWORLD'SSMALLESTOPERAHOUSE...... 66 45-ARGANOIL:THEWHITEGOLDOFMOROCCO...... 66 46-JOHANA:MAKEUPANDMOTOROIL...... 67 48-IDJWI-AFRICA'SFORGOTTENISLAND...... 67 49-TAIPEI101-THESKYABOVETAIWAN...... 67 53-CAMBODIA'SLASTBAMBOOTRAIN...... 67 54-WORKINGINTHESTRAITOFMAGELLAN...... 68 55-GALLAWALLAH:THESEARCHFORTHEBEST...... 68 63-INCANSALT...... 68 65-THESEAWOMENOFJAPAN...... 68 68-ST.HELENA,FORGOTTENISLANDOFTHEATLANTIC...... 69 70-SOSINTHEROCKYMOUNTAINS...... 69 71-HAWAII-BEACHBOYSONPATROL...... 69 75-VIETNAM'SMINEDPARADISE...... 69 76-THROUGHANGOLAONALOCOMOTIVE...... 70 77-SPITSBERGEN-ICYISLAND...... 70 80-THELASTCAMELCARAVANSOFTHESAHARA...... 70 82-ONTHEROADWITHTHEIRISHCOASTGUARD...... 70 83-JILLAROOS:COWGIRLSINAUSTRALIASOUTBACK...... 71 88-ALEGENDONTRACKS-SCANDINAVIASKIRUNARAILWAY...... 71 89-SIKKIM,THEANCIENTWISDOMOFTHESHAMANS...... 71 90-MR.WINFIELD'SCRAZYCARTS...... 71 95-FRENCHFOREIGNLEGION,HELLINTHERAINFOREST...... 72 96-SIBERIA'SSMOKEJUMPERS...... 72 98-THEPOLARSCHOOLOFNOMADCHILDREN...... 72 101-PALAWAN'SPEARLEMPIRE...... 72 103-MOROCCO,THEFARSIDEOFPARADISE...... 73 108-BAHIA,INTHEMOUNTAINSOFEMERALDS...... 73 119-SARK...... 73 121-THEHIGHLANDGAMES...... 73 127-LAPLAND,RUSH-HOURINTHEUPPERNORTH...... 74 136-LAKETANGANYIKA,FROMCANNONBOATTOPASSENGERVESSEL...... 74 137-THEARCTIC,ABOYBECOMESAHUNTER...... 74 143-BOLIVIA:HIGHWAYOFDEATH...... 74 146-ATACAMA,LIFEINTHEDESERT...... 75 148-BRITTANY...... 75 156-THEARCTICTRAIN...... 75 181-BEHINDTHESCENESINVENICE...... 75 205-THELEGENDARYBOATSOFOMAN...... 76 206-THESECRETFORESTOFSPREE...... 76 209-POLAND,THESECRETCHARMOFTHESUBCARPATHIANREGION...... 76 216-ALONGTHELENA,INSIBERIA...... 76 217-THECOMPAGNIEDESGUIDESDECHAMONIX...... 77 230-MYANMAR,ANUNFORGETTABLETRAINJOURNEY...... 77 232-CHINA:THEFISHERMENFROMTHECHAGANLAKE...... 77 236-CATALONIA:THEHUMANPYRAMIDEVENT...... 77 238-THECOOKISLANDS:WELCOMETOPARADISE...... 78 244-COLUMBIA¿SLITTLEISLANDOFSANTACRUZ...... 78 245-THEFAMOUSDIVERSOFMARSEILLE...... 78 248-THECOSSACKSOFTHEVOLGA...... 78 254-CHILE'SMOSTREMOTELIGHTHOUSES...... 79 255-BRICE,ACOWBOYINTHEPYRENEES...... 79 258-BURMA,THEMARBLESCULPTORSOFMANDALAY ...... 79 261-NORTHERNSCOTLAND,SEARESCUERS ...... 79 262-CROSSINGTHESIBERIANDESERTINATRUCK ...... 80 263-COLOMBIA-OLDTIMEROFTHESKIESABOVETHERAINFOREST ...... 80 272-CANADA,THEADVENTURESOFAMIDWIFEINTHEBADLANDS ...... 80 278-JAVA,THEMAGICOFSHADOWPUPPETRY ...... 80 279-FRIOUL,THEMUSICALVALLEY ...... 81 GREEN & SCIENCE...... GREEN ISSUES...... 05-PEOPLEOFTHESAND...... 84 15-OMAN:ROSESOFTHEDESERT...... 84 30-JAKARTA'SWONDROUSHERBGARDEN...... 84 44-RIODELAPLATA-SOSATTHESILVERRIVER...... 84 50-THEFLYINGFIREFIGHTERSOFVALENCIA...... 85 62-SOKOTRA,ENDANGEREDTREASUREISLAND...... 85 64-THEWOODCHOPPEROFBRITISHCOLUMBIA...... 85 67-CORNWALL'SNARCISSUSISLAND...... 85 69-PARAGUAY'SNEWHOUSES...... 86 72-ATREEHOUSEINCOSTARICA...... 86 73-SAINTPIERREANDMIQUELON,ARCHIPELAGOINISOLATION...... 86 78-WILDHORSESINTHEDANUBEDELTA...... 86 79-CRANBERRYSEASONATCAPECOD...... 87 87-LAKEBAIKAL-AWINTER'STALE...... 87 93-GROSSGLOCKNER,KINGOFTHEHIGHALPS...... 87 99-ISLANDLIVINGONAPOWDERKEG...... 87 126-POACHINGONMOUNTKENYA...... 88 139-RAFTINGTHROUGHTHETARACANYON...... 88 144-MARBLEFORANARCHY...... 88 158-TAIWAN,FLYINGFISHORNUCLEARWASTE...... 88 164-MUSTANG-ESCAPEINTHEMOUNTAINS...... 89 165-AUBRAC,COWS,CHEESE,CHAPS!...... 89 166-SAMURAIFROMFUKUSHIMA...... 89 170-VIETNAM,COBRAONTHEPLATE...... 89 171-OYSTERSFROMARCACHON...... 90 174-SOSFORSWISSMOUNTAINS...... 90 177-ELBESANDSTONEMOUNTAINS-AMYTHOFSTONEANDWOOD...... 90 186-CAMELMILK,KAZAKHSTAN'SMIRACLECURE...... 90 188-AMONGSHARKS-AREEFPATROLINTHESULUSEA...... 91 189-BOLIVIA:SMALLBEETLES,BIGMONEY!...... 91 194-THETREE-CLIMBERSFROMCALIFORNIA...... 91 196-THEICEBERGHUNTERSOFNEWFOUNDLAND...... 91 200-INDIANSINCANADA...... 92 204-THELIGHTNINGBOLTSOFCATATUMBO...... 92 213-PERU,TERRACEFARMING...... 92 253-ALONGTHERIVERMOSEL...... 92 281-THELASTSHRIMPFISHERMENOFLOUISIANA ...... 93 CINEMA - CINEMA DOCUMENTARY...... 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114 - PHILIPPINES, THE PRISON ISLAND 52'
The "Iwahig" penal colony has been located on the Philippine Island of Palawan for 107 years now.
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34 - INDIA, THE TEMPLE HAIR BUSINESS 52' 38 - SECRET OF THE SWISS WATCHES 52'
The report accompanies an Indian woman and her son, The report takes a look inside luxury watches and the who sacrifice their hair to a temple. It then follows what famous watch-making school. happens to their hair as it becomes part of the "temple hair" business.
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107 - PANAMA HAT, THE STYLE ICON 52' 123 - THE KNIFE CONFLICT OF LAGUIOLE 52'
The Panama hat is Ecuador's largest export. In former days, it used to belong in the pocket of many men, in France and elsewhere. This pocket knife is handmade and unbreakable, and is a striking and highly original item.
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145 - TREASURE TROVE OF SCENTS 52' 201 - MOHAIR, LUXURIOUS WOOL FROM SOUTH AFRICA 52'
The city of Grasse in the South of France is, without Mohair is considered one of the highest quality natural a doubt, the center of the art of perfume making. fibers: silky in appearance and to the touch. The first Fragonard and Molinard are headquartered here, as Steiff Teddy Bear from 1902 was made of mohair wool, well as providers of raw material for the international a mohair pullover was the trademark of Edie Sedgwick, perfume industry. Andy Warhol's muse. Even grunge legend Kurt Cobain was often seen wearing a mohai...
