La Guerre de Poutine(2024)

Follow Zelensky’s journey from a young actor and entertainer to one of the most recognisable leaders on the planet, presiding over a nation at war with Putin’s Russia.

In February 2022, at the turn of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, therapist Lydia is trying to divorce her husband. Instead of following her daughter’s advice and fleeing the country, Lydia starts helping strangers, becoming a source of transport.

A unique drama anthology series for our time, inspired by true events which happened in Kyiv in the first few weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. As the brutal war got underway, every second person left Kyiv. Yet every second person remained. These are their stories – variously moving, funny, sad, stark, unsettling, and uplifting.

This poignant story tells of Nina Petrivna, a native of Zhytomyr, who sent her only son off to war. Despite all the hardships of life, she still tries to live on for the sake of her family. Later, the woman learns that her son, volunteer Vasyl Shvidchenko, has been taken prisoner in the occupied territory. The main character is forced to go into the unknown in search of her child, straight into the enemy's trap. On her way, she will encounter disappointment, fear, and despair. She will repeatedly hear a lot of harsh criticism from those around her. But will they break the woman's hope for a long-awaited reunion with her child, with whom she has lost such an important connection? And will the mother finally rescue her son?

Who are the Ukrainians, what is their history, and what is their culture that they are fighting so hard for now? Jelle Brandt Corstius explores Ukraine during the third year of the war with Russia. It travels from cities along the front to areas more than 1000 km away. The battle can be felt everywhere.

A large family reside in different Ukrainian cities. Mother and Father live in the Kiev suburbs, the oldest daughter in Mariupol, the second of the three in Vinnitsa, and the youngest in Chernigov. The son went on a work trip to Donetsk. Exactly in these cities on 24 February, they were caught by the war. All, by one way or another, find themselves in a bunker or shelter. The only means of communication is phone and video calls.

Looks at different aspects of Australian life, from country to city, from historical to contemporary, and from amusing to serious.

Actor Mark Williams presents an amusing, spectacular and informative history of explosives, from the accidental discovery of gunpowder by Chinese alchemists 1000 years ago, to the awesome power of the atom bomb.

Rising from the ashes. The race to restore the treasured icon of Gothic architecture after a devastating fire, by the experts fighting to bring it back to life.

Experts reveal the secrets of castles and other historical wonders, going behind the scenes with computer-generated imagery and aerial footage to detail the architecture.

How we decorated and redecorated our homes over the latter half of the twentieth century reflects our changing attitudes to domesticity, home ownership, gender roles, and children. Through interviews and the witty use of archive, an intimate and affectionate social history of British homes.

Everyone knows a famous liar, but deception can lurk closer to home. This series unpacks real investigations that reveal why people lie and how their stories affect those around them.

From scorned lovers, attempted murders, to induced paralysis Poisonous Liaisons delves into history's most notorious poisoning crimes, revealing their methods and the short and long-term effects their substances had on victims.