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210 - YOGA, TRADITIONAL MEDICINE OF INDIA 224 - CURAÇAO, A PASSION FOR ANTIQUE 52' CARS 52'
Yoga is an emblematic discipline of Indian society. The On the island of Curaçao, known first and foremost for Iyengar school was founded in Pune in East India by the liqueur to which it has given its name, cars are taken B.K.S. very seriously.
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226 - A NEAPOLITAN WEDDING 52' 233 - CHRISTMAS IN THE DANUBE DELTA 52'
A plunge into the splendour of Neapolitan weddings, Here, Christmas is celebrated on 7 January, in the pure which include events such as the releasing of white tradition of the Russian Orthodox church. doves, helicopter flights and fireworks.
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237 - FEMALE TATTOO TRADITION IN TUNISIA 240 - INDIA, AYURVEDA MEDICINE 52' 52'
Only a handful of tattoo artists remain in the city of In India, this thousand-year-old practice is now Tunis. There is only one woman among them: Manel recognized by conventional medicine. In Varanasi, we Mahdouani, aged 28. meet a young doctor who uses this technique.
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252 - SWITZERLAND'S TRADITIONAL ALPINE WRESTLERS 52'
The Federal Wrestling and Alpine Games Festival is one of the biggest sporting events in Switzerland, and takes place every three years.
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06 - THAI INSECT FAST FOOD 52' 29 - A MEAL FOR THE GODS 52'
Patpong, the entertainment district of Bangkok has more In the kitchen of a restaurant in the Brazilian town of to offer than just clubs and table dance bars. Bahia the cook prepares a good, hearty dish consisting of beans and meat - a traditional Feijoada.
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42 - KYUCHU: WHERE THE GREEN TEA GROWS 43 - CAVIAR - TREASURE FROM IRAN 52' 52'
This report shows how the famous Japanese green tea is Few people connect the world's most expensive delicacy cultivated, explores its healing power and explains how with the "Land of the Mullahs", as caviar, a symbol of deeply the tea has penetrated Japanese society. decadence and excess, does not quite suit the Shiite theocracy at first sight. Yet more than 70 percent of the worldwide caviar supply comes from Iran.
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51 - THE WINE PRIEST OF BALI 52' 56 - THE WHISKY SECRET OF ISLAY 52'
For most people, Bali is known as a tropical vacation Because of its numerous distilleries, Scotland is called paradise, yet it is also internationally recognized as a the "Land of Whisky". winegrowing region.
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57 - GEORGIA, CRADLE OF WINE 52' 91 - ANATOLIA, LAND OF THE APRICOTS 52'
360° GEO - Report portrays a changing wine region 360° GEO - Report not only captures the harvesting of that is torn between the ancient traditions of its soviet apricots but becomes witness to a family in upheaval. heritage and modern market requirements.
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100 - CHAMPAGNE FOR EVERYONE! 52' 102 - ARMENIA'S FRUIT OF PARADISE 52'
360° GEO- Report visits 2 reputable Champagne makers, 360° GEO -Report visits a fruit-orchard owner in the and traces the philosophy of this sparkling zest for life. village Nrnadzor, in Southern Armenia, whose daily routine revolves around the pomegranate.
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110 - RUM IN GUADELOUPE 52' 131 - THE TASTE OF AUSTRALIA 52'
The French overseas department of Guadeloupe is the Australia is the land of kangaroos, boomerangs and home of what is probably the world's best Rum. The didgeridoos. Fine sophisticated cuisine is not something Rum is produced in the island's distilleries following associated with the 5th continent. And yet the country the strict quality-assurance rules of the Rhum Agricole offers an abundance of tastes, unknown spices, animals Guadeloupe registered designation of origin. and plants.
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132 - FINE COCOA FROM ESMERALDAS 52' 147 - MEZCALERO MASTERS IN MEXICO 52'
Cacao Nacional from Ecuador is also known as The caterpillar in its bottle made it famous. Many know "Theobroma Cacao" or "food of the gods". The pods Mezcal as 'the liquor with the insect', even though there's grow in the remotest regions of the country, including in so much more to the drink. small villages along the Rio Santiago and the Rio Napo.
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192 - THE BREAD OF CORSICA 52' 225 - INSECTS, THE FOOD OF TOMORROW? 52'
"As long as we have chestnuts, then we have bread," is Fancy a grasshopper salad or a cricket muesli bar? the motto of Corsica. For centuries chestnut trees have Refined dishes such as these could soon end up on played a vital role in agricultural life. our plates. In southern Spain, Laetitia and Julien have founded one of Europe's first insect farms.
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265 - THE CREMANT D¿ALSACE, FINE AND FESTIVE BUBBLES 52' - NEW
Like the noble champagne, this bubbly wine is made using the traditional champagne method - except it is made in Alsace.
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12 - RIO: FROM STREET-WALK TO CAT-WALK 134 - SEARCHING FOR MODELS IN SIBERIA 52' 52'
The film accompanies the women of Imperatriz Girls from Siberia have become staples of the fashion Leopoldina Alley from the street-walk to the catwalk. world. With tender, almost elvish features, their exotic faces have been setting the look of magazine covers and catwalks in China and Japan.
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07 - RIDERS ON THE WIND 52' 13 - THAILAND: CHILDREN IN THE BOXING RING 52'
They fly to incredible heights, where oxygen is scarce. From striking with the knee, to hitting with the elbows, Up to an altitude of 12.000 meters, without an engine. to high kicks with the shin in the opponent's ribs - almost By sheer thermal lift, they glide silently over the highest everything is allowed in the martial art of Muay Thai. summits.
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26 - WRESTLING WOMEN IN MEXICO 52' 60 - NEW ZEALAND'S RACE OF EXCESSES 52'
"Lucha libre", or "free fight" is not a Mexican variant of 360° GEO - Report was there observing preparations North American wrestling, but a mass phenomenon that for New Zealand's Ultramarathon and experienced first reflects the mentality of the Latinos in Middle and South hand how a former theft still continues to rile New America. Zealanders and sets various tribes against each other.
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182 - ICE HOCKEY, A DREAM FOR GIRLS IN THE 212 - MEXICO, BAREFOOTED BASKETBALL HIMALAYAS 52' PLAYERS 52'
Ice hockey has been played in Ladakh for women and In the Mexican State of Oaxaca, playing football among girls for some time. Twenty-year-old Tsewang Chuskit is the pine forests is a tricky endeavour. So fifty years ago, one of the best female players there. missionaries brought basketball, and it has since become very popular.
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249 - ICELAND: THE SWAMP SOCCER CRAZE 52'
Iceland, the island state out in the middle of the North Atlantic, has about 320,000 inhabitants and is known for its love for its unique customs.
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01 - ETTI'S SALON 52' 03 - ON A BUS SHOP THROUGH LATVIA 52'
Dressed in pink from head to toe, Elitha Suarti Heirunas 3 times a week, Janis Cukmachs hits the road in his red welcomes her female customers. For more than 20 years, minivan. 62-year-old Etti - as she is known to her customers - has run a beauty parlor in the heart of Bukittinggi on Western Sumatra.
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04 - THE ISLAND OF THE GRACEFULLY AGED 10 - VENEZUELA - THE OLD WOMAN AND THE 52' SEA 52'
The inhabitants of the Japanese island of Miyako The film accompanies Luisa Vargas and her family during cultivate the art of living a graceful and long life. This their daily struggle with nature. "sprightly and bouncy" adventure is full of life ...and poetry.
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14 - COLOMBIA: THE JOURNEY OF A FERRIS 20 - POSTMAN OF THE HIMALAYA 52' WHEEL 52'
The film accompanies César Romoleroux on his 64-year old Dilip Kumar takes parcels and letters to extraordinary journey and portrays a country that is places where there are no streets or roads. He brings laboriously trying to step out of the shadow of its past the mail to the most isolated villages in the high altitude and head for a new, more pleasant future. areas of the Indian Himalayas.
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21 - WENZHOU - CITY OF SHOES 52' 23 - ON THE ROAD WITH MOSCOW CIRCUS SCHOOL 52'
The film provides deep insight into China's rapid social It is the end of July. A group of young artists from the and economical changes. famous Moscow Circus School has taken their exams and is now spending two weeks' vacation on the shores of Lake Seliger.
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25 - WITCH-HUNT IN TANZANIA 52' 35 - MAURITANIA - UPRISING OF THE FISHERWOMEN 52'
For hundreds of years, people in Tanzania have lived For centuries, the Imraguen people have been fishing in fear of witchcraft. Witches are said to cause bad along the Mauritanian coast. harvests, female infertility or professional failures.
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37 - NICARAGUA - THE BANE OF THE LOBSTER 58 - GALICIA'S DEATH COAST 52' DIVERS 52'
This report accompanies Indian divers on what could be 360°GEO - Report accompanies goose barnacle their last dives. It also portrays a young American who fishermen on a trip to the deadly cliffs. But even there, endeavours to help injured divers. the goose barnacle population is declining rapidly.
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61 - YEMEN'S VEILED FUTURE 52' 74 - RWANDA - LAND OF WOMEN 52'
360° GEO - Report takes a behind-the-scenes look at the 360° GEO - Report met the powerful women of Rwanda. country of Yemen.
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104 - A FERRY TO AFRICA 52' 109 - LIFE ON THE HALLIGEN ISLANDS 52'
360° - GEO Report visits the strait of Gibraltar and meets A harsh wind blowing across the North Frisian Islands. the people that live and work there. But the strapping Patrick Andresen, in his mid-30s, does not let the weather disturb his work. He is wearing his sou'wester, the most important item of clothing on the Halligen Islands.
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116 - HISTORIC FOOTBALL MATCH IN FLORENCE 117 - THE NEWS MAN OF AZERBAIJAN 52' 52'
Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance, is today a so- Still today, there are no phones, no Internet and no called "museum-city" or "postcard-city". The small city newspapers in the remote areas of Azerbaijan. The center is invaded by thousands of tourists every day. newsman or "Ashig" has always played an important role in this Eastern culture over the centuries.
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125 - MOSUO, CHINA, THE WORLD'S LAST 129 - THE AUTHENTIC BAHAMAS 52' MATRIARCHY 52'
Where women are in positions of authority, problems are The Bahamas - an archipelago in the western Atlantic discussed, there is hardly any violence, and the crime that has long been the subject of legends. Over 700 rate is negligible islands and 2,000 coral reefs form this island paradise. Cat Island is one of the few continuously populated islands.
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130 - SLAB CITY LIVING WILD IN THE DESERT 133 - JERUSALEM AT DAWN 52' 52'
Slab City may well be the most unconventional Jerusalem's Old City is divided into Jewish, Armenian, community in North America. It boasts a blend of Christian and Muslim Quarters. down shifters, artists, hippies and anarchists living in their motor homes, rent-free and uninhibited by social obligations.
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138 - INDIA: THE LARGEST SCHOOL MEAL IN 150 - CHARCOAL BURNERS IN MURES 52' THE WORLD 52'
The Indian NGO Akshaya Patra runs 17 industrial kitchens Time stands still in the small Romanian village of Saschiz in eight Indian states, and feeds 120 million students. in the Mures region. Charcoal burner Vari Domokos, his These are children whose parents cannot afford a warm wife Margareta and his son Csaba leave their small farm meal for their offspring. every morning to reach their woodpiles in the mountain forests.
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151 - IQUITOS 52' 152 - RUNA KHAN'S BANGLADESH 52'
Peru's Venice lies 3,646 kilometers west of the Atlantic Bangladesh is about half the size of Italy. 2 thirds of its and 1,859 east of the Pacific: the district of Belén as well surface are flooded for most of the year. as the entire city of Iquitos can only be reached by boat or plane.
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153 - TONGA, A PARADISE OF THE SOUTH 155 - RADIO PATAGONIA 52' SEAS ? 52'
Tonga, a paradise in the South Seas and at first sight In Patagonia, radio is a crucial everyday tool, as it is a dreamlike idyll. The mild climate and the abundant the only way to communicate with one's family, friends vegetation promise ideal living conditions in Polynesia's and the "civilised world". People send messages via the oldest kingdom but for many years now, poverty, despair simplest and oldest method - radio! and a lack of medical supplies are the reasons many inhabitants emigrate.
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161 - THE CHEERY CEMETERY OF ROMANIA 52' 162 - SULAWESI, THE LAST SEA NOMADS 52'
The "Cimitirul Vesel" in Sâpânta, in the North of Romania The Bajau are nomads of the seas. For over 3 centuries, is an unusual cemetery. As unusual as its name, which this population of fishermen, hunters and gatherers have translates as: "the cheerful cemetery". sailed the seas between Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Their boats are their only home.
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163 - THAILAND, ROCKETS FOR GODS 52' 167 - CHIVAS, THE COLORFUL BUSES OF COLOMBIA 52'
The "Bun Bang Fai" rocket festival is mainly celebrated Brightly-colored buses are the landmarks of many in North Thailand, every year before the rainy season - Columbian towns. They are the most important means with music, dance performances and processions. of transport in the backcountry.
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168 - THE GOOD MAN OF PAKISTAN 52' 169 - THE CHILD POLICE FROM INDIA 52'
Pakistan is frequently in the news for Muslim According to an old Indian law, when a police officer dies fundamentalism, sectarian violence, and political or is killed, his son is allowed to step up and take his place instability. But one man seems to be working toward a as the provider of his family. new vision of Pakistan.
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172 - CAMBODIA, SWEET AND SOUR RAT 52' 175 - WELCOME TO FORT MCMURRAY 52'
The inhabitants of the Cambodian village Prek Khmeng A few years ago, the Canadian city of Fort McMurray was live on fish and rats. nothing more than a sleepy little village.
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176 - ROSA AMELIA 52' 178 - THE TREASURE HUNTER FROM BANGKOK 52'
The financial crisis has brought Portugal to the brink of The Chao Phraya river winds like a snake through the ruin. Unemployment rates are high, savings are being metropolis of Bangkok. Every day, a handful of men dive eaten up, and people mistrust each other. But market- for treasure - with home-made diving bells! stall holder Rosa Amélia is an exception.
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180 - THE NEW CUBA 52' 183 - ALAND ARCHIPELAGO, WAITING FOR THE ICE 52'
Cuba, decades after the revolution. There is a new The Åland islands in western Finland are an archipelago spirit emerging in Havana. Reforms are encouraging new situated about 40 km (24 miles) from the Swedish coast. business ideas and a large number of licenses have been Summer lasts only a few weeks there, and during the issued for independent enterprise. The sale of real estate short summer season, nature-loving tourists flock to the and cars has been legalized. skerries and islands. It is not like that in the winter. As temperatures drop i...
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184 - THE TANGO BARS OF BUENOS AIRES 52' 185 - THE MOUNTIES - CANADA'S MOUNTED POLICE 52'
Buenos Aires is loud and bewildering. But the city is also Wearing their traditional red uniform and riding on a symbol of melancholy, which is reflected in the many horseback, the "Mounties" have long been a national bars, honky-tonks and milongas where tango is danced symbol of Canada. The 32-person troop of the Royal each night. Few people have grown as rich on the music Canadian Mounted Police riders present their cavalry or the tango as the married couple Marcelo and Lucila. drill skills on national commemorative days and on tours lasting many months performing the ...
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187 - THE JADE MARKET IN THE GOLDEN 197 - HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE LATVIANS TRIANGLE 52' SING ? 52'
Mandalay, the former capital of Myanmar, is the center of Riga, the 2014 cultural capital, wants to put itself in the the jade market. More than 10,000 traders and polishers limelight. The 2008 financial crisis pushed the country make their living from the jade market, doing business into a deep social abyss - the jobless rate increased and with the "kidney stones". many companies were forced to declare bankruptcy.
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198 - A BOXING LEGEND FROM NAPLES 52' 199 - THE BLITZ BOYS 52'
For half a century now, 77-year-old Lucio Zurlo has been Fred and Hugo have given up their comfortable life as running Naples most successful professional boxing white-collar workers so that they can devote their time gym, "Vesuviana Boxe". He trains young men and to a shared passion: recreating vintage motorcycles. women there, getting them ready for local, national or Three years ago the two mechanical artists founded even international fights. "Blitz Motorcycles" in order to create the bikes of their dreams.
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202 - OLYMPUS IS GETTING GOING 52' 215 - CAMBODIA, A RAY OF HOPE FOR KIDS 52'
The Olympus mountain chain runs along the east coast In Cambodia, Sitha and Sreymom have adopted about of Greece only 20 km (12 miles) inland from the Aegean thirty street children in order to save them from poverty. coast. It is the highest mountain range in Greece, and literally means a "glowing heaven," a "place infused with light" and is the dwelling place of the ancient Greek gods.
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222 - ZANZIBAR, A WOMEN'S ORCHESTRA 52' 223 - IN CHINA, IN SEARCH OF A HUSBAND 52'
The island of Zanzibar, a dream destination in the Indian A journey into the Yunnan mountains, in the footsteps Ocean, is home to a blend of various ethnic groups, of Meiyun, a young woman from the Hani ethnic group, religions and cultures. who has been ordered to hurry up and find a husband.
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227 - VALPARAISO, THE CITY OF LIFTS 52' 231 - GHANA'S NEW WOMEN 52'
A dizzying report, alongside the mechanics who carry In Ghana, a new generation of women is emerging, out maintenance work on the legendary Valparaíso brimming over with projects to rewrite the future of the "ascensores", which are adversely affected by the African continent. weather and the elements.
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242 - GEORGIA, DEATH-DEFYING CABLE-CARS 246 - DENMARK, THE QUEEN'S GARDEN 52' 52'
In Chiatura, a hilly mining town in the heart of the Before the arrival Margrethe II in her summer residence, Caucasus mountains, a rundown network of cable-cars the gardeners work hard to spruce up the park, paying dating from the Soviet era is still in service. It requires particular attention to the daisies, the queen's favorite nerves of steel to ride in them. flowers.
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247 - NORWAY: WHERE WOOD IS A WOMEN'S 251 - THE LADYBOYS OF THAILAND 52' BUSINESS 52'
In Norway, wood is a deep-rooted This is the history of a revolutionary painter struggling tradition, as well as a vital natural against the prejudices of his time, and the relationships resource. For the sake of environmental protection he maintained with the artists of his era. Over his 86- and sustainable development, a team of female forest year lifespan, Kupka (1871-1957) lived through one of rangers has dedicated itself to the balanced exploitation the richest periods in the history of art - the early 20th of the forest. century.
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256 - MALAYSIA: BIKERS, FEMALE-STYLE 52' 257 - BURMA : THE ¿HANDMADE¿ BRIDGE OF MYANMAR 52' - NEW
If you're one of the 35 members of the first all-female Every year, after the summer floods, the inhabitants of Ducati motorcycle club of Southeast Asia you can be the Sin Kin village build a bridge exclusively from of both Muslim and independent, both religious and fun- bamboo, in a remarkable burst of solidarity. loving.
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259 - CUBA: TO THE RYTHM OF THE BARREL 260 - CHILOE ISLAND : A DIFFERENT KIND OF ORGANS 52' - NEW MOVE 52' - NEW
In the province of Granma, in the South-West of On Chiloe island, when you move to another house, you Cuba, fiestas cannot be celebrated without órganos don't need to pack your boxes, you just bring the entire orientales. These are true masterpieces of string- house with you. This is a South American tradition named instrument craftsmanship that were initially imported "minga" in which the entire village participates. from France.
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264 - BELLS, QUITE AN ART IN ITALIY 52' - NEW 266 - GEORGIA : THE CULT OF ANCESTORS IN SVANETIA 52' - NEW
Monopoli is a city in Apulia counting 86.000 inhabitants. During the endless winter nights, the Svans come into It has recently been faced with a problem: one of its contact with the kingdom of the dead by performing a churches has no more bells - a situation tantamount to strange cult in honour of their ancestors. heresy in such a catholic country... The bell was replaced by a recording a few years back but lightning put the setup out of order.
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267 - BOLIVIA: A DOCTOR WITH A HEART 52' - 268 - ZAMBIA : THE FU NOMADS OF THE UHD - NEW ZAMBEZI RIVER 52' - NEW
A married couple of German doctors are fighting to bring Every year, to mark their departure from flooded zones, high-tech care to Bolivian children suffering from heart the Lozi people organise a grand ritual ceremony named diseases. First in La Paz, then in the city of El Alto - at << Kuomboka >>, which means "leaving the water to a height of 4.000 meters - or on the shores of the lake reach dry land". Titicaca.
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269 - LEIPZIG, THE LEGENDARY CHOIR BOYS 270 - THE CAROB TREE, CRETE'S BLACK GOLD 52' - NEW 52' - UHD - NEW
Created more than 800 years ago and currently A travel to Crete to discover the secrets and boons of composed of 93 boys aged from 9 to 19, Saint-Thomas the Carob fruit - the tree has renewed the local economy. church's choir in Leipzig is internationally renowned. Rich in fibers, vitamins, calcium and iron, the carob powder offers a substitute to cocoa that is without fats or caffeine.
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271 - CANADA, THE OLD MAN AND THE RIVER 274 - MATE, THE ARGENTINIANS¿ ELIXIR 52' - 52' - UHD - NEW UHD - NEW
In the Canadian Wild North, Stan Hutchings has Mate is the Argentinian national drink. 250 million been observing the salmon migration for the Canadia kilograms of Mate tea are produced each year in the government for almost forty years. Although his country. But Mate is not just a drink; it is also a plant - counting is essential for the knowledge of salmon stocks, more specifically a tree: The Yerba Mate his position will be eliminated...
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275 - THE BRITISH DOG WHISPERER 52' - UHD - 280 - SRI LANKA: WITH RODRIGO RIDING THE NEW BLUE TRAIN 52' - NEW
An expert on canine behavior, Roger Mugford knows Built by British engineers in the XIXth century, this Sri- how to tame even the most aggressive dogs. This animal Lankan railroad was initially designed for transporting therapist regularly works for the royal family. He even cinnamon, pepper, tea and coffee. It is one of the most testified before the tribunal when the Princess Anne's scenic routes in the world, connecting the mountains bull-terrier bit and clawed two little boys. from the hinterland to the capital city.
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282 - ESTONIA, THE SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFULL MARIAGE 52' - NEW
The summer is wedding season in Estonia - and indeed, marital alliances in this country are traditionally celebrated in the open air. Estonians go to great lengths to make this special day unforgettable.
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112 - KALMYKIA, THE RETURN OF THE MONKS 124 - THE MONKS OF MAJULI 52' 52'
Sanan Matvenov is only 26 years old but since he is 13 The Island of Majuli is known as the cultural center of years old, he studies the teachings of Buddha. Along with Assam and houses 22 Hindu Vaishnava monasteries, 7 other monks between the age of 13 and 26 he lives in originally known as the "Satras" in India the temple of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia.
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02 - INTI WARA YASSI - BOLIVIA'S ARK 52' 08 - TIME OF SALMONS 52'
At Inti Wara Yassi in Bolivia, more than 200 monkeys, Boiling lakes, geysers, glaciers and fire-spitting hundreds of parrots and toucans, and a few wildcats and volcanoes at 4,000 metres altitude - to the far east tortoises have found refuge. of Russia, near the borders with Asia and Alaska, lies Kamchatka, a pristine wilderness, one of the last on earth.
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11 - RED TIDE ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND 52' 16 - THE BRAZILIAN BUFFALO PATROL 52'
They look like a pocket-knife on 8 legs, are armoured like The inhabitants of the Amazon island of Marajo ride on gladiators and reach the size of a dinner plate. Yet Red exceptional animals. Land Crabs are markedly peaceful - and a rarity.
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17 - THE OTTER MAN OF HUNGARY 52' 18 - THE HORSEMAN OF PUSZTA 52'
The film accompanies Pál Gera during several months Hortobagy is a village in the heart of the Puszta plain, of his work and provides an insight into the everyday an amazing landscape of steppe and wetlands in Eastern challenge of raising an orphaned otter pup. Hungary, with a 2000-year heritage of natural and human history.
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19 - PERU: DOLPHINS IN DANGER 52' 22 - THE ALLIGATOR POLICE 52'
This film accompanies a dedicated couple from the Scot Barbon works as a gardener most of the time, but Peruvian coast to the rivers of the Amazon on their recently he has less and less time to cut grass, because mission for save the dolphins. he also works as an alligator trapper in Florida.
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24 - SNAKEHUNT IN CAMBODIA 52' 27 - THE MINE-CLEARING RAT 52'
In the rainy season, when the forests around the Tonlé A Tanzanian man - Mkumbo - walks slowly in a beautiful Sap are flooded by water, many families leave their garden talking to an animal. floating villages and set out to hunt water snakes.
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28 - RENDEZVOUS WITH A PHILLIPPINE EAGLE 47 - THE BEST SHEEPDOGS FROM WALES 52' 52'
A moving story about a special partnership between The film follows Nigel and his dogs throughout the man and eagle. summer.
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52 - PEASANTS AGAINST THE BEAVER 52' 59 - THE HAWKDOCTOR OF ABU DHABI 52'
There are only a few animals that create their own 360° GEO - Report visits takes a trip to the vet and environment - like the beaver. accompanies the doctor on her daily mission dedicated to the feathered treasures of the sheiks.
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66 - THE NEW NOMADIC PEOPLE OF 81 - INDIA'S JUNGLE BOOK HOSPITAL 52' KYRGYZSTAN 52'
360° GEO - Report accompanies the Kyrgyzstani nomad 360° GEO - Report accompanies animal rescuers on their family and their 600 animals as they trek through gorges missions through the wilderness and in the villages on and rapid mountain springs. the Brahmaputra river.
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84 - BISHNOI, LOVE OF ANIMALS UNTIL DEATH 85 - FALKLAND ISLANDS - PENGUINS 52' ADVANCING FORWARD 52'
360° GEO - Report visits the Bishnoi. Will they achieve 360° GEO - Report captures the rough beauty of the their goal of preserving the population of endangered Falkland Islands on camera, and plunges into the life of species in their biological reserve? the penguin colonies at the far end of the world.
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86 - TAIPAN, THE MOST DANGEROUS SNAKE IN 92 - LAETIZIA, ALONE AMONGST THE WOLVES THE WORLD 52' 52'
360 - GEO Report joins Professor Brian Grieg Fry as he 360° GEO - Report looks over the shoulder of this carries out his thrilling job. exceptional woman as she works with wolves.
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94 - THE MONKEY WHISPERER AND HIS DREAM 97 - SARDINIA'S WILD HORSE RACE 52' 52'
360° GEO - Report accompanies David van Gennep 360° GEO- Report follows horseriders at the so-called a committed animal rights activist and his team of "Ardia" of Sedilo, and joins them during their risky volunteers during on a distinctly moving mission. spectacle of horsemanship.
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105 - A HOSPITAL FOR FLYING FOXES 52' 106 - JORDAN, THE HORSE DYNASTIE 52'
Jenny MacLean is the founder of a hospital for flying fox Alia Bint al Hussein, the half sister of Jordan's Regent bats in the north of Australia, in Queensland. Every year, Abdullah, has devoted herself since her youth to horse between November and January, all the flying foxes in breeding. the area are being infected by an unexplored disease.
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111 - SPAIN'S LAST LYNXES 52' 113 - THE LAST ORANG UTANS OF SUMATRA 52'
10 years ago, Europe almost witnessed the first dying Today there are only 6000 Orang-Utans living in out of a predatory cat since the sabre-toothed tiger Sumatra. According to pessimistic evaluations the when only about a hundred Iberian Lynxes remained in chances of this threatened species to survive seem existance. rather limited.
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115 - THE RESCUE DOGS OF LAKE GARDA 52' 118 - THE CONDOR MAN FROM ARGENTINA 52'
The Cani Salvataggio are the swimming rescue dogs of Patagonia, a land of eternal winds and unspoilt nature, is civil defense. Most of them are from Newfoundland. home to the world's largest bird - the Andean Condor, with its average wingspan of 3 meters.
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120 - GUANO, THE ISLAND OF AGONY 52' 122 - THE DONKEY ISLAND 52'
Millions of sea birds nest on the Peruvian coastline. Their With 6,000 donkeys for 24,000 inhabitants, the Island excrement - guano - is highly valuable, and is exported of Lamu off the coast of Kenya certainly holds the world as fertilizer all over the world. record.
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128 - TUNISIA, THE SECRET OF THE OCTOPUS 135 - TUSCANY'S LAST COWBOYS 52' FISHERMEN 52'
Equipped with only a clay jug, a stick and a trident, the At the heart of the Maremma, Tuscany's coastal region, fishermen of the Tunisian Islands Kerkennah set out on cattle and horses have been bred for over thousands of the ocean. years. Cattle herders are known here as "Butteri" - they are tough and resilient.
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141 - DIVING OFF CAPE HORN 52' 142 - THE SHETLANDS 52'
Mid-July, during the Antarctic winter when night-time The Shetlands, off the north coast of Scotland, are temperatures sink to -20ºC, marks the beginning of the made up of more than 100 islands. Only 16 of them are Centolla season on Tierra del Fuego. inhabited. No place is further than 3 miles from the sea.
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149 - HERDING SHEEP IN ICELAND 52' 154 - THAILAND'S ELEPHANTS, GET OUT OF THE CITY! 52'
Starting at the beginning of September, the Northern In former times, 4 thousand elephants and their Mahouts Lights unveil their magical patterns on Iceland's starry used to work in Thailand's forestry. skies.
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157 - THE KOALA HOSPITAL 52' 159 - CHASING RATS IN THE SOUTH ARTIC OCEAN 52'
Today, only a few thousand remaining koalas live on 65-year-old Peter Garden is known as the most Koala Coast in the Southeast of Queensland. Throughout experienced helicopter pilot in nature conservation, Australia, there are between just 40,000 and 100,000 worldwide. He has already clocked up over 15,000 flight animals. hours on duty, to free precious habitats from invasive species.
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160 - COSTA RICA, LIVING WITH THE SLOTHS 173 - THE WHALES FROM THE AZORES - 52' PROFITABLE DEAL 52'
The drive from San Jose, in Costa Rica's central There is a goldmine atmosphere in the Azores: in the highlands, to the seaport of Puerto Limon on the crystal-clear water live 21 species of whales and dolphins. Caribbean Coast, takes approximately 3 hours.
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179 - THE PLOUGHSHARE TORTOISE OF 190 - THROUGH HAMBURG WITH THE SWANS MADAGASCAR 52' 52'
The angonoka tortoise, as the local Madagascans call When Hamburg developed into a free imperial city in the ploughshare tortoise, is an especially elegant tortoise about 1400, it chose to keep swans as a symbol of with a high-domed golden shell. Reaching an age of freedom and independence - at the time a privilege well over 100 years, they are found in the wild only on normally given to princes, dukes and kings. Starting in Madagascar, off the south-eastern coast of Africa. 1674, Hamburg punished anyone who insulted, injured or killed the swans.
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191 - PERU, AN ALPACA FOR CHRISTOBAL 52' 193 - THE AIDERBICHL ESTATE 52'
Right up to today the Q'eros live in their remote "Protecting animals is the same as protecting humans." mountain villages with no electricity or phones. Their Statements like this are used by the founder of the most important source of income is wool from the Aiderbichl Estate, Michael Aufhauser, to justify his alpacas, and every family has at least one herd. commitment to aging, abandoned or neglected animals.
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195 - ANDALUSIA - THE SIGNS OF PASSION 52' 203 - TASMANIA - SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL 52'
The 400-head herd of cattle owned by Donna Alicia Tasmania is Australia's natural wonder and home to a Chico will be on the move for about 20 days, through unique animal kingdom. It is paradise on Earth. But it is rivers and towns, across streets and mountains, on the a paradise which became hell for its devil. way to summer pastures about 400 km (248 miles) away in northern Andalusia. The cattle and their drovers follow centuries-old tracks.
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207 - CRANE MIGRATION IN BHUTAN 52' 208 - BIRD ISLAND, BIRD PARADISE IN THE ANTARCTIC 52'
Cranes are considered to bring good luck. Every year in The sanctuary of Bird Island is highly prized by the October, they arrive in droves to spend the winter in the seabirds that lay their eggs there. Yet this Subantarctic Phobjikha Valley. paradise has become severely threatened by rats.
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211 - KENYA, DOGS HELPING ELEPHANTS 52' 214 - SAINT-BERNARD AND ITS DOGS 52'
Amboseli National Park in Kenya is a small paradise, one Nestled high up in the Swiss mountains, the legendary of the last in the world. Its savannah, which stretches as Great St Bernard Pass is well known for its hospice. far as the eye can see, is vital to animal wildlife.
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218 - COCOS: SHARK ISLAND 52' 219 - FOR THE LOVE OF BIRDS 52'
The Pacific coast of Costa Rica is home to many different Until the 17th century, the northern bald ibis, a migratory species of shark, which are ruthlessly hunted for the bird, was a common species in Europe. Today, they are lucrative business of their fins. only rarely seen in zoos.
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220 - THE CAMARGUE: THE WAR OF THE 221 - VENEZUELA, MYGALE-SPIDER HUNTERS TELLINES 52' 52'
In the Camargue, intensive and illegal fishing is The Piaroa people in Venezuela have a special threatening the telline, a seafood that is much relationship with mygale spiders. They hunt them appreciated for its nutty flavour. during the rainy season and believe they have mystical properties.
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228 - THE KOMODO DRAGON 52' 229 - THE BEAR HUNTING DOGS OF NEVADA 52'
A wild adventure in Indonesia, on the trail of the world's In Nevada, brown bears are not afraid to root around in largest varan, the Komodo dragon. people's dustbins. In doing so, they run the risk of being shot.
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234 - FLORIDA'S PYTHON CHALLENGE 52' 235 - HONEY FROM CHINA 52'
Native to Asia, the black-tailed python has become a For millennia, itinerant beekeepers have plied China, popular pet in the United States, and has now taken especially the southwestern province of Yunnan. up residence in the Everglades natural park, where it is threatening the fragile ecosystem.
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239 - VIETNAM, RESCUING THE LAST ASIATIC 241 - THE CROCODILE KINDERGARTEN OF BLACK BEARS 52' VENEZUELA 52'
In Vietnam, the Asiatic black bear is subjected to great A great predator of South America, the Orinoco suffering to extract its bile, highly prized in traditional crocodile is threatened with extinction. In Venezuela, medicine for its supposed aphrodisiac qualities and to young specimens are reared on a farm before being treat ills ranging from bruising to liver cancer. released into the wild.
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243 - THE ELEPHANT HOSPITAL OF THAILAND 250 - AUSTRIA, KURT AND HIS WOLVES 52' 52'
Considered bringers of luck in Thailand, elephants are At the Wolf Science Center near Vienna, biologist Kurt an integral part of national culture. Kotrschal and his team of scientists are trying to identify what distinguishes dogs from wolves.
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273 - THE VULTURES ARE BACK 52' - NEW 276 - MONTANA'S LAST BUFFALO 52' - UHD - NEW
These past years, thanks to the efforts of a few An iconic beast of the Great Plains, the bison nonetheless ornithologists, vultures have reappeared in the Vercors threatened by the agricultural holders whose lands it and the Verdon. Let's go and discover the mountainous treads during its annual migration in spring. landscapes of the South of France and these amazing birds of prey....
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277 - SALVAGE FOR THE PANGOLIN 52' - UHD - NEW
One of the mammals most affected by poaching in the world, pangolins are now an endangered species. The animals confiscated by customs are often sick and weakened - they are cared for in rescue centers before being released in the wild.
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09 - THE VOLCANO LADY 52' 31 - PEOPLE ON THE LOIRE 52'
The film accompanies Ludmilla Ossipenko on her The Loire is the longest river in France, flowing 1,020 breathtaking expedition through the land of fire-spitting kilometers from its source in Ardèche to its estuary mountains. between Nantes and St. Nazaire.
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33 - CANADIAN BUSH PILOTS 52' 36 - FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE KALAHARI 52'
In Nunavik, in the far North of Canada, there are no paths 12 Namibian pupils from the capital Windhoek are or roads connecting the isolated Inuit communities, following in the footsteps of their idols Charles Darwin which mostly number only a few hundred inhabitants. and Alexander von Humboldt.
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39 - UGANDA - HOW TO GET A BIKE TAXI 52' 40 - ARCTIC: THE ROUTE OF THE NUCLEAR- POWERED ICEBREAKERS 52'
In this part of Uganda, transport mainly takes the form This report accompanies a polar cargo ship through the of pedal power. And the boda-boda (a bicycle-taxi) is a Arctic Sea and provides a rare insight into the interior of highly sought-after vehicle. the Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker float.
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41 - NEW YORK, THE WORLD'S SMALLEST 45 - ARGAN OIL: THE WHITE GOLD OF OPERA HOUSE 52' MOROCCO 52'
This report takes a look behind the scenes of the world's This report follows the process of making Argan smallest opera house, in the heart of New York. oil, beginning with the harvest and ending with the cooperatives working for the international market.
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46 - JOHANA: MAKE UP AND MOTOR OIL 52' 48 - IDJWI - AFRICA'S FORGOTTEN ISLAND 52'
Colombia is the third largest exporter of coffee in the The inhabitants of the island of Idjwi on Lake Kivu are world. The main status symbol of its flourishing regions poor but have one highly valuable asset in this region of is the Willys Jeep. Africa - peace.
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49 - TAIPEI 101 - THE SKY ABOVE TAIWAN 52' 53 - CAMBODIA'S LAST BAMBOO TRAIN 52'
Taipei is said to be one of the most exiting cities in South This report climbs aboard the bamboo train, learns about Asia. One symbol of the city's economic power is the its passengers and portrays life as it currently is in "Taipei 101", tower currently the highest building in the Cambodia. world.
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54 - WORKING IN THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN 55 - GALLA WALLAH: THE SEARCH FOR THE 52' BEST 52'
Captain Erich Kuntze has one of the most uncomfortable The valleys of Nepal, around the Himalayan Mountains - skipper jobs in the world: he is a pilot in the Strait of the highest in the world - are rough and scant, but the Magellan. surrounding countryside is also extremely impressive.
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63 - INCAN SALT 52' 65 - THE SEAWOMEN OF JAPAN 52'
360° GEO - Report observed salt miners in the Peruvian 360° Geo - Report takes a plunge into the closed world Mountains. This documentary portrays the harsh day-to- of a group of "Ama". day lives of the 'Salineros' as they work in a stunningly beautiful South American mountain landscape.
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68 - ST. HELENA, FORGOTTEN ISLAND OF THE 70 - SOS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 52' ATLANTIC 52'
360°GEO - Report sets foot on the isolated island of St 360°GEO - Report witnesses the thrilling missions of Helena and documents what life is like in the midst of the George Field and his mountain rescue team. South Atlantic.
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71 - HAWAII - BEACHBOYS ON PATROL 52' 75 - VIETNAM'S MINED PARADISE 52'
360° GEO Report closely follows Hawaii's Nature 360° GEO - Report visited the region of the Phong Nha- Conservation patrol. Ke Bang National Park, and follows the former poacher Nguyen Van Hoan during his patrols as a local ranger's assistant.
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76 - THROUGH ANGOLA ON A LOCOMOTIVE 52' 77 - SPITSBERGEN - ICY ISLAND 52'
360°Geo - Report accompanies mechanic Joaquim 360° GEO - Report attended German supplier Rupert Mohebe and his restored steam engine as he heads Krapp, on his tours through the rough landscape and through Angola. picturesque fjords of Spitsbergen.
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80 - THE LAST CAMEL CARAVANS OF THE 82 - ON THE ROAD WITH THE IRISH COAST SAHARA 52' GUARD 52'
360° GEO - Report takes part in an exhausting journey 360° GEO - Report accompanies the thrilling missions of exhausting journey through desert heat and drought. the Irish Coast Guard.
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83 - JILLAROOS: COWGIRLS IN AUSTRALIAS 88 - A LEGEND ON TRACKS - SCANDINAVIAS OUTBACK 52' KIRUNA RAILWAY 52'
360°GEO - Report accompanies a farming family and 360° GEO Report explores the 180 kilometers of the their daughters through weeks of hard work and major Kiruna railway track, and discovers a breathtaking decisions. landscape.
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89 - SIKKIM, THE ANCIENT WISDOM OF THE 90 - MR. WINFIELD'S CRAZY CARTS 52' SHAMANS 52'
360° GEO Report observes everyday life in the villages 360° GEO - Report visits Gene Winfield at his breakers of the Lepcha and finds out about their shamans' yard in the Mojave Desert and drives with him to old- curative medicine. timer shows, attending the infamous El Mirace car race.
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95 - FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION, HELL IN THE 96 - SIBERIA'S SMOKE JUMPERS 52' RAIN FOREST 52'
360° Geo - Report accompanies 2 young legionnaires 360° GEO - Report takes the risk of accompanying a unit during their training as jungle fighters. of smokejumpers from Irkutsk as they descend into the burning forests.
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98 - THE POLAR SCHOOL OF NOMAD CHILDREN 101 - PALAWAN'S PEARL EMPIRE 52' 52'
360° GEO- Report visits the Nenets on their remote 360° GEO- Report visits the Philippine archipelago and Russian peninsula. observes how long it takes to wrest these precious jewels from nature.
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103 - MOROCCO, THE FAR SIDE OF PARADISE 108 - BAHIA, IN THE MOUNTAINS OF EMERALDS 52' 52'
360° - GEO Report plunges into the heart of Fès and Emeralds beautifully capture the shining reflections of follows in the footsteps of an amazing man. light. The emerald market is booming.
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119 - SARK 52' 121 - THE HIGHLAND GAMES 52'
The Island of Sark is situated right in the middle of the The mountains in the north of Scotland do not just Channel, 35 kilometres from the French coast and 150 provide the location for the Queen's summer residence, kilometres from England. Until very recently, the Island they are also home to the famous Highland Games was still home to the last feudal society in Europe.
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127 - LAPLAND, RUSH-HOUR IN THE UPPER 136 - LAKE TANGANYIKA, FROM CANNON BOAT NORTH 52' TO PASSENGER VESSEL 52'
360°GEO follows the transhumance from autumn to Experiencing Lake Tanganyika in East Africa without the winter. How do the Lapps manage to strike a balance "Liemba" would be unthinkable. Captain Titus Benjamin between their pastoral traditions and modern living? has been steering the old passenger vessel for about 20 years.
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137 - THE ARCTIC, A BOY BECOMES A HUNTER 143 - BOLIVIA : HIGHWAY OF DEATH 52' 52'
On the North-Western tip of Greenland, fathers give their Bolivia is a country of contrasts: the Andes with peaks boys small dog sledges as soon as they can walk. The of 5,800 meters in the West and the Amazon basin in toy is meant to teach them hunting, a survival skill for the East. In between: the Yungas region and the most Polar Inuits. Increasingly fewer boys, however, want to dangerous roads in the world - the workplace of trucker become hunters. Julio Gustavo and his old Volvo.
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146 - ATACAMA, LIFE IN THE DESERT 52' 148 - BRITTANY 52'
Once every year, the streets of Ayquina, a small town in The region is wild and rough, ruled by tempestuous northern Chile, turn wild. At the beginning of September, winds and seas. Its population proud and willful. Many of the celebration of the Virgin Guadalupe, patron saint of them still speak their indigenous language today. the Atacama desert, takes place.
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156 - THE ARCTIC TRAIN 52' 181 - BEHIND THE SCENES IN VENICE 52'
A trip to Siberia, along the line that links the Bovanenko The Lagoon City of Venice is one of the world's favorite gas fields, in the footsteps of the railway engineers that tourist destinations. This has not changed since its maintain it. The Yamal Peninsula is a hostile land, where heyday in the 10th century, during the Renaissance or temperatures can fall to below 60° C. even today.
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205 - THE LEGENDARY BOATS OF OMAN 52' 206 - THE SECRET FOREST OF SPREE 52'
The "Dhows" - traditional Arab Red Sea boats - still sail An hours' drive from Berlin, the region of Spreewald is along the coasts of the United Arab Emirates of Oman a small paradise of greenery, criss-crossed by numerous and of Iran. They are still being built today, in the small canals and stretches of river. Emirate of Ras al-Khayma.
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209 - POLAND, THE SECRET CHARM OF THE 216 - ALONG THE LENA, IN SIBERIA 52' SUBCARPATHIAN REGION 52'
Located not far from the border with Ukraine, the An encounter with Captain Vassilievitch on board Subcarpathian region is an area of Poland that possesses the "Magdeburg", his supply and transport boat that an enchanting and secret charm. transports us on a fascinating journey along the Lena, the Siberian river that can only be navigated for the three months of summer.
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217 - THE COMPAGNIE DES GUIDES DE 230 - MYANMAR, AN UNFORGETTABLE TRAIN CHAMONIX 52' JOURNEY 52'
An encounter with François Pallandre, member of the For over a century, the Mandalay-Lashio Express has famous Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix. The guild's linked the heat-scorched plains of Myanmar to its high guides accompany mountain climbers as they tackle plateaux. Western Europe's highest summit.
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232 - CHINA : THE FISHERMEN FROM THE 236 - CATALONIA: THE HUMAN PYRAMID CHAGAN LAKE 52' EVENT 52'
On the shores of Lake Chagan, in the Chinese province Building "castells" - human pyramids that can sometimes of Jilin, fishermen brave temperatures that drop as far as reach ten stories in height - is a Catalan tradition, albeit -30°C to set up huge nets under the ice. a very dangerous one, and one that is inscribed as part of Unesco's Cultural Heritage.
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238 - THE COOK ISLANDS: WELCOME TO 244 - COLUMBIA¿S LITTLE ISLAND OF SANTA PARADISE 52' CRUZ 52'
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Cook Islands are Land of asylum for hundreds of slaves freed at the end considered by many as the most beautiful archipelagos of the 19th century, Santa Cruz del Islote lives according on the planet. to its own rules, without government or administration, without corruption or crime.
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245 - THE FAMOUS DIVERS OF MARSEILLE 52' 248 - THE COSSACKS OF THE VOLGA 52'
From the top of Marseille's cliffs, extreme divers go in Banned under the Soviet regime, Cossack identity is search of the ultimate adrenaline rush. today undergoing a rebirth in Russia, with its ancestral songs once again heard along the banks of the Don.
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254 - CHILE'S MOST REMOTE LIGHTHOUSES 52' 255 - BRICE, A COWBOY IN THE PYRENEES 52'
The coast of Chile, which stretches for almost 6,400 For 14 years, Brice has driven his livestock every summer kilometers, features numerous lighthouses, from the into the vast pastures located at 3,000 meters above sea Atacama desert in the north to Tierra del Feugo in the level. south.
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258 - BURMA, THE MARBLE SCULPTORS OF 261- NORTHERN SCOTLAND, SEA RESCUERS 52' MANDALAY 52' - NEW - NEW
The worship of Buddha in Burma is as much a The Orkney Islands are in northern Scotland. For fishers, recollection as it is a popular jubilation. In order to tankers, sailboats, athletes and divers, the ocean is an meet all of the Asian continent's Buddhist temples and essential resource - but it can become a deadly trap in monasteries' demands, the craftsmen of Mandalay - the stormy weather. country's second biggest city - build thousands of white marble Buddha statues.
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262 - CROSSING THE SIBERIAN DESERT IN A 263 - COLOMBIA - OLD TIMER OF THE SKIES TRUCK 52' - NEW ABOVE THE RAIN FOREST 52' - NEW
Two technicians from the Permafrost Research Institute The "Douglas DC-3" is one of the most famous planes in in Lakoursk borrow these mythical icy roads on an the history of aviation; especially because of its use as extraordinary odyssey. the "Raisin Bomber" during the Berlin blockade. Some of these units are still in service nowadays in Colombia.
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272 - CANADA, THE ADVENTURES OF A 278 - JAVA, THE MAGIC OF SHADOW PUPPETRY MIDWIFE IN THE BADLANDS 52' - NEW 52' - NEW
In the Badlands of south-eastern Alberta, Terrie Shaw Thanks to puppet-shadow theatre (wayang goes up and down the roads every day to help women kulit), these Indonesian puppets have give birth at home. perpetuated century old popular legends from epic folk tales.
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279 - FRIOUL, THE MUSICAL VALLEY 52' - UHD - NEW
The valley of Resia in the Julian Alps is home to one of the smallest minorities in Europe. To this day the Resians have cultivated their own culture - which mainly expresses itself through their songs and dances.
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05 - PEOPLE OF THE SAND 52' 15 - OMAN: ROSES OF THE DESERT 52'
Every time the wind blows over the small town The average temperature in summer in the desert state of Choyna, in the Russian Great North, the houses Oman of 40 degrees in the shade. It only cools down a disappear a little further under the sand. A film of great little during wintertime. beauty about a place that has (almost) become a ghost town.
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30 - JAKARTA'S WONDROUS HERB GARDEN 44 - RIO DE LA PLATA - SOS AT THE SILVER 52' RIVER 52'
12 Million people are living in the metropolis Jakarta. But This report follows the charismatic skipper "Chiqui" on a only 11% of them have health insurance. tour through the Paraná Delta.
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50 - THE FLYING FIREFIGHTERS OF VALENCIA 62 - SOKOTRA, ENDANGERED TREASURE 52' ISLAND 52'
This report accompanies Chimo and his colleagues 360° GEO follows in the footsteps of a Yemeni goatherd through last years' fire season. on the island of SoKotra.
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64 - THE WOODCHOPPER OF BRITISH 67 - CORNWALL'S NARCISSUS ISLAND 52' COLUMBIA 52'
360°GEO - Report pays a visit to Carl March and 360°GEO - Report spends the days in the run up to experiences first hand the changes with which the Easter on a flower farm. We also dive with playful grey modern forestry industry is trying to master the future. seals in the Atlantic Ocean and reveal more than just the secrets of flower-growing.
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69 - PARAGUAY'S NEW HOUSES 52' 72 - A TREE HOUSE IN COSTA RICA 52'
360°GEO - Report follows Elsa Zaldivar on her quest to 360° GEO Report witnesses construction works up a free Paraguay from its housing shortage. rope - from the muddy jungle ground to the dizzy heights of the treetops.
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73 - SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON, 78 - WILD HORSES IN THE DANUBE DELTA 52' ARCHIPELAGO IN ISOLATION 52'
360° GEO - Report shows the people from St. Pierre and 360°- GEO Report witnesses ecologists and nature Miquelon in their struggle between self-preservation and lovers arguing over wild horses. responsibility against nature.
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79 - CRANBERRY SEASON AT CAPE COD 52' 87 - LAKE BAIKAL - A WINTER'S TALE 52'
360° GEO - Report visited the Manns family farm and In Southern Siberia, there is a lake with a surface area the witnessed first hand the great efforts put into little size of Belgium, containing water as deep as the ocean berries. - up to a depth of 1,600 metres.
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93 - GROSSGLOCKNER, KING OF THE HIGH ALPS 99 - ISLAND LIVING ON A POWDER KEG 52' 52'
360°- GEO Report accompanies Austrian mountain 360° - GEO Report observes the inhabitants of Iceland farmers from July until Christmas, throughout the during their everyday lives between carrying on life as changing seasons. normal and preparing for a catastrophe.
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126 - POACHING ON MOUNT KENYA 52' 139 - RAFTING THROUGH THE TARA CANYON 52'
Ranger Simon Gitau and two of his colleagues carry out The Tara Canyon in northern Montenegro is 1,300 meters their patrol by the light of their headlamps. They fight deep and spans over 86 kilometers. It the deepest and their way through the thickets of the rainforest of Mount most precipitous canyon in Europe, the second deepest Kenya. in the world after the Grand Canyon.
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144 - MARBLE FOR ANARCHY 52' 158 - TAIWAN, FLYING FISH OR NUCLEAR WASTE 52'
The much coveted Carrara-marble is found in the Apuan The small Yami tribe lives on Lan Yu island, situated Alps. Obtaining this precious raw material has always 45 sea miles southwest of Taiwan's main Island in the been difficult and dangerous. The dead and wounded, as Philippine Sea. well as social tensions have always been part of everyday life here.
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164 - MUSTANG - ESCAPE IN THE MOUNTAINS 165 - AUBRAC, COWS, CHEESE, CHAPS ! 52' 52'
Mustang - the hidden kingdom in the heights of the The aromatic meat of Aubrac cows has always been Himalayas. cherished, but Aubrac dairy cows are also the source of an additional delicacy: thanks to Alpine mountain herbs and flowers, they produce special milk during the summer months.
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166 - SAMURAI FROM FUKUSHIMA 52' 170 - VIETNAM, COBRA ON THE PLATE 52'
Every year during the last weekend of July, hundreds Cobras, vipers and pythons are quite common in of Samurai meet in Soma-City, a small town close to people's everyday lives in Vin Sonh, a little Vietnamese Fukushima. village close to Hanoi.
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171 - OYSTERS FROM ARCACHON 52' 174 - SOS FOR SWISS MOUNTAINS 52'
Party favours, champagne, fireworks... it's "Saint To most people, Switzerland means meadows of wild Sylvestre" or "New Years Eve". Far and wide, individuals herbs, snow-capped mountains, and crystal-clear lakes. come together for this annual festive occasion, to enjoy a string of magical moments and tradition.
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177 - ELBE SANDSTONE MOUNTAINS - A MYTH 186 - CAMEL MILK, KAZAKHSTAN'S MIRACLE OF STONE AND WOOD 52' CURE 52'
The film portrays one of the most beautiful and The Taukum Desert is located in southern Kazakhstan. spectacular European landscapes in Eastern Germany. It provides an ideal habitat for raising camels, which are slowly making a comeback as an important part of the country's economy. Since ancient times camels have provided the most important necessity for human survival in the desert: milk, or to ...
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188 - AMONG SHARKS - A REEF PATROL IN THE 189 - BOLIVIA: SMALL BEETLES, BIG MONEY! SULU SEA 52' 52'
Tubbataha is considered to be one of the most Bolivia is one of the countries with the widest variety of spectacular diving areas in the world and is a breeding insect species. These have flourished especially well in ground for many species of fish in the Philippines. the Bolivian Yungas on the eastern slopes of the Andes. Biologists and animal dealers are equally drawn to them.
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194 - THE TREE-CLIMBERS FROM CALIFORNIA 196 - THE ICEBERG HUNTERS OF 52' NEWFOUNDLAND 52'
Rick Dirks is one of the best tree climbers in California. Each spring hundreds of icebergs float past the He is able to climb 100-meter tall (328-foot) redwood Newfoundland coastline. After calving off the glaciers in trees with skill and courage and do so at breathtaking Greenland, they float south along a route called "Iceberg speed. He even ties himself to the crown of these giant Alley." trees in a sleeping bag for the night because climbing down and then up agai...
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200 - INDIANS IN CANADA 52' 204 - THE LIGHTNING BOLTS OF CATATUMBO 52'
The six remaining Indian tribes of the Tsilqhot'in in Nights on the shores of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, Canada are trying to combat the commercialization and the largest lake in South America, offer a unique natural exploitation of their land. The Xeni Gwet'in First Nation spectacle: on up to 260 nights a year, electric storms has been litigating to finally secure rights to their own light up the tropical darkness over Lake Maracaibo, land against the British Crown in a huge court case going especially where the Catatumbo River flows into the back over 20 years... lake.
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213 - PERU, TERRACE FARMING 52' 253 - ALONG THE RIVER MOSEL 52'
In the Peruvian Andes, 140 kilometres from Lima, the The second biggest tributary of the Rhine, the Mosel river Cañete gushes forth in the middle of the valley. features some wonderful nature and an outstanding Close to the river's source, terraced crops stretch as wine region along its banks. far as the eye can see. Plants and ancient varieties of vegetable are sown there, according to the cycles of the sun and moon.
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281 - THE LAST SHRIMP FISHERMEN OF LOUISIANA 52' - NEW
On the southern shores of the Mississippi, remain the last Louisiana shrimp fishermen. Over the years, these tough men have developed a symbiotic relationship with the wild and enchanting environment of the Bayou: perched on surprising houses on stilts, hunting racoons and alligators.
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32 - EXTRAS - THE FACES OF ROME 52'
Who are the people in the background of the films we see in cinema and on TV? What do we know about real life in Rome apart from its glorious history?
